Translation Coordinator

King County (WA)•Seattle, WA

46d•Hybrid

About The Position

King County Metro, the largest transit agency in the northwestern U.S., seeks to hire a Translation Coordinator (Marketing and Sales Specialist III). The ideal candidate will have experience managing translations across vendors and community reviewers for a wide range of communication and marketing projects. Metro publishes content as determined by the community and project needs in these ten most predominant languages other than English: Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Somali, Russian, Korean, Ukrainian, Tagalog, Arabic, and Amharic. Serving a county with a population larger than 15 U.S. states, Metro provides bus, paratransit, vanpool, water taxi, and on-demand services, and operates the Seattle Streetcar, Sound Transit Link light rail and Sound Transit Express buses. Metro is a three-time winner of Best Large Transit Agency in North America, as awarded by the American Public Transportation Association. Metro was also named the Most Equitable Agency in Tackling Climate Change by the Federal Transit Administration. This recruitment will be used to fill 1 SDA/TLT position that will last up to 1-2 years. In addition, this selection process may be used to generate an eligibility pool for future Career Service, Special Duty Assignment, Term Limited Temporary or Short Term Temporary vacancies that may occur in this classification within this workgroup. The eligibility pool will be retained for 12 months from the date of posting and may be used at the discretion of the hiring authority.

Requirements

Three or more years of experience in translation project management
Prior experience in community-based language access work.
Understanding of plain language principles and implementation strategies.
Highly organized, strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills, with the capacity to identify challenges and implement solutions.
Proficiency in English grammar, proofreading and spelling
Proven organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
Experience collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual/biliterate or multilingual proficiency
Current translator certification
Basic Adobe InDesign skills

Responsibilities

Coordinate translation and community review for communication and marketing projects.
Collaborate with content creators, project teams and community language service providers to ensure accuracy and cultural relevance.
Advise teams on language access needs and identify appropriate languages for translation.
Work closely with culturally and linguistically diverse language service providers to complete project requests.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage options: King County provides eligible employees with options, so they can decide what's best for themselves and their eligible dependents
Life and disability insurance: employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents
Retirement: eligible King County employees may participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan
Transportation program and ORCA transit pass
12 paid holidays each year plus two personal holidays
Generous vacation and paid sick leave
Paid parental, family and medical, and volunteer leaves
Flexible Spending Account
Wellness programs
Onsite activity centers
Employee Giving Program
Employee assistance programs
Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position
Training and career development programs