Translation Trainer

Job Summary

• Monitoring and reviewing the progress of trainees through questionnaires and discussions with managers;
• Ensuring that statutory training requirements are met;
• Evaluating training and development programmes;
• Emending and revising programmes as necessary, in order to adapt to changes occurring in the work environment;
• Helping line managers and trainers solve specific training problems, either on a one-to-one basis or in groups;
• Keeping up to date with developments in training by reading relevant journals, going to meetings and attending relevant courses;
• Identifying training and development needs within an organisation through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with business managers and human resources departments;
• Designing and expanding training and development programmes based on both the organisation’s and the individual’s needs;
• Considering the costs of planned programmes and keeping within budgets as assessing the return on investment of any training or development programme is becoming increasingly important;
• Working in a team to produce programmes that are satisfactory to all relevant parties in an organisation, such as line managers, accountants and senior managers at board level;
• Developing effective induction programmes;
• conducting appraisals;
• Devising individual learning plans;
• Producing training materials for in-house courses;
• Managing the delivery of training and development programmes and, in a more senior role, devising a training strategy for the organisation;
• Having an understanding of e-learning techniques, and where relevant, being involved in the creation and/or delivery of e-learning packages;
• Researching new technologies and methodologies in workplace learning and presenting this research.

We are looking for Trainers who can train our applicant the following courses:

• Introduction to Translation
• ABCs of professional translation (A basic course)
• General English-Arabic-English Translation
• Legal Translation
• Advanced Legal Translation
• Advanced Translation (Vocabulary Building)
• Translation in Management and Economics
• Mass Media Translation
• Simultaneous Interpretation
• Consecutive Interpretation
• Other tailored training courses

Required Skills

• A Master’s degree or a PhD from a recognized university
• Practical work experience of 3+ years in a major or multinational organization
• Age bracket (25 – 50)
• Presentation skills along with training experience
• PowerPoint skills (English and Arabic)
• Proficiency in English and Arabic (Arabic mother tongue)
• Solid experience in providing training in a variety of soft skills related topics is a must.