Competition #: 2025-1
Posting date: February 18, 2025
Closing date: March 7, 2025
Duration: Indeterminate
Classification level: 4
Salary: $89,214 – $105,119 (under review)
Number of positions: 1
Status: Unionized
About the Association
The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) is a dynamic and progressive union representing over 25,000 professional employees in the federal public sector. At CAPE, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable environment for all our members.
Our organization offers a:
Progressive work environment
Flexible Work Model & Remote work opportunities
Seamless transition for public servants
Great work-life balance
Position Summary
The Translator and Coordinator is responsible for coordinating translation requests, triaging demands and assigning work to senior translators and discussing deadlines with clients. The Translator and Coordinator is also responsible for translating and reviewing a variety of documents accurately and efficiently, more generally from English to French, while maintaining the original meaning, format, and tone, and compliant with CAPE inclusive writing guide (French / English).
Requirements
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Translation, Linguistics, or a related field.
Accreditation or certification from a recognized Canadian translation association or institution is preferred.
Over 5 years’ translation experience and similar work with NGOs, interest groups, government agencies, or unions.
Any equivalent combination of education and experience acceptable to management will be considered.
Work experience in the legal, human rights and/or labour space an asset.
Experience working in a fast-paced environment, working under pressure and with tight deadlines.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) is required.
Experience with virtual collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom is required.
Note: Equivalent combinations of education and/or experience are considered.
Key responsibilities
Client relation: receive, review, triage and assign translation, revision and terminology requests and follow up with clients
Translate a wide range of documents, including but not limited to technical, financial, and marketing materials, in various formats (Word, PPT, Excel)
Ensure translated texts accurately convey the original meaning, context, and tone.
Proofread and edit translations to maintain grammatical and stylistic consistency.
Support the provision of linguistic services such as proofreading, revision and quality control to maintain grammatical and stylistic consistency.
Conduct research as needed to understand specialized terminology and concepts.
Work closely with other translators, editors, project managers and vendors to meet project deadlines and quality standards.
Communicate effectively with clients and internal stakeholders to clarify requirements and address feedback and provide support.
Manage translation platform and mailbox.
Act as an intermediary between linguistic services, the Communications and Public Affairs director and other departments to help plan for demand, ensure compliance with linguistic services guidelines and share any information that can ensure seamless services.
Support the Communications and Public Affairs director in developing service model indicators, timelines, and deliverables needed to improve linguistic services.
Under the guidance of the Communications and Public Affairs director, write procedures, guidelines and communications regarding linguistic services.
Produce and analyze statistical reports on linguistic services, and follow up with the Communications and Public Affairs director to monitor annual trends and make recommendations for service improvement.
Work closely with IT to resolve technical problems or improve translation and analytics platforms.
Other skills and abilities
Knowledge and command of the source and target languages, that is, the two official languages.
Skill in listening and observation is required to interpret messages correctly and deliver them to members appropriately.
Knowledge and command of technological innovations in translation, such as technological tools for documentary research, computer-assisted translation, desktop publishing applications, and translation memories.
Knowledge and command of terminological and documentary research methods and tools of all kinds to have a good knowledge of terminology, accelerate the translation process, and follow the development of languages and fields of specialization.
Knowledge of Internet operating methods.
Ability to manage projects and suppliers.
Condition of employment
Must meet the language requirement of the position.
Additional Information
Candidates must be fluently bilingual in both English and French at the time of application. This position requires advanced proficiency in both spoken and written English and French, and candidates should be prepared to demonstrate this fluency during the recruitment process.
If you are Indigenous such as First Nations, Inuit or Métis, a person within an equity-deserving groups, or a person of color, we encourage you to self-declare in this recruitment process. This self-declaration information may be factored into selection decisions and to address CAPE’s commitment to increase representation for these groups.
CAPE is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please contact rh-hr@acep-cape.ca. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.
An eligibility list of applicants may be established from this process to staff similar positions within CAPE.
Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact applicants when the screening and interview phases are completed.
The recruitment committee reserves all rights to use any methods that they deem appropriate to evaluate the applicants.Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that accurate contact information is provided and updated as required and to update their personal information when it changes. Applicants who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).
Time-sensitive correspondence may be transmitted via email, and it will be the applicant's responsibility to check their email regularly. Failure to respond to communications may result in elimination from this process.
CAPE may decide to use top-down or random selection or any other additional qualification to determine the number of applicants who will be considered for the next stage of the evaluation.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should submit their resume, a cover letter outlining their interest in the position and relevant qualifications and contact information for two professional references to rh-hr@acep-cape.ca by March 7, 2025.
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position.
