CCIS (Calgary Catholic Immigration Society) is a nonprofit organization that provides settlement and integration services to all immigrants and refugees in Southern Alberta. Since our inception in 1981, we have been a community leader with solid experience in the design and delivery of comprehensive services for our newest neighbors. We deliver these services through a dynamic, multi-cultural, multi-denominational and multi-disciplinary team of professionals who collectively speak over 90 languages.
From airport reception to a first job interview, CCIS’s programs and services have been designed to assist immigrants and refugees through all phases of the settlement and integration process. CCIS is committed to welcoming and serving newcomers of all races, ethnic and national origins, cultural backgrounds and religions, sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions.
CCIS – Family and Children’s Services (FCS) Division
The Family & Children’s Services division operates on a holistic, strength-based philosophy to facilitate the integration of families and children into the community, enhance the provision of services to newcomers through community resources, strengthen families and the community, and promote the healthy development of children.
Casual, Freelance, On Call, Independent Contractor
Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) is a non-profit organization that provides settlement and integration services to all immigrants, refugees, and private sectors in Calgary and Southern Alberta. With over 35 years of solid community experience, 70 active programs, and comprehensive wraparound support. CCIS ensures that our services respond to the needs of ethnically diverse communities within Calgary and the area.
CCIS has launched the Language Interpretation and Translation Program and is recruiting for the following positions:
| Afar | Dinka | Indonesian | Setswana |
| Afrikaans | Edo | Ishan | Shanghai |
| American Sign Language (ASL) and other sign languages | Enping/Yinping | Jianxi | Shona |
| Arabic (Chad) | Ewe | Kacchi | Sichuan/Szechuan |
| Bafang | Fijian | Kazakh | Sindhi |
| Bai Yun | Fujian | Khmer | Sinhalese |
| Bajuni | Fukien | Kikuyu | Swati/Siswati |
| Bamileke | Fula/Peule | Laotian | Tajiki (specifically from Tajikistan) |
| Barawa | Fulani | Lingala | Tamil |
| Bari | Fuqing | Lovari | Tibetan |
| Bassa | Fuzhou | Low German | Tibetan (Pema Koe) |
| Bassa (Cameroon) | Fuzhou or Fuqing | Malay | Toisan |
| Bemba | Ga | Malayalam | Tzotzil |
| Bengali Sylheti | Gansu | Malgache, Malagasy | Uighur/Uyghur (China, Turkey) |
| Brava | Hakka | Mamprusi | Ukwuani |
| Burmese | Harare | Mandinga | Wenzhou |
| Cambodian | Harari | Mandingo (West Africa) | Wolof |
| Cebuano | Hassaniyya (Mauritania) | May May | Yiddish |
| Chechen | Hausa (Ghana, Nigeria) | Mayan Yucatan | Yoruba |
| Creole | Hebrew | Oshiwambo | Yunan |
| Creole (Liberia) | Igbo | Otjiherero (Namibia) | Zambrama |
| Dagomba | Ilocano | Pidgin English (Liberia, Cameroon) | Zapotec |
| Dazaga (Gorane) | Ilongo | Rohingya | Zulu |
Qualified candidates are invited to send resumes and cover letters to [email protected]. Please include “Application to Interpreter/ Translator – (Language spoken) ” in the subject line of your email.
This advertisement will remain open indefinitely; however, it will be updated occasionally as needed. CCIS thanks all applicants; however, only those selected to compete further for this position will be contacted.
We acknowledge Calgary and area as Treaty 7 territory. We acknowledge the Treaty 7 nations; the Piikani, Siksika, Kainai, Iyarhe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina First Nations. We acknowledge the ancestral territory of Siksikaitsitapi, the Blackfoot Confederacy, and the home of the Métis Nation of Alberta—Region 3. We are all treaty people.
In partnership, we empower immigrants and refugees to successfully settle and integrate in our communities.
CHARITY REGISTRATION #118823244RR0001
