SENIOR REVISER - TRANSLATOR (Spanish)

Interpol; Lyon; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

INTERPOL in Lyon seeks a Senior Reviser - Translator (Spanish) to revise and translate documents, ensuring high quality language and fidelity to originals. The role sits in the Language Services Department under the Head of Spanish Language Department, with responsibilities spanning translation, revision, terminology management, and liaison with subject-matter experts.

You will handle translations from other official languages, maintain terminology records, and contribute to training and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in translating and revising texts
• High attention to accuracy in legal, technical, or financial texts
• Ability to maintain consistency with in-house terminology

Responsibilities

• Revise translations into the department language ensuring quality and faithfulness to the original
• Translate texts usually without revision across varied subjects
• Edit texts to comply with Secretariat usage and terminology
• Liaise with authors and subject-matter experts to clarify ambiguities
• Develop knowledge and improve skills in IT tools used by the department

Skills

Translation

Revision

Terminology management

Liaising with stakeholders

Tools

CAT tools

Translation management systems

Job description

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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:SENIOR REVISER - TRANSLATOR (Spanish)
Reporting To: Head of Spanish Language Department
Location: Lyon

Type of contract: Fixed-term Contract
Duration (in months): 36.00
Grade: 4
Number of post(s): 1
Level of Security screening: Enhanced
Deadline for application: 27 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 and interviews in connection to this selection procedure will tentatively take place from 04 December 2026. 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.

SUMMARY OF THE ASSIGNED DUTIES,

INCLUDING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE POST

Within the Executive Directorate Resource Management (EDRM), the Language Services Department is responsible for a wide range of activities, including translation, revision, proofreading, editing, formatting, minute-taking, terminology management, and linguistic guidance on documents across all INTERPOL operations in the Organization’s four working languages.

Under the supervision of the Head of Language Department, the incumbent revises translations into his/her mother tongue of documents drafted in the other official languages of the Organization, dealing with a broad range of subjects, and relating to its day-to-day activities and to the decisions to be taken by its governing bodies. He/she translates, usually without revision, texts covering a broad range of subjects dealt with by the Organization, particularly those subjects requiring experience and recognized proficiency.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND ACTIVITIES

DUTY 1: Revision and translation

• Revise translations, into the language of the Department, of texts relating to a wide variety of subjects and varying greatly in terms of quality and style. In that context, ensure that all translations are of high quality in terms of style, grammar, and syntax, and that they faithfully reflect the meaning and intention of the original, in accordance with the spirit and style of the language of the Department, observing in-house usage and terminology.
• Translate, usually without revision, texts covering a broad range of subjects dealt with by the Organization, particularly those requiring experience and recognized proficiency, such as technical, legal, or financial texts . In that context, provide high-quality translations in terms of style, grammar, and syntax, and ensure that that they faithfully reflect the meaning and intention of the original, in accordance with the spirit and style of the language of the Department, observing in-house usage and terminology.
• Occasionally edit texts drafted in the language of the Department by authors from outside LSE, varying greatly in terms of quality and style, to comply with the General Secretariat's usage.
• Liaise with authors, subject-matter experts and other stakeholders to clarify ambiguities, resolve inconsistencies, and address legal, procedural or operational questions arising from source texts before delivering the translations.
• Devote time and effort to developing knowledge and improving skills in the fields covered by the team. Achieve and maintain full proficiency in the main IT and other tools and resources available in LSE.

DUTY 2: Terminology and technology

• Gather information on the relevant professional, legal, financial, scientific, and other technical areas, consulting specialists, reference works, technical dictionaries, terminology databases and other sources.
• Enrich LSE’s terminology and document resources by pooling relevant information gathered and the results of research carried out personally; in particular, create and update records in the terminology database.
• Validate records in the terminology database, in consultation with the Department’s Terminology Focal Point and/or the Head of Department.
• Answer questions from LSE colleagues and clients pertaining to terminology for his/her department.
• Participate in the development of new terminology for use where none exists in the target language. Actively contribute to standardizing and harmonizing in-house terminology, notably by taking an active role in terminology meetings.
• Participate as required in training, visits, and international meetings on specialist topics and for translation professionals.
• Participate as required in suggesting the choice of technical tools, such as computer-assisted translation technologies, translation management systems or machine translation solutions, and in the decision-making process for training.
• Contribute to the evaluation, optimization and responsible use of machine translation and artificial intelligence tools, ensuring that quality, confidentiality and institutional requirements are fully respected.

DUTY 3: Advice and training

• Counsel and assist translators and brief them on the procedures and practices of Language Services, terminology, and a broad range of subjects. Act as a mentor for new translators and provide guidance to other units on institutional matters as required.
• Provide the Head of Department with an assessment of the work of the Department’s translators.
• Advise on translation work performed outside the Organization by freelance translators and revise their work. Counsel and assist them.
• Assist members of other Language Departments in understanding texts in the language of the Department.
• When the circumstances so require, at the request of the Head of Language Department: (a) organize and coordinate the work of translators and monitor progress of such work in relation to an agreed schedule; and (b) grade tests of candidates for employment, including prospective contractual translators, and assess translators applying to be junior or senior translators or revisers.

DUTY 4: Other tasks

• Replace the Head of Language Department as required to ensure the smooth daily running of the Department in the absence of the latter. This may include, among other tasks, coordinating workflow, assigning priorities, liaising with internal stakeholders, monitoring service delivery, advising staff, supporting decision-making and representing the Department in meetings.
• Equitably with other colleagues, take part in on-call arrangements for statutory meetings and urgent notice translation requirements outside normal working hours.
• Perform any other duties as required by the hierarchy.

QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

Education and qualification required:

• Three to