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

Careers Wales; Pontypridd; Sur place; GBP 31 000 - 37 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working

Flexi time

31 days annual leave

Contributory pension

Health related cash back plan

Résumé du poste

Careers Wales seeks a Translator – Welsh Language for maternity cover up to 12 months. You will own and deliver translation services for our website, ensuring high accuracy of Welsh-English content and managing machine translation outputs.

The role requires a degree, proven translation experience EN-Welsh and Welsh-English, and strong Welsh language skills. Hybrid working, flexi time, 31 days annual leave, contributory pension and health cash back are offered.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification.
• Proven translation experience English-Welsh and Welsh-English.
• Proficient speaking, listening, reading and writing in Welsh.

Responsabilités

• Own and deliver translation services for website content.
• Oversee high-volume machine translated content and QA to preserve meaning.
• Update and publish data for website services within deadlines.
• Ensure compliance with Welsh Language Standards for bilingual services.

Connaissances

Welsh language proficiency

Translation experience EN->Welsh

QA/Content quality

Formation

Degree-level qualification

Description du poste

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:

• A degree level qualification
• 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.

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