Head of Global Language Services

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INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 196 Member Countries. Created in 1923, it facilitates cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities, and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime.

INTERPOL’s recruitment process is merit-based hence all hiring decisions are made considering the applicant’s qualifications and the needs of the Organization.

Job Title:Head of Global Language Services (LSE)
Reporting To: Director, Finance and Corporate Services
Location: Lyon
Type of contract: Fixed-term Contract
Duration (in months): 36.00
Grade: 3
Number of post(s): 1
Level of Security screening: Basic
Deadline for application:01 November 2026

Conditions applying for all candidates

Only professional experience for which candidates can provide official proof of employment will be considered. Candidates could be requested to provide copies of such official documents prior to interviews/test.

* Subsequent extension to this post will be subject to the terms of the Organization’s Staff Manual, to satisfactory performance and to availability of funds.

Tests/interviews in connection to this selection procedure will take place approximately 3-4 weeks after the deadline for applications. Applicants are kindly requested to plan their availability during this period accordingly, in case they are short-listed.

Selected candidates will be expected to report for duty approximately two to three months after receiving an offer of employment at the latest.

This selection exercise may be used to generate a reserve list of suitable candidates that may be used to address Organization's similar staffing needs in the future.

DEFINITION OF THE POST

The Executive Directorate Resource Management (EDRM) is responsible for the strategic and operational management of INTERPOL’s financial, human, and corporate resources to ensure the effective delivery of the Organization’s global mission.

The Directorate of Finance and Corporate Services (FCS) oversees all financial governance, budgeting, accounting, treasury, and control functions, ensuring compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), financial regulations, and the decisions of INTERPOL’s governing bodies, and manages corporate services in the area of general services, procurement, contract, travel and events, and language services.

The Head of Global Language Services provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of all multilingual services and institutional document and archive management across INTERPOL, ensuring the timely, accurate, secure, and consistent delivery of linguistic support in the Organization’s four working languages (Arabic, English, French and Spanish), while also guaranteeing the integrity, accessibility, preservation, and digital governance of all institutional records and archives.

The incumbent is responsible for transforming Language Services into a digitally empowered, revision-centric, and automation-driven unit, leveraging INTERPOL’s vast repository of previously translated documents, standardized terminology, and institutional style guides, to be integrated into a unified enterprise document and knowledge management framework.

The Head of Global Language Services ensures that all linguistic outputs, including sensitive, classified, and legally binding documents, meet the highest standards of accuracy, cultural appropriateness, and institutional coherence. The incumbent leads the integration of machine translation as a pre-translation tool, with human experts acting as quality controllers and terminological arbiters, and that all translated and non-translated institutional documents are systematically managed, archived, and retrievable in compliance with INTERPOL’s recordkeeping policies.

The post also oversees the automation of minute-taking for statutory meetings, ensuring real-time multilingual summaries are generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools validated for accuracy and neutrality, with human review reserved for high-stakes content.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND ACTIVITIES

1: Strategic leadership and digital transformation of Language Services and Document Services

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• Lead and coordinatethe Department ensuring alignment of objectives, workload distribution, and quality standards across all linguistic and document management functions.
  
• Lead thedigital transformationof all Language Services, transitioning from full translation toAI-assisted rev