Jobs @ CBA
Legal Translator
The Canadian Bar Association National Office in Ottawa is accepting applications for the position of Legal Translator.
Reporting to the Senior Director, Communications, the successful candidate will be responsible for all CBA translation (primarily English to French), as well as the supervision of all third party translators and the revision of their work. As supervisor of the translation coordinator and another translator within the Communications Team, the Translator is an individual who works well with others, understands the importance of precision in legal texts, and can work to tight deadlines.
The successful candidate will hold a law degree and/or translation credentials and have a minimum of five years experience in the translation of complex texts from English to French. Translation at the CBA includes reports and ministerial correspondence, Parliamentary presentations, resolutions, association policy, promotional material, news releases and Continuing Legal Education documentation.
The Canadian Bar Association is dedicated to improvement in the law and the administration of justice. Some 37,000 lawyers, law teachers, and law students from across Canada are members.
Please forward resumes with salary expectations to joanb@cba.org or by Fax to Selection Committee at 613-237-0185 or by mail to Selection Committee, Canadian Bar Association, 500 -865 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5S3.