Cultural Mediator Internship
Cultural Mediator is a representative with the task of facilitating communication and understanding on both linguistic and cultural level. Here you can find all information about this job position at EXTRAMUS!
Name of employer: Extramus
Start Date: Always available
Duration: 3 to 12 months
Commitment: Full-time
Language: English
Experience: Not required
Compensation: Assisting you in relocation to Italy and finding accommodation. No financial compensation!
Important: We can only host students that are currently studying in Europe and EU candidate countries, and the ones that can use the Erasmus traineeship program or that have scholarships. Please consider that our internship is unpaid.
- To facilitate communication between two parties
- Monitoring and responding to requests
- To advice both parties regarding appropriate cultural behaviours
- Managing simultaneous tasks and projects
- Utilize language translation software
- Promoting cultural and linguistic exchange
- Conveying information as accurately as possible
- Selects appropriate mode of interpretation for each situation.
- Maintains professionality and integrity.
- Minimum of one year of experience providing language interpreting services on a paid or volunteer capacity
- Willingness to work as part of a team.
- Ability to adapt to the community life.
- Excellent verbal and written knowledge of English and Italian
- Cultural competence
- Neutrality and confidentiality
- Experience in working on real projects with a challenging, friendly and international work environment
- Providing final report, job performance evaluation, completion certificate, and letter of recommendation
- Free Italian and English language courses
- Excursions and cultural activities
If you’ve read this far you’re probably interested in doing the internship with us, but it’s not enough! We are looking for people with high motivation and determination, with a spirit of initiative and desire. Here we don’t need people making photocopies or coffee!
