[Hiring] Translation Coordinator @Swimming Canada

Role Description

The Coordinator, Translation provides high-quality translation, adaptation, and proofreading services from English to French. This role ensures communications are accurate, consistent, and aligned with organizational terminology and brand standards across a wide range of corporate, technical, governance, marketing, and membership materials.

Reporting to the Manager, Translation, the Coordinator supports the efficient delivery of translation services by assisting with workflow coordination, tracking deadlines, and maintaining translation resources and tools. As a member of the Communications team, the Coordinator collaborates across departments, contributes to organizational initiatives, and may provide bilingual support at events, competitions, camps, and meetings.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate, adapt, and proofread a wide range of content from English to French for Swimming Canada operations and initiatives.
• Review and proofread source content to identify errors, inconsistencies, or areas requiring clarification.
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, relevance, and alignment with organizational terminology and brand standards across all content types.
• Ensure translations accurately reflect the intent, tone, context, and technical meaning of the original content.
• Provide on-site bilingual communications support at national events, competitions, camps, and meetings as required.
• Provide support in coordinating the organization's translation workflow, prioritizing requests, tracking deadlines, and ensuring timely delivery of translations.
• Generate and maintain translation project schedules and reporting metrics.
• Maintain and continuously improve translation resources, including terminology databases, style guides, glossaries, and translation memories.
• Contribute as a member of the Communications department through participation in team meetings and organizational projects.
• All other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Completion of post-secondary education in a translation program is required.
• One to two years of professional experience in English/French translation is preferred.
• Certification with the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTTIC) or member in good standing of the Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ).
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong creative thinker and problem solver.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English and French.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of social media and website editing tools would be an asset.
• Broad knowledge and experience working with a translation management/memory system (i.e., Trados) would be a very strong asset.
• Knowledge of the sport and terminology of competitive swimming or other aquatic sport would be considered an asset.
• Currently legally eligible to work in Canada.
• Ability to complete and maintain all organizational requirements.

Requirements

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
• Flexibility in work schedules, including evening/weekend work.

Benefits

• Annual base salary within a range of $47,500-52,000.
• Health and dental benefits package.
• Group RRSP matching plan.
• Annual wellness benefit.
• Annual salary increases, as outlined in the Employee Handbook.

Application

Candidates are asked to submit a cover letter and resume via the link below by 8am ET on Monday, November 16, 2026. The cover letter and resume should indicate interest in the role and demonstrate evidence of alignment to the key responsibilities, required experience, and qualifications listed above.

Application link: https://swimmingcanada.bamboohr.com/hiring/jobs

Interviews

Interviews will take place virtually or in-person the week of November 23. We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only candidates invited to an interview will be contacted.

Recruitment Process

Swimming Canada conducts all recruitment and selection internally and does not engage external recruitment agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters as part of its hiring process. All communications regarding employment opportunities and hiring decisions will come directly from authorized Swimming Canada employees.

Swimming Canada is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status, or disability.

Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in all stages of the recruitment and selection process.