Linguistic Services Processing Assistant Position in the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union

The Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union was established in 1994 to provide translation services for the various bodies of the European Union. It is based in Luxembourg. Since its establishment, the Centre’s workload has increased considerably, and it now employs around 200 staff. To meet the needs of the Translation Support Department, and in particular of the Workflow Management Section, the Translation Centre is organising a selection procedure to establish a reserve list for the recruitment of temporary staff members under Article 2(f) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union.

Nature of the tasks

Reporting directly to the Head of the Workflow Management Section, the selected candidate will be responsible for performing the following tasks:
▪ Monitor the pre- and post-processing workflow tasks and ensure that deadlines are met;
▪ Distribute work by guaranteeing an optimised job distribution and flexibility to take prompt care of urgent requests;
▪ Identify areas of improvement in the current processes and systems with a constant research for process optimisation;
▪ Carry out technology watch in the areas of document authoring, desktop publishing, language technologies and process modelling and optimisation;
▪ Setup state-of-the-art procedures and research for technical document engineering techniques aimed at speeding up pre- and post-processing activities of several linguistic services, namely translation, editing, subtitling, transcription;
▪ Maintain existing knowledge basis updated and promote their intensive use by the members of the teams concerned;

Pre-selection criteria

To be eligible to take part in this selection procedure, the applicant must, on 07.04.2023, the closing date for applications, meet the following requirements:

a)Eligibility criteria

▪ be a national of one of the Member States of the European Union;
▪ qualifications: have a level of post-secondary education of at least two years attested by a diploma, followed by at least three years of relevant professional experience;
or a level of secondary education attested by a diploma giving access to post-secondary education, followed by at least six years of relevant professional experience;
▪ language skills: in-depth knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union (at least C1 level) and satisfactory knowledge of another official language of the European Union (at least B2 level), to the level necessary for carrying out the required tasks.

b) Technical Competences and Skills

▪ At least three years of proven professional experience in document preparation for translation purposes (pre- and post-processing activities and alignments) or linguistic project management;
▪ Proven knowledge of translation technologies to be attested by a certificate issued by an educational entity (e.g. university syllabus indicating at least one module in translation technologies, private educational bodies offering training in translation technologies, etc.);
▪ Proven professional experience of at least one year to be attested by the provision of a job description, clearly mentioning the use of the following tools and for the following activities:
a) Adobe InDesign for post-processing or DTP purposes (document publication after translation);
b) XML and HTML for content identification and manipulation with CAT tools;
c) Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio for document preparation for translation, and document publication after translation;
▪ Good knowledge of English or French (at level at least B2).

Recruitment

Depending on the budgetary situation, successful applicants may be offered a three-year contract (renewable) in accordance with the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union. Subject to the level of confidentiality of the work carried out, the selected applicant may be required to apply for security clearance.

The selected applicants will be recruited in the function group/grade AST3. The basic monthly salary for the grade AST3 (step 1) is EUR 4188.45. In addition to the basic salary, members of staff may be entitled to various allowances, such as a household allowance, an expatriation allowance (16% of basic salary), etc.

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