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Translator-Reviser
Looking for an employer who values your passion for language and a job well done? Join Defence Construction Canada’s new translation unit. We’re a growing team of linguistic professionals that thrives on producing high-quality work.
Who can apply: DCC employees and members of the general public
Organizational level/salary range: 8 / $72,119 – $97,360
Location: Remote (work from home) and/or hybrid
Employment status: Full-time, permanent
Security level: Reliability status
Closing date: July 6, 2023
Reporting to: Team Leader, Translation Services
Language requirement: Fully bilingual (English and French)
Let’s talk about you
Organized. Reliable. Comfortable juggling competing demands. That’s you – committed to linguistic excellence and putting your best work forward. You’re excited about a job that lets you pay meticulous attention to detail, especially in the quest to find the right word or the perfect phrase to communicate an idea. You’re intrigued by complex linguistic problems and the challenges of solving them quickly. No detail is too small, no deadline too tight. Research is one of your favourite pastimes. You have the people and project-management skills it takes to be a service-oriented professional. You’re a team player who’s just as comfortable working alone. When it’s time to pitch in, everyone can count on you.
Here's your opportunity
As a Translator-Reviser, you’ll apply your skills to a range of technical and creative documents in procurement, HR, IT, policy, finance and other fields. Among other activities, you will:
- Translate and review texts for all DCC service lines
- Perform translation quality control to ensure concordance, accuracy, clarity, etc.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive terminology management database
- Support development and implementation of innovative translation processes
- Stay up to date with DCC-related terminology
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal clients, external suppliers and networks
As the successful candidate, you will have a choice regarding the location of your work. You may fulfill your role remotely from wherever you live in Canada; we’ll bring you to DCC headquarters in Ottawa each quarter for in-person team meetings. If you live in the National Capital Region and prefer an in-person option, we currently work two days a week in the office, and three days a week at home.
You’re a good fit if you have these qualifications
You have a professional working knowledge of:
- Translation software and terminology management databases
- Current translation trends and best practices
- Project- and client-management best practices
Education: University degree in translation or related field
Experience: At least four years in editing, translation and use of translation software, preferably in an agency setting
Meet your team
As the successful applicant, you’ll join our small but growing translation unit within DCC Communications. In fact, we’ll count on you to help build the unit– and our reputation. Day to day, you’ll work as part of a supportive team of expert linguists that offers the full range of translation skills and expertise. We collaborate constantly and will look to you for your expert advice and insight as we meet the needs of internal client groups located wherever there are military bases across Canada.
Check out the benefits
Working with DCC offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement – and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages. In your role as Translator-Reviser, your package is valued at 25% to 30% of your salary.
Your package will include:
- Public service pension
- 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, health and dental premiums, and life, accidental death, and short- and long-term disability insurance
- $300 Wellness Allowance (e.g., gym membership)
- $1,500 for mental health services on top of regular $1,500 paramedical coverage
- $750 Health Care Spending Account (for some medical expenses that aren’t covered under provincial plans or our standard insurance plan)
- Telus Virtual Health Care
- Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for a maximum of 17 weeks
- Hybrid workplace options including $400 allowance every two years to support work-from-home options
- Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
- Deluxe travel benefit plans
- Comprehensive vacation and other paid leave plans
Join our diverse and inclusive workplace
At DCC, we want to ensure that everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We encourage applications from all, including women, people of colour, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ communities. We also welcome applications from those who are not Canadian citizens, yet who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least five years of verifiable background information in Canada.
DCC is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all requests for accommodation based on a medical contraindication, religion or another prohibited ground for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act. Should you require accommodation, please email careers@dcc-cdc.gc.ca.
Defence Construction Canada
DCC is a Crown corporation of the federal government. Since 1950, we have provided contracting, infrastructure and environmental services to help build and maintain facilities for Canada’s armed forces. Our projects range from control towers to dockyards, community centres to accommodation facilities, and roads to sewer and water systems. Our Client-Partners are the Department of National Defence and the Communications Security Establishment.
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To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.
DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening.
The appropriate security clearance is a condition of employment and it is the candidate’s or employee’s responsibility to ensure, they are able to obtain and maintain their required security level clearance to begin or continue their employment with DCC. Failure to obtain or maintain, the appropriate level of security clearance means either the candidate or employee will not receive a job offer, the conditional offer will be rendered null and void or their employment will be terminated with cause. A thorough security clearance process will be applied to all candidates or employees considered for an appointment; this process includes inquiries, verifications and assessments regarding matters such as, but not limited to:
- criminal record checks
reference checks
previous employment
open source checks
credit/financial status
DCC's Code of Business Conduct (Code) is a condition of employment. It serves to enhance public confidence in the integrity of DCC Employees and provides clarity to Employees on a number of issues, including real or perceived conflicts of interest. Before applying to this (or any) position at DCC, candidates shall familiarize themselves with the Code, because new employees are required to certify that they have read, understood, and agreed to observe the Code upon commencing work at DCC. Employees are further required to review their obligations under the Code and notify the President's Office of any changes in their circumstances at the earliest possible opportunity, and to complete the Annual Update once a year.
Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!
At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community. We also welcome applications from those who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information.
DCC is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all requests for accommodation based on a medical contraindication, religion or another prohibited ground for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act. Should you require accommodation, please email careers@dcc-cdc.gc.ca.
