Language Coordinator On-Call

Job Description

Based at Church Headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Language Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and supporting translation work across multiple languages, with a focus on assigning projects in a timely manner. This may include contacting and communicating with internal and external resources in achieving established targets of efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness for translation. This role's main objective is to coordinate job tasks through translation project management tools and technologies. This is an on-call position and is on an as-needed basis.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with other in-house Language Coordinators to help with their overflow work and give assistance when it is needed.
• Assign translation requests to contractors and/or agencies.
• Communicate with contractors and/or agencies on any project-related requests.
• Provide reporting for process adherence and project commitments.
• Provide training on translation management tools and computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools.
• Ensure that coordination and support processes are streamlined and consistent across projects.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (preferably in linguistics, translation, communications, or a related field) with at least 3 years of related experience.
• 1 year of experience in project management or a related field.
• Mastery of spoken and written English and at least one other language (Spanish preferred).
• Excellent communications skills.
• Proven skills in project management, time management, interpersonal communication, coaching, problem solving and the ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to interact with external and internal resources to ensure projects are completed in a timely manner and according to specifications.
• Ability to navigate through translation and business management tools, web interfaces, reading briefs and instructions, including entering data and downloading and uploading files.
• Ability to provide basic technical support to translation and business management systems users.
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge of Church doctrine, policies, and ecclesiastical organization.
• Familiarity with computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools (e.g., Trados, and or other TMS).
• Flexible schedule, this is an on-call position, so work schedule will be based on project needs.
  
  

About Us

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.

Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.