Your job and responsibilities
Interested in a position where you will use your
language skills daily? Want to work in a Directorate at
the service of two separate European Union
institutions, and thus have the opportunity to
familiarise yourself with different European Union (EU)
projects and policies?
As an assistant in the unit, you are responsible for
assisting translators with the preparation and production
of translations into Irish and English, using translation
tools and in-house IT applications, as well as for
coordinating workflow under the guidance of the head of
unit or the language coordinator.
You are also responsible for preparing texts to be
outsourced to another service provider and giving a final
check to the translated texts before publishing them as
part of the overall quality control process; you provide
proofreading or other linguistic support in Irish and
English.
You take part in the cooperation networks or other
horizontal tasks (webmaster's tasks, assistance to the head
of unit, library and office supply orders etc.) as well as
ensuring business continuity on a daily basis and
performing an evening stand-by a few times per year
(rotating tasks).
You perform other administrative and technical tasks and
cooperate with other language teams' assistants.
You are part of a dynamic directorate where a wide range of
internal and interinstitutional training courses, in
addition to language classes, are offered, as well as
formal and informal contacts with colleagues in other units
through cross-service activities such as the Translation
AST-Network.
Are you the talent we are looking for?
- You have a thorough knowledge of Irish and English
(written and oral); for functional reasons, a good
knowledge French would be an asset.
- You have a good command of IT applications and tools
(Outlook, Excel, Word, Sharepoint, etc.) and the ability to
learn other specific applications.
- You have the ability to work as part of a team (but also
independently when required) and to fit in with an
international working environment.
- You have a strong sense of responsibility and the ability
to work well under pressure.
- You have very good communication and interpersonal
skills.