Interpretor in Expedition

Do you want to be part of taking the Expedition segment up to a new level in the Explorer fleet in our quest to be the World Leader in exploration travel?

To fulfill this ambition we are looking for highly motivated interpretors to be part of our expedition teams.

The Interpretors report to the Expedition leader onboard each ship.

Duties and responsibilities

• Simultaneous interpretation from English to German of the onboard lectures.
• Simultaneous interpretation from English to German of port presentations. 
• Meet with the presenter to go through presentation. 
• Translation from English to German of shorter speeches.
• Translation of public announcements on ship. 
• Written translation from English to German of the daily program for the next day.   
• Maintain and edit documents related to Interpreters on onboard computers. 
• Assist with landings including tenderboat briefings ashore. 
• Assist the Hospital Crew with German translation to English as needed.
• Assist guests with audio translation equipment.
• Manage and maintain Interpreter's equipment including tie-down in case of rough seas.
• Translation from English to German during third-party shore excursions.
• Prepare a short biography.
• Communicate with the Interpreter boarding as needed either by email or in person to facilitate a smooth and effective handover.
• Assist with general onboard day-to-day.
• Undertake other duties as requested by Expedition Leader.
• Inform the Expedition leader if any procedures or documentation needs to be changed. 

Qualifications

• Professionally trained in simultaneous translation from English to German 
• Desirable simultaneous translation from German to English and other languages 
• Health sertificate for sea (not needed before applying)
• Basic safety training (STCW) (not needed before applying)
• Crowd and crisis management (not needed before before applying) 

Personal qualities

• Quick learner, proactive nature, ability to share energy and enthusiasm with guests and team, organized, work well as a team member, remote working

   

We can offer

• An exciting job with one of the strongest brands within explorer tourism
• A unique opportunity to explore the Artic and Antartic
• Challenging and interesting work with an expedition team and travelers with the desire to explore
• Competitive conditions
• Rotation 6 weeks on, 6 weeks off (on average)
• A permanent job