Translation Coordinator

Summary

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 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.

Job Duties

Applying equity and social justice principles is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all King County this role you will apply equity and social justice principles to all aspects of the work. You will :

• 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.

Experience Qualifications Knowledge Skills

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Desired Qualifications :

Supplemental Information

Required Application Materials

Applicants will be screened for competitiveness completeness and written communication skills. The most competitive candidates may be invited to participate in one or more interviews. Final offers are contingent on successful completion of reference checks and / or file review.

Work Location This is a hybrid position. The main work site for this position is King Street Center 201 S Jackson St. Seattle WA 98104.

The team works in a hybrid model with days in the office as well as telecommuting. The ratio of remote to onsite work will be dependent on business needs and is subject to change.

Employees will have access to shared workspaces at various King County facilities. Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.

Work Schedule

The work week is normally 40 hours Monday through Friday. Alternative work schedules may be possible. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and therefore is not eligible for overtime pay.

Union Membership : PROTEC 17 - C4

Job Code : 222702

To Apply

If you are interested in pursuing this position please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact : Sianna Weicuss

Forbes recently named King County as one of Washington States best employers.

Together with leadership and our employees were changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nations best places to live work and play.

Guided by our True North we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting support and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply including Native American and people of color immigrants refugees women LGBTQ people living with disabilities and veterans.

The Executive Branch includes employees in the Executive branch the Assessors Office Elections the King County Sheriffs Office and the Executive Office . King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race color religion national origin sex (including gender identity sexual orientation and pregnancy) age genetic information disability veteran status or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions including but not limited to recruitment hiring selection for training promotion transfer demotion layoff termination rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

Required Experience :

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Key Skills

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Employment Type : Temp

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 94241 - 119456