With MIREMS, you are part of a unique roster that makes a difference. Working with MIREMS impacts the actions of decision makers, involves great responsibility and a strong set of professional ethics, and provides meaningful results that change the communications landscape on local, provincial and national levels. If you want to be a part of a growing multilingual team, with a flexible schedule and an opportunity to work from home, please read the job description below and email us your résumé and cover letter to [email protected], or fill out the application form below.
About the job
This fast-paced part-time remote position will be of interest to enthusiastic people with a passion for their language and culture, and a strong interest in Canadian and international news and public affairs.
The discipline and persistence to pursue both in analyzing their community media are a must-have requirement together with the ability to work from home and produce daily reports under a freelance annual contract.
We are looking for individuals proud of their ethnic background, looking to make a difference, and supporting us in our mission of making language barriers transparent.
MIREMS is a team of multilingual media analysts that communicates what is being said in their ethnic news to our high-end clients.
The discipline and persistence to pursue both in analyzing their community media are a must-have requirement together with the ability to work from home and produce daily reports under a freelance annual contract.
We are looking for individuals proud of their ethnic background, looking to make a difference, and supporting us in our mission of making language barriers transparent.
MIREMS is a team of multilingual media analysts that communicates what is being said in their ethnic news to our high-end clients.
Responsibilities:
- Perform intermittent scans of ethnic media resources in search of news stories, editorials, interviews, and opinion pieces on a variety of topics based on client requests.
- Assess, research, and analyze stories, and provide translated summaries to be edited and collected into client reports. Consultants specialize in media sources in their language(s) of competence and are expected to have regular access to those sources.
- Promptly respond to short notice and possibly short-term projects as they occur.
Requirements:
- Be autonomous, reliable, accountable self-starters
- Have a personal computer with 24/7 Internet access, as this is a ‘work-at-home’ position
- Be able to monitor specific print media, radio, or television programs in their language of competence in a timely and targeted manner
- Have very good listening and reading comprehension and be able to translate from your language of expertise
- Have a good command of written English, with the ability to summarize stories
- Be available for quality control follow up
- Have a self-directed work ethic and adhere to deadlines
- Be comfortable working in a virtual team environment
- Be able to work occasionally on Sundays and Public Holidays
- Be able to legally work in Canada
Benefits:
- Be able to work from home- or wherever you are, if you are eligible to work in Canada
- Opportunity to grow with this unique company with 30 years of experience in its field, poised for growth in the post-pandemic diverse communications world.
- Work in a diverse multicultural environment
- Flexibility to create your own schedule in response to job demands.
Language opportunities:
Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese (Mandarin and/or Cantonese), Eritrean, Farsi, French, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu. We accept submissions from speakers of other languages and will consider them based on client demand. Please contact us for more information.
Notice for international professionals:
- Our jobs do not qualify an applicant for immigration to Canada.
- We are only able to hire and work with Canadian residents or persons who already hold a permit to work legally in Canada or the USA.