Main responsibilities

Place of work: • Homs Governorate.

Level: • 5

Contract of

Employment • Service Agreement for 1 month, renewable.

To provide high-quality, culturally appropriate, and confidential medical interpretation and written

translation in support of MSF’s clinical and operational activities in Syria. This role ensures

Main objectives

accurate communication between international/national medical staff and local patients, families,

health workers, and authorities, thereby contributing to effective medical care delivery, patient

safety, and collaboration with local partners in line with MSF’s principles and protocols.

• Accompany international medical staff during field visits to health facilities, camps, and mobile

clinics to provide interpretation during medical consultations and technical discussions with

local counterparts.

• Facilitate communication with local health authorities regarding referrals, MoUs, patient care

coordination, and reporting, particularly in sensitive or high-security contexts.

• Support the Mental Health and Health Promotion teams in translating IEC materials,

counselling scripts, and community awareness content, ensuring cultural and linguistic

accuracy.

• Assist in patient surveys, focus groups, or community feedback mechanisms by translating

questionnaires and supporting interviews when health-related data is collected.

Main responsibilities

and tasks

• Flag cultural misunderstandings, communication barriers, or potential conflicts of interest to

supervisors, especially in contexts involving gender norms, confidentiality concerns, or

sensitive clinical cases.

• Contribute to the development and review of localized medical materials used in the Syrian

context, ensuring consistency in terminology and relevance to the setting.

• Support translation tasks related to medical emergency preparedness, outbreak response, or

vaccination campaigns, ensuring accurate dissemination of health information to communities.

• Provide language support to other departments (HR, Logistics, Operations) only when tasks

are directly related to the operational needs.

• Observe all MSF protocols regarding safety, ethics, and confidentiality, particularly in areas of

heightened security or population displacemen