Translator – Welsh Language, Welsh Essential (Closing Date 13/10/26)

LGBT Jobs; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

31 days annual leave

Contributory pension scheme

Health cash back

Job summary

Careers Wales in Cardiff seeks a Translator – Welsh Language for a maternity cover contract up to 12 months. The role is full time (37 hours) with base in Wales determined on appointment and hybrid working options. Proficient Welsh skills and proven EN-WL translation experience are essential, with a salary of £30,993–£37,330.

The successful candidate will manage translation quality, oversee machine translations, and ensure bilingual content meets Welsh Language Standards across website services.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of translation from English to Welsh and Welsh to English.
• Proficient speaking, listening, reading and writing in Welsh.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver a translation service ensuring website content meets user needs.
• Oversee high-volume machine translated content and QA to retain meaning.
• Update and publish data on website services within agreed timeframes.
• Contribute to high-quality bilingual services in line with Welsh Language Standards.

Skills

Welsh language proficiency

Translation experience

Education

Degree level qualification

Job description

Location: Cardiff, UK

Highlighted points for this job

• 'Translator – Welsh Language – Maternity Cover up to 12 months'
• 'Full time (37 hours per week)'
• 'Degree level qualification and translation experience required'

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd (CCDG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Welsh Government. We provide an essential, all-age, independent, impartial and bilingual careers guidance and coaching services in Wales, including the Working Wales programme.

Translator – Welsh Language – Maternity Cover up to 12 months

Salary: £30,993 - £37,330, the starting salary is £30,993

Hours: Full time(37hours per week)

Base: As we have numerous centres throughout Wales, the successful candidate’s base will be determined on appointment.

Closing Date: 13/10/26

Proficient Welsh language skills are essential for this post.

Working within the Digital and Communications service area of Careers Wales, the successful candidate will own and deliver a translation service that ensures the content in our website products meet the needs of users. The successful candidate will oversee high volume machine translated content and providing a quality assurance role to retain the meaning of the original text as closely as possible. The role also involves working on the website services where large quantities of data need regular updating and publishing within agreed timeframes.

This role will contribute to ensuring that Careers Wales complies with the Welsh Language Standards, helping to ensure that high-quality bilingual services are consistently available to our customers.

The successful candidate must have:

• Proven experience of translation from English to Welsh and Welsh to English
• A proficient level of skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing in Welsh

Attractive benefits including opportunities for hybrid working, flexi time, 31 days annual leave, contributory pension scheme and health related cash back plan.

We as a nation thrive when we champion diversity and inclusion. Organisations with a diverse workforce make better decisions, are more creative, are stronger, overall happier, and of course - it’s the right thing to do!

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to make our recruitment and workplace supportive and accessible. Our approach is informed by the social model of disability, which recognises that people may be disabled by the way society, workplaces, systems and attitudes are designed—not by their impairment or difference.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments during recruitment or once appointed. We will work with you to understand your needs, and recruitment information is available in alternative formats on request.

Applications in Welsh or English are welcomed. An application made in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

Completed applications should be submitted by 13/10/26.

The assessments will take place on 02/11/2026, followed by interviews on the 03/11/2026.