Translator (Welsh)

WJEC / CBAC; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Free Welsh lessons

Generous pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Job summary

WJEC invites applications for a Translator (Welsh) to join the Translation Team. The role focuses on delivering high-quality bilingual services across internal and external audiences, ensuring Welsh and English outputs meet linguistic standards.

You will have extensive translation experience, fluent Welsh, and be comfortable using translation memory software. The post is hybrid with Cardiff-based time and offers a supportive environment and a generous benefits package.

Qualifications

• Extensive translation experience is required.
• Fluency in Welsh is essential.
• Able to work to tight deadlines and maintain high linguistic standards.

Responsibilities

• Translate and proofread Welsh and English materials.
• Maintain bilingual service for customers and stakeholders.
• Use translation memory software to support daily work.

Skills

Welsh language

Translation

Terminology

Tools

Déjà Vu

Job description

Translator (Welsh)

Contract type: Full-time, Fixed-term (10 months) Salary: £32,046 – £34,107 per annum pro rata (Grade 6) Please note: Fluency in Welsh is essential for this post.

We welcome applications from individuals with extensive translation experience for the post of translator within the Translation Team at WJEC. The individual will work in a busy department and contribute to ensuring that WJEC provides a fully bilingual service to its customers and stakeholders, both internally and externally.

The challenge As Wales’ largest awarding body, WJEC contributes to our education communities by providing trusted qualifications and specialist support, to allow our learners the opportunity to reach their full potential. This is therefore a great opportunity to be part of an organisation that both encourages and enhances the minds of the future.

The role This role is key to ensuring that WJEC offers a fully bilingual service to its customers and stakeholders. One of the essential objectives of this post is maintaining the WJEC's high linguistic standards by discussion and working together. The individual is expected to make full use of translation memory software (Déjà Vu) in undertaking their day-to-day work, so any prior knowledge of working with such software would be an advantage.

The individual To thrive in this role, you will be a conscientious and active member of the team and be able to communicate easily in both Welsh and English. You will be able to work carefully and accurately and show an interest in Welsh terminology, playing your part in ensuring that WJEC materials are aligned with those of the education community in Wales. The post holder will work closely with other members of the Translation Team and the wider Language Service, but they will also be able to work independently to fulfil tasks to tight timescales.

Our benefits At WJEC, we pride in being an inclusive and supportive place to work. We also offer a range of excellent benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave per year (in addition to 16 statutory / additional holidays) adjusted for part time/compressed working patterns
• free Welsh lessons
• a generous pension scheme
• numerous family friendly policies

A career with WJEC can be extremely rewarding and you will be encouraged throughout with great opportunities to develop your professional and personal skills.

WJEC operates a hybrid working model, enabling the successful candidate to split their time between WJEC offices and working at home, subject to business need. As such, applications are invited from individuals across the UK but please note that regular working from our Cardiff offices will be required and whilst flexibility can be discussed, this team currently attend the office, on average, 1 day a month.

This role is a Welsh medium role and