Advanced Interpreter

Job Purpose:

To provide support to the CEO of COFCO International as an interpreter in all their meetings and business trips, as well as providing translation services for the CEO office.

Responsibilities:

• Simultaneous interpretation for CEO and Senior Executives in internal/external meetings, including multiple business travel abroad  
• Translate, prepare, and edit correspondence, communications, presentations, and other documents
• File and retrieve documents and reference materials
• Record, transcribe and distribute bilingual minutes of meetings
• Support to monitor, screen, respond to and distribute incoming communications
• Assist to receive and interact with incoming visitors/delegations
• Assist to co-ordinate project-based work, including presentations and reporting requirement for the CEO
• Assist to Conduct research, collect, and analyse data to prepare reports and documents

What does it take to be successful in the role:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience in interpretation, translation, and secretariat.
• Knowledge of standard office administrative practices and procedures in multinational companies and Chinese SOEs
• Preferable work experience in trading industry and understanding of soft commodities business
• Relevant translation qualifications; preferably UN/EU certified Chinese-English translator
• Attention to details and accuracy; strict compliance with confidentiality
• Excellent command of Chinese Administrative Document Writing
• Willingness to travel extensively and flexibility of schedule
• Driving ambiguity; ability to manage relationships with cross-cultural background
• Resilience, reliability, discetion.