Erasmus Internship: Language Services Project Management Intern

Contract length: 4-6 months, with the possibility of a paid 6-month extension if budget and performance allow

Hours: flexible, normally 30 hours/week, during CET core working hours and days

Location: Office-based, in Barcelona center at our partner’s office

Travel: None, except relocating to Barcelona

Screening and interviews will commence immediately. The candidate can be selected and the vacancy closed at any stage.

Erasmus+ supports traineeships (work placements, internships) abroad at any workplace for students currently enrolled in higher education institutions in Program Countries at short-cycle Bachelor and Master level as well as for doctoral candidates. These opportunities are also open to recent graduates.

Erasmus+ traineeships are open to any student enrolled in a higher education institution holding an Erasmus+ Charter for Higher Education.

The traineeship must be relevant for the degree-related learning and personal development needs and, wherever possible, be integrated in the study program.

A traineeship can take place at any organization located anywhere in the world (with the exception of EU institutions, bodies and agencies).

CLEAR Global is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to having a diverse team where individuals of all backgrounds collaborate and learn from one another. We believe we can be most effective with diverse experience and expertise in our team. We recruit on merit, actively seek diverse applicant pools and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, age, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, marital or parental status, or sexual orientation, and welcome all types of diversity.

The role

The Language Services Project Management Intern will assist the Language Services Team in coordinating translation projects, ensuring that they are completed efficiently and within the expectations of CLEAR Global management and partner organizations/clients. To coordinate collaboration among translators on specific projects, ensuring engagement, appropriate levels of translation quality and turnaround.

Responsibilities:

• Manage specific language service projects as assigned by Partner Coordinators and Project Officers;
• Upload and download project files, run pre- and post-production checks;
• Track project progress and delivery, keep project trackers up-to-date, and provide regular status updates to Partner Coordinators and Project Officers;
• Maintain an organized project environment across platforms, maintaining project records, files and databases as assigned;
• Assist with building and managing translator teams, as well as general translator recruitment, as requested by Project Officers;
• Maintain effective communication with translators throughout the project, ensuring that translators remain engaged throughout the project and have a clear understanding of project expectations;
• Carry out translator communications around translation quality and turnaround, replying to translators’ messages, ensuring task pick-up, flagging issues, etc;
• Handle other project management tasks as assigned;
• Act in the best interest of the organization during the internship period.

Please note that these roles and responsibilities are approximate and may change over time.

Qualifications

We are seeking candidates who are eligible to receive a scholarship for the Erasmus+ program. Please note that we cannot consider candidates who do not qualify for this scholarship or who will not receive the scholarship.

The right candidate is also an energetic team player who agrees with CLEAR Global’s basic beliefs and values and who can work virtually with team members based throughout the world.

Essential skills and competencies

• Graduated from latest diploma/degree within the last year, or graduating soon (preferred degree in linguistics or related field)
• Excellent organizational skills
• Keen interest in information management, improving efficiency through processes
• Thoroughness and attention to detail
• Willingness to get to grips with new technologies
• Able to manage multiple tasks and a busy workload
• Capacity to work independently to achieve agreed targets
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong written and spoken English
• Proficiency in other languages an asset

Desirable skills and competencies

• Previous experience working with non-profit organizations
• Knowledge of CAT tools
• Previous experience in translation and/or interpreting (internships and volunteering are considered valid experiences)

Job requirements

Successful candidates will need to have access to a computer, one will not be provided by the host institution. The host institution will provide a workspace and a reliable internet connection.

About CLEAR Global

CLEAR Global exists to help people get vital information, and be heard, whatever language they speak. We believe that everyone has the right to give and receive information in a language and format they understand. We work with nonprofit partners and a global community of language professionals to build local language translation capacity, and raise awareness of language barriers. Our network of over 100,000 community members translate millions of words of life-saving and life-changing information a year.

Core values

CLEAR Global employees and volunteers are people who believe passionately about the value of this work and take personal responsibility for achieving the mission. CLEAR Global’s mission and organizational spirit embody the core values established in its strategic framework:

Excellence: As the leading voice for communicating humanitarian information in the right language, CLEAR Global is a leader in the translation industry and in the non-profit sector.

Integrity: CLEAR Global believes that every person, whether it is the people who we serve, our volunteers or our staff, has value, deserves respect and has inherent dignity.

Empowerment: CLEAR Global believes in using language to empower people around the world to control their own development and destiny.

Innovation: CLEAR Global recognizes and celebrates the power of innovation to address humanitarian and crisis issues around the world.

Sustainability: CLEAR Global recognizes that meeting our mission necessitates establishment and maintenance of a solid financial and organizational infrastructure.

Tolerance: Our staff and volunteers are highly knowledgeable and skilled; value each other, our partner and our recipients; create a supportive work environment; and conduct themselves professionally at all times.

CLEAR Global may re-advertise the vacancy, cancel the recruitment, offer an appointment with a modified job description or for a different duration at its discretion.

Keywords

Language ServicesProject ManagementTranslation ProjectsCoordinatorTranslatorCommunicationInformation ManagementEfficiencyNon-profit OrganizationsCAT ToolsInterpreting