ECA/2024/25 - Translator - Latvian language (1 post) - Language and Editorial Directorate

WHO WE ARE

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) was established in 1975 as the European Union’s external auditor. One of the EU’s seven institutions, it is based in Luxembourg and employs around 1000 audit, support and administrative staff of all EU nationalities.

The ECA operates as a collegiate body of 27 Members, one from each EU Member State. Our auditors check that the EU keeps good accounts and correctly applies its financial rules, and that its policies and programmes achieve their intended objectives and deliver value for money.

Through our work, we can make a difference by helping the EU to make a better use of its money. We contribute to improving the EU’s financial management and promote accountability and transparency. We warn of risks, provide assurance, indicate shortcomings and successes and offer guidance to EU policymakers and legislators. We present our observations and recommendations to the European Parliament, the Council of the EU, and national governments and parliaments, as well as the general public.

We are a modern and dynamic organisation striving for and promoting excellence, professionalism, transparency and integrity. We define ourselves as a diverse, flexible and equitable institution, which offers every individual the opportunity to maximise their talent. Through our individual and collective involvement in the ECA’s activities and our ambitious training programme, our aim is to make the ECA an intellectually stimulating workplace, and a learning-based organisation that relies on institutional knowledge and motivated and well-trained people to serve the EU and its citizens.

We are an EU institution on a human scale: this facilitates integration, allows for easier interaction, and encourages teamwork. We offer flexible working hours and opportunities for teleworking, including from outside the place of residence[1]. We value diversity and inclusion, promote equal opportunities, and ensure a respectful working environment based on open communication, dialogue, and mutual trust. Staff engagement, well-being and greening are important pillars of our internal policies.

The Language and Editorial Directorate (LED) is made up of 24 language teams and three horizontal support teams. Its mission is to provide the ECA and its various departments with high-quality translations, publications and other services as promptly and efficiently as possible, in order to facilitate internal and external communication in the European Union's official languages. To accomplish its mission, it has developed a wide range of services, ranging from translation/revision to drafting assistance, linguistic support for auditors on mission, and coordinating the publication and distribution of the ECA's documents.
 

[1]     Currently, staff are allowed to telework up to 10 days per month. Of these, 5 days per month and a maximum of 30 days per year can be from outside the place of residence.

WHAT WE ARE OFFERING

This vacancy notice is being issued on the basis of Article 29(1)(a), (b) and (d) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union. 

The advertised position is therefore open ONLY to AD officials of the European Court of Auditors, AD officials of other EU institutions and successful candidates in an ECA AD internal competition for translators.

We are seeking to recruit one (1) Latvian-speaking translator (M/F) for the Language and Editorial Directorate. 

Under the authority of the principal manager, the Latvian-speaking translator will:

—    translate texts requested by the ECA’s directorates (mainly from English) into Latvian; 

—    revise/review in-house documents translated into or drafted in Latvian;

—   revise/review and evaluate outsourced documents translated into Latvian;

—   contribute to linguistic and terminology work in the Latvian language (ECA termbase), particularly in the audit field;

—   provide, when required, linguistic assistance to auditors in the context of their audit missions;

—   participate in other communication and language related tasks in the interest of the Institution.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The advertised position is open to applicants who, on the deadline for applications, meet the eligibility criteria set out in the Staff Regulations, as well as the following criteria:

1.           Knowledge of languages

—    Excellent command (mother tongue or minimum level C2 in understanding, speaking and writing) of Latvian.

—   For the needs of the service, and as English and French are the ECA’s official working languages, a sound knowledge of English (minimum level C1 in understanding, speaking and writing) and a good knowledge of French (minimum level B2 in the same categories) are required. 

Please indicate in your CV the language level according to the following assessment model: https://europa.eu/europass/en/common-european-framework-reference.

2.         Experience and skills

Applicants need to demonstrate:

—    relevant professional experience in translation and revision, especially of audit reports and other audit-related documents;

—    a sound knowledge and experience of Trados GroupShare;

—    good communication skills;

—    ability to work under pressure autonomously and as part of a team;

—    willingness to evolve and openness to new technical challenges and to change.

In addition to the above, the following will be considered an asset:

—    a degree in translation or language studies;

—    experience in dealing with ECA’s terminology and document workflow;

—    experience in dealing with communication matters; 

—    experience in dealing with quality control and ContentQuo software;

—    knowledge of any other EU language;

—    experience with testing new translation IT tools.

APPLICATIONS

The deadline for applications is 12:00 (midday) Luxembourg time on 22 November 2024.

Applications must be submitted only via the online form provided for the advertised position and must comprise the following documents in English or French:

— a cover letter;

— an up-to-date CV, preferably in the Europass format (see https://europa.eu/europass/);

— (only for EU officials not at the ECA) a document confirming your function group, grade and status as an official.

Any application received after the deadline or which is not submitted using the online form will be rejected.

The selection committee will evaluate applications based solely on the information given in these documents. It may ask candidates to provide supporting evidence for statements made in their applications. If candidates fail to provide such evidence when it is requested, their applications will be rejected.

To ensure that your application is completed on time, we strongly advise you not to wait until the last few hours to apply. Experience has shown that the system may become overloaded as the deadline approaches.

RECRUITMENT POLICY

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

In line with ECA’s Diversity and Inclusion policy and Article 1d of the Staff Regulations, the ECA embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. We accept applications without discrimination on any grounds, and we take steps to ensure that recruitment is evenly balanced between women and men, as required by Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. We also take measures to reconcile working life with family life.

If you require any special arrangements for a specific handicap or disability in order to take part in this selection procedure, please send an email in good time to ECA-Selection@eca.europa.eu.

DATA PROTECTION

The ECA is committed to ensuring that applicants' personal data are processed in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC.

For more information, see our specific privacy statement on recruitment at the following address: https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/Specific_Privacy_Statement_vacancies/Specific_Privacy_Statement_vacancies_EN.PDF