Translation Specialist
7 days ago
Translation Specialist (Part-Time) (1-year contract)
"The best prescription I've ever given is a wish."
- Dr. Jeremy Friedman, Associate PaediatricianinChief, SickKids Hospital & Medical Advisor for Make-AWish Canada
What is Your Biggest Wish?
Is it to be part of an organization that is child-focused, values employee experience and is an inspiring workplace?
If so, Make-A-Wish is for you
Make-A-Wish Canada creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
We are on a quest to bring every eligible child's wish to life because a wish is an integral part of a child's treatment journey.
Research shows children who have wishes granted can build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight a critical illness.
"It's been wonderful to have this wish to look forward to... It's wonderful to see [Rowan] with something that brings him pure joy after all he's been through and missed out on"
- Melissa, mom to wish kid Rowan (age 5, leukemia), who wished for an indoor jungle gym.
What's In It For You?
- Meaningful opportunities to make an impact and change the lives of children with critical illnesses within your community and across Canada
- A collaborative team environment where you feel valued and inspired
- An attractive compensation package that includes group health and dental coverage (premiums are fully covered by the Foundation), a matching RRSP program as well as paid Wish Hours
- Annual vacation starting at three weeks & additional paid leaves
- Work/life balance and flexibility
- Hybrid working environment
- Employee Wellness Program
- Corporate discounts
- Continuous learning, development and internal training opportunities
- Fun employee activities, contests, and more
MISSION, VISION AND VALUES
Our
mission is, together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illness.
Supported by our
vision to grant the wish of every eligible child.
Our
values are Child-Focused, Integrity, Impact, Innovation, and Community.
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Where You Come In
We are looking for a
Translation Specialist (Part-Time) (1-year contract) to join our team at Make-A-Wish Canada.
This position (22.5 hours/3 days per week) is responsible for translation and adaptation of English language texts into French language texts (and vice-versa) for the implementation and use of national and locally scoped marketing and communications, corporate engagement, wish granting, financial services, Human Resources content needs and more.
As a translator and in parallel to the work of our full-time Translation Specialist, you'll convert written material from the source languages of English and French, making sure that translated versions convey the meaning of the original as clearly as possible.
While sitting on the National Brand Marketing and Communications team (reporting to the Director, Brand Marketing & Communications), the part-time Translation Specialist will translate and adapt materials for Make-A-Wish | Rêves d'enfantsMD Canada (MAWC).
This role can be based out of
any of our Canadian offices and is a
part-time, contract, hybrid (1 day in-office, 2 days remote
) position.
What You Will Do
- Works with relevant communications and executive team members to appropriately respond to translation requests of all types and sizes.
- Maintains and updates translation request tracker and works with the Marketing Assistant to ensure requests are managed in a timely manner.
- Works closely and collaborates with the Communications Specialist, Quebec regarding translation requests.
- Remains aware of all regional internal and external communication plans that are consistent with the national strategic plan to enhance the MAWC brand as a fully bilingual, nationally scoped organization to improve public brand exposure and confidence in the Make-AWish | Rêves d'enfantsMD Canada brand.
- Establishes and maintains a large volume and a wide network of internal relationships to effectively respond to translation needs within the MAWC organization.
- Reads through original material and rewrites it in the target language, ensuring that the meaning of the source text is retained.
- Researches legal, technical and scientific phrasing to find the correct translation.
- Liaises with internal clients to discuss any unclear points.
- Proofreads and edits final translated versions.
- Develops and maintains various Frenchlanguage tools and templates for internal and external use (i.e., presentation files, lexicon, archived reference documents, etc.).
- Assists in Frenchlanguage translation of transcribed audio and video files and maintains an archive thereof.
- Works with team members/internal client gr
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