Hmrc Welsh Language Translator

**Details**: **Reference number**: - 359730**Salary**: - £28,341 - £30,323- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**: - Executive Officer**Contract type**: - Permanent**Business area**: - HMRC - Chief Digital Product Office**Type of role**: - Other**Working pattern**: - Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**: - 2Contents Location About the job **Benefits**: Things you need to know Location - HMRC Welsh Language Centre, Room B1.22, Ty William Morgan, 6 Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1EP Or HMRC Welsh Language Customer Services, Ty Thedford, High Street, Porthmadog, LL49 9BF.About the job **Job summary**: Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether you're seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what it’s really like to work at HMRC. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full series and come and discover your potential. At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us, and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you. The Welsh Language Unit is part of the wider Chief Digital and Information Office, who are currently working towards the largest digital transformation in Government history. Hence why this is a fantastic time to join HMRC. The thing that makes us stand out is our devotion to providing a fantastic service, along with engaging and bettering our workforce along the way. You will be provided with full training, and supported along your career path within the Civil Service. **Job description**: - We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Welsh Language Unit in Cardiff or Porthmadog. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved with a welcoming team, and use your existing skills and experience to produce high quality translations, and contribute to the development of Welsh language services for HMRC. The role involves using modern software packages to aid the translation of various documents in several different electronic formats, as well as discussing and helping to decide on new terminology and written style. There will also be regular opportunities to get involved in a wide variety of translation projects. This will broaden your experience of customer management and demand, translation software and terminology, and how we provide our Welsh language services. You will be provided with comprehensive and structured training that will help you develop these skills. To support this you will need to have excellent communication skills, be able to produce quality translations, and be forward thinking with a positive attitude and willingness to learn. **Person specification**: Responsibilities will include the following: - Produce high quality English/Welsh translations of all HMRC material - to agreed standards, and within agreed turnaround deadlines - including correspondence, forms, leaflets, web content and online services, as well as some ministerial information. - Proof-read colleagues' and own translations in a timely way - always considering all deadlines involved. - Make full and proper use of our translation memory software, ensuring that it is populated with quality translations (training will be provided). - Look for opportunities to provide the best possible service for our customers and the Department by demonstrating flexibility when approaching new and changing work priorities, and by producing translations in the most cost-effective way. - Strive to improve the quality of our services - with the vision of always putting the customer first - reinforcing the importance of the customer’s experience of HMRC’s Welsh language services. **Essential Criteria**: You will have: - Excellent language skills (Welsh and English). - Degree in Welsh or equivalent Welsh language qualification or experience in Welsh language translation. And you should have good knowledge and experience of: - Welsh translation processes, software and resources (both on paper and online). - Prioritising workloads and communicating effectively. - Welsh language customers’ requirements. **Desirable Criteria**: - Membership of Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru (Association of Welsh Translators): English > Welsh. - Sound knowledge of various formats in which Welsh translations are required (e.g. Word, Excel, PDF, HTML, etc). **Behaviours**: We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: - Communicating and Influencing - Managing a Quality Service - Delivering at Pace **Technical skills**: We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: - Technical S