General Information
Type of contract
Short-term contract, which may be extended to up to 36 months subject to individual performance and organisational needs
Contract end date
31.03.2022
Who can apply?
EU nationals working for national central banks of the ESCB, international governmental organisations or other employers performing central banking or banking supervision tasks within the framework of the Eurosystem
Salary
F/G (bracket 1 - step 1) full time monthly net salary: €6,909 plus benefits, for further information see
what we offer.
Working time
Full time
Place of work
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Closing date
02.06.2021
Your team
You will be part of the Language Technology and Innovation unit of the Directorate General Communications’ Language Services Division. Our Division is responsible for providing the ECB with linguistic expertise and support in the official languages of the EU, in close collaboration with the national central banks and national supervisory authorities.
In your role as Language Technologist/Terminologist, you will be part of a team responsible for supporting the work of the ECB’s translators and lawyer-linguists with computer-assisted translation software, keeping abreast of developments in the field of language technology and managing central banking and banking supervision-related terminology in all official EU languages.
The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other characteristics.
Your role
As a Language Technologist/Terminologist you will:
- provide terminology and language technology support to the ECB’s translators and lawyer-linguists as well as their collaborators;
- check documents for compatibility with the ECB’s computer-assisted translation tools prior to translation and, if necessary, devise workflows for new file formats or document types;
- contribute to the testing of language technology software prior to a software upgrade and the embedding of upgraded software in the translation workflow;
- identify new language technology tools and test their usefulness in the work of the ECB’s linguists and their collaborators;
- participate in the quality assessment of machine translation output and its integration in the linguists’ workflow;
- coordinate terminology extraction projects.
The position offers you excellent opportunities to further develop your language technology skills and machine translation exposure in a multilingual language service. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.
Qualifications, experience and skills
Essential:
- a master’s degree or equivalent in translation, terminology, computational linguistics or another relevant field (click here for details on degree equivalences);
- in addition to the above, a minimum of two and ideally four or more years’ professional experience in the field of language technology, terminology or translation;
- excellent knowledge of terminology management and translation memory software packages such as the Trados translation tools;
- very good knowledge of standard Microsoft Office applications, in particular Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
- an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages;
- familiarity with the ECB, other EU institutions, international organisations and/or the financial sector.
Desired:
- an advanced (C1) command of other official EU languages;
- theoretical knowledge of/practical experience with machine translation.
You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.
You are motivated to be part of our team and to develop and use your skills and competencies to achieve the objectives of this position. You are aware of your strengths and areas for development and know what motivates you to perform at your highest level.
Working modalities
We are willing to discuss part-time arrangements.
Further information
The contract(s) offered will be short-term ESCB/IO, the appointment being for six months as of the exact starting date of the selected person, extendable to up to 36 months.
For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can speak to Catherine Lane on +49 (0)69 1344 7925 between 09:00 and 11:00 (CET) on Wednesday, 19 May 2021.
Application and selection process
For further information on how to join us,
read more.
The recruitment process for this position will be conducted remotely. If you are invited to participate in the selection phase, it will include a presentation and interviews.
