Translation And Interpreting Officer

Description:

Work for one of Australia's largest Mining companies who have a strong national presence and international reach with offices spanning over Australia and China.

Job Opportunity

As the Translation and Interpreting Officer, you will be an integral part of this company’s Head Office Business Operations.

This position is an initial 2-month temporary opportunity until the end of June with the view of extension or permanent offer.

As a Translation and Interpreting Officer your main responsibility will be to provide essential translation support to the businesses Executives and Stakeholders.

Your main responsibility will be to translate any administrative materials between Chinese and English / English and Chinese to assist in filling wider processes and business requirements.
Document you may translate could include:

• Board papers, development proposals, company notices, internal and external emails and more. This translation will be confidential and requires extreme professionalism throughout.

In addition, you will provide ad hoc support to the wider Sydney office such as Reception Duties, Event management and administrative support.

Key Experience and Qualification

To be considered for this position you must have translation experience (freelance/volunteer will be accepted too) and fluency in both English and Chinese (written and verbal).

Other important experience and qualifications include the following:

• Excellent command of written and oral English and Chinese.
• High competency to translate and interpret between Chinese and English.
• Ability to produce products in various language styles.
• Active listening and speaking skills.
• Translations/Interpreting of 1-2 years within an industry with high technical terms, such as mining, blue collar, medical or government work would be highly advantageous.
• Business/ office administration support.
• Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail.