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Project Manager
September 27, 2021 | Comments Off on Project Manager
Project Manager for Immediate Start
Surrey Translation Bureau wishes to appoint a Project Manager on a full-time basis with a minimum of three days on site at its offices in central Farnham. Initial training will be fully on site.
This is a great opportunity to join a busy translation office and friendly team. You will work within the project management team, reporting to the Head of Project Management.
Project Management duties
- Dealing with customer enquiries and producing quotations in a timely fashion
- Organising and running multiple translation projects for various clients
- Ensuring deadlines are adhered to
- Preparing files for translation
- Liaising and negotiating with suppliers
- Selecting and assigning translation teams
- Carrying out detailed quality control checks on files
- Updating and maintaining translation memories and termbases
- Taking responsibility for budgets
- Submitting invoicing promptly
- Attending and contributing to monthly company-wide meeting and team meetings
Account Management duties
- Liaising with Sales and Account Management staff to help grow client accounts
- Maximising project profit
- Maintaining and growing relationships with existing clients and creating new client relationships
- Visiting clients as and when required, domestically and overseas
Linguistic duties
- Assessing quality of supplier output on an ongoing basis
- Editing and revising translations
- Performing short translation tasks on an ad hoc basis
- Carrying out detailed quality checks and running quality assurance software (sometimes on translations in a language that the linguist is not familiar with)
Education and skills required
Applicants must meet one of the following criteria and also provide evidence of good time management and project coordination skills from previous employment or through education or training:
- Hold a recognised graduate degree in translation
- Hold a BA degree or equivalent in one or preferably two other languages (German an advantage)
Additionally, candidates must:
- Have excellent business English
- Be fluent in at least two languages
- Be committed to quality and attention to detail
- Be able to multi-task and work under pressure
- Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Have strong IT skills, with at least an awareness, if not a good knowledge of CAT tools (preferably SDL Trados and/or Across).
- Show initiative and good commercial sense in decision-making.
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for this role by email. Shortlisting and interviews will take place as soon as possible, so please also mention any restrictions on your availability. We will also consider more junior or more senior applications.
Surrey Translation Bureau positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. As an employer, we are also committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our staff.
All applications are dealt with in strictest confidence and will be processed in accordance with the GDPR. For further information, please consult the privacy notice published on our website.
By applying for this role, your details will be sent to Ortolan People, who are acting as consultants for the hiring company. Ortolan People are engaged to provide recruitment support in processing applications. We will endeavour to respond to all applicants within three working days. Occasionally for roles with a very high volume of applicants, this may not be possible.