Sacred Materials Linguist | Europe Central (Remote) | Permanent (Full-Time, 40 Hours/Weeks)

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Sacred Materials Linguist | Europe Central (Remote) | Permanent (Full-Time, 40 Hours/Weeks)

Poland, Albânia, Ucrânia, Alemanha, Suíça, Espanha, Romênia, Países Baixos, Itália, Hungria, França, República Tcheca, Croácia, Bulgária, Bélgica, Áustria, Armênia (Remoto)

To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

Job Description

The Sacred Materials Translation Supervisor 1 role is responsible for supporting and developing multiple teams of translators across multiple languages. The intent of this role is to guide and align internal and external resources in achieving established targets of quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness for translating, producing, and delivering the most sensitive and critical Church materials to users around the world—with an emphasis on translation quality and people development.

Candidates for this position will be leaders with experience managing people. They must demonstrate an ability to be empathic and calm while resolving concerns. They must demonstrate problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail and familiarity with business operations, people management, and technology.

Responsibilities

• Performs in-office and in-country research regarding language usage and conventions. Establishes linguistic and translation standards for use by translation teams as the Church matures and additional materials are translated.
• Develops and maintains linguistic tools and resources for assigned languages, including key terminology, translation memories, and translation style guides.
• Engages with external and internal translation providers for the purposes of recruitment, onboarding, training, relationship management, and performance management.
• Evaluates the quality of translation work completed by internal and external translation providers.
• Coordinates resolution of financial, technical, and legal needs for contract and volunteer team members in the assigned languages.
• Other duties as assigned by the manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in linguistics or related field.
• At least 4 years of experience in translation, linguistics, or a related field, including supervising the work of others.
• Proven skills in public speaking, interpersonal communication, team leadership, coaching, time management, project management, problem solving and the ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to exemplify a compassionate leadership style.
• Mastery of spoken and written English (native level) and working knowledge of at least two other languages.