The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) is currently looking for interpreters at its Central office (Toronto and GTA).
Interpreters provide interpretation services as an independent contractor as and when needed by the IRB. Your task as an interpreter is to interpret all dialogue during the proceedings. You will have to interpret the language of the person who is subject of the proceedings into English or French and vice-versa, using consecutive interpretation.
Hourly rate: $32/hour
The following languages/dialects are urgently needed:
- Afar
- Arabic (Chad)
- Arabic to French
- Barawa
- Bassa
- Bengali Sylheti
- Creole Jamaican/Patois
- Ewe
- Farsi Sign Language
- Farsi (Tehrani Dialect)
- Fuzhou or Fuqing
- Ga
- Kurdish-Kurmanji
- Kurdish-Northern, Kurmanji
- Malgache, Malagasy
- Mayan Yucatan
- Persian (Farsi)
- Romani
- Russian Sign Language
- Sinhalese
- Sonnike
- Spanish to English
- Spanish to French
- Swahili (Tanzania)
- Tajiki (specifically from Tajikistan)
- Tibetan (Pema Koe)
- Tigrinya
- Turkish
- Tzotzil
- Ukrainian
- Zapotec
The Central Region is also in regular need of Interpreters fluent in the following languages/dialects
Candidates
must meet the following criteria to be considered
- Canadian citizen (or permanent resident on an exceptional basis)
- Secondary education
- Ability to obtain security clearance (to be processed by the IRB)
Additional information
- Various evaluations (interpretation abilities, sight translation and official languages) will be administered by the IRB.
To Apply
Please note that for an application to be deemed completed, you need to submit a resume and a completed
Interpreter Application Form (PDF, 368
KB) by:
- Fax: 416-952-9184
- E-mail:
interpreters.cv@irb-cisr.gc.ca or
Regular mail:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Attention: Interpreter Recruitment
74 Victoria St. Suite #400,
Toronto, Ontario, M5C 3C7
Due to a high volume of expected interest, only those individuals who meet the essential qualifications will be contacted.