Localisation Coordinator
Location: Cambridge, UK
Salary: £29,750–32,000 p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience
Basis: Fixed-term until Dec 2024; full-time, part-time or flexible
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK

The role

The Raspberry Pi Foundation offers free computing education resources that young people all over the world use to learn about coding and creating things with digital technologies. To make these resources more accessible, especially for young people from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds, we work to localise them in line with local communities' needs. For example, our more than 200 free online projects are available in up to 32 languages thanks to the efforts of the volunteer translators we support. We are also currently working to localise our cutting-edge Experience AI classroom resources for multiple countries and schooling systems, in collaboration with delivery partners and language service providers. 

We are looking for a Localisation Coordinator to join the Foundation’s translation and localisation team to support our localisation work and the translation volunteer community. Working closely with the Localisation Manager and the other Localisation Coordinator within the communications and marketing team, you will implement translation processes day to day, contribute to improving processes and tools, and provide support to volunteer translators. 

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who will relish a diverse role in an organisation  that is at the forefront of the movement to broaden access to computing education. You may be someone who brings experience of technical translation processes and wishes to gain experience of project and community management. Or you may have experience of working for a language service provider and are interested in working on the customer side. Or you may have strong administrative skills and are looking to use these to support young people's education in a subject that is key for their future. You do not need to bring any coding skills to this role, but you need to look forward to starting to learn the basics. You should have a strong eye for detail and be a clear communicator. You should also enjoy learning about translation technology and getting to grips with software systems and technical processes.

We strive to make the Foundation a place where talented people who care about our mission can do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you’re the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be working with an exceptional team.

Responsibilities

• Preparing educational resources for translation (including pre-translation using AI technologies) according to agreed priorities
• Performing or facilitating desktop publishing and quality assurance of translations
• Publishing completed translations and maintaining existing translations online, in collaboration with our digital products team
• Supporting the Localisation Manager in working with language service providers, and with recruitment and engagement of volunteers
• Onboarding and supporting new and existing translation volunteers, e.g. through training resources, translation events, and Q&A sessions
• Coordinating the volunteers' workflow, including ensuring translations are completed in a timely manner, performing quality checks at various stages of translation, providing constructive feedback
• Maintaining databases, including translation memory
• Supporting the implementation of improvements to translation processes and tools, and their documentation
• Supporting the Localisation Manager with reporting on the progress of translations to internal and external stakeholders

Experience and personal attributes

We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth, and we welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here.

• Experience of project coordination
• Good organisational skills and strong attention to detail and to processes
• Willingness and ability to learn new systems, technologies and tools
• Experience of working with or for language service providers

• Translation experience, including using translation memory software and post-editing machine translations
• Excellent communication skills and high level of English literacy
• Experience of using project management and instant messaging programs
• Experience of volunteering or coordinating volunteers
• Appreciation or experience of version control software, e.g. GitHub
• Basic understanding of a programming language, e.g. Python or HTML
• Experience of using CrowdIn, Jira, Confluence, Salesforce

About us

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies.

Established in 2008 and first known for our product — the wildly successful Raspberry Pi computer — the Foundation has developed education programmes, learning experiences, and products that are helping millions of young people learn vital new knowledge and skills

Through Code Club and CoderDojo, we support the world’s largest network of free informal computing clubs for young people. Tens of thousands of educators have taken our online courses, and millions of people use our free online learning resources. To deepen our understanding of how young people learn about computing and how to create with digital technologies, we conduct academic research, and we use that knowledge to increase the impact of our work and advance the field of computing education.

Across all of our work, we work hard to engage young people who come from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in the field of computing or who experience educational disadvantage. We work all over the world, with teams based in the UK, Ireland, North America, and India, and partnerships with mission-aligned organisations in over 40 countries.

We are at the forefront of the global movement to help young people learn about computing and digital making. You can read more about our mission, values, and goals in our Annual Review 2022 and our Strategy 2022–2025.

Benefits

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a range of benefits for all of our colleagues, including:

• 25 days’ annual leave
• Generous company pension scheme with 8% employer and 4% employee contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance and long-term illness insurance policy
• Investment in professional development and learning
• Flexible work hours as needed, to fit around childcare or other commitments
• Generous family leave policy
• Cycle-to-work scheme and season ticket loan

Timetable for applications
Closing date: 27 May 2024, 9.00am BST
Phone screen: Week commencing 27 May 2024
First-round interview: Week commencing 3 June 2024
Second-round interview: Week commencing 10 June 2024

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful in the selection process, you will be required to undergo a background check to confirm that you are a suitable person to work with children. Further background checks will be made at regular intervals thereafter.

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