Freelance Translator/Interpreter (Language Specific)

FREELANCE COMMUNITY INTERPRETERS WANTED – MULTIPLE LANGUAGES (LANGUAGE SPECIFIC)

Location: Wirral and it's close surrounding areas
Type: Freelance / Self-employed

Mode: Face to Face
Rate: Competitive – paid per assignment
Organisation type: Charity (WMO – Wirral Multicultural Organisation)

Who we are

Wirral Multicultural Organisation (WMO) is a trusted local charity that’s supported Wirral’s diverse communities since 1986. We’re now expanding our bank of freelance interpreters to help us break down language barriers for residents accessing health, housing, education, and wellbeing services.

This is in-person work – you must live in Wirral or nearby (e.g. Liverpool). We do not offer a lot of remote interpreting unfortunately.

Languages we urgently need:

(Alphabetical for easy reading)

• Albanian
• Amharic
• Bengali
• British Sign Language (BSL)
• Czech/Slovakian
• Hungarian
• Kurdish (Sorani/Badini/Kurmanji – female interpreters encouraged, but all welcome)
• Malayalam
• Pashto
• Punjabi
• Romanian
• Sinhala
• Tamil
• Tigrinya
• Vietnamese

What you’ll do:

• Provide face-to-face interpretation at appointments
• Help service users understand and engage with services
• Be respectful, culturally aware, and professional
• Work as needed – flexible and ad-hoc, based on demand

✅ You’ll need to:

• Be fluent in English and at least one of the listed languages
• Live in or near the Wirral – Unfortunately, this is non-negotiable!!
• Be reliable, professional, and discreet
• Be eligible to work in the UK
• Ideally have experience or a qualification in interpreting (Optional)
• Have 2 professional References in the UK
• have or be ready to apply for a self employment Tax Number
• Have an EDBS in interpreting or be willing to obtain one.

Don’t have a qualification yet? No problem.

We’re happy to support the right candidates to access a Level 2 Community Interpreting qualification, either through:

• Our internal training (available to selected candidates), or
• External courses that cost very little which you would pay for — we’ll guide you through it

Whether you’re qualified, new to interpreting, or just looking to build experience — we want to hear from you.

To apply:

Please submit your CV via Indeed, and complete all application questions. failure to complete all questions asked would not be accepted.

We’ll review your answers and contact suitable applicants for a short interview and ID verification.

Job Type: Freelance

Benefits:

• Flexitime

Application question(s):

• Are you available for in-person interpreting jobs? (Yes/No)
• Do you have a qualification in interpreting (Level 2 or above)? (Yes/No – if yes, please specify)
• Are you interested in training to get a Level 2 interpreting qualification? (Yes/No)

if you have a level higher than a level 2 please tick NO

• Do you have previous experience as an interpreter? (Yes/No –

if yes : Please describe)

• Do you Drive?
• This Job is primarily for people on the Wirral and its very close environs,

Do you live in or near the Wirral (within 10 miles)? (Yes/No)

• if you do not live in close proximity to the Wirral (within a 10 mile radius) please give a location name?
• Which of the listed languages in the job description are you fluent in? (multi-select)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person