A few members of staff are available if colleagues need help speaking to customers whose first language is not English, if they were to arrive at our front desk and need initial assistance.
These staff are fluent or have a basic knowledge of a small selection of languages including French, Arabic, Persian, Serbian, Croatian and Polish.
- Fluent in French, basic Arabic. Dia Irmal, Electoral Services Manager, Pippbrook Full time, Ext: 3215
- First language Czech and Slovakian, basic Polish. Pavla Stones, Planning Administrative Officer, Part time: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Ext: 3642.
- Fluent Serbian/Croatian. Tanya Mileusnic, Licensing Officer Environmental Health. Full Time. Ext 3234.
- First language Norwegian, understands verbal and written Swedish and Danish. Basic German, French and Italian. Elin Darbo-Egan, Assistant FM & Project Manager, Pippbrook Full time. Ext: 3627.
- First language Bulgarian. Ivan Banchev, Civil Enforcement Team, Pippbrook. Monday to Saturday working 7am to 4pm and 8am to 5pm.
Interpreting
For more information on British Sign Language interpreting, telephone, face-to-face and braille support services visit the Language Line website.