Senior Translator - DES (1)

← Back to search results Apply By: Friday, October 30, 2026 11:59 pm EDT Senior Translator - DES Job ID: 250602 Posting status: Open Organization: Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal Division: Information and Technology Services City: Toronto Position(s) language: Bilingual English/French Job term: 1 Temporary 12 months Job code: 02794 - Translator 3 Salary: $1,569.09 - $1,964.16 Per week*

*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement. The WSIAT is currently seeking a highly motivated, experienced individual to join the team as a Senior Translator. In this role you will translate documents for the WSIAT including Office of the Chair and other Tribunal departments, consisting of complex legal, medical, financial and technical terminology and other business documents from English to French.

Preferred Start Date: November 2026 About the job What can I expect to do in this role?

Under the supervision of the Associate Director, IT Engagement & Innovation, the Senior Translator's duties are as follows:

1.Translating the decisions of the WSIAT and confidential case-related documents, consisting of complex legal and medical terminology

• Providing French language advice to WSIAT officials, including the Chair, Adjudicators and legal teams.

• Utilizing proper legal, medical, technical terminology.

• Maintaining proper style, format, terminology and grammar.

• Ensuring consistency, clarity and accuracy.

• Ensuring that the finished product retains the meaning, feeling and intent of the original document.

• Ensuring that the translated text is consistent with the tribunal terminology, is grammatically and typographically correct and completed within deadlines.

• Maintaining and updating a French Language Lexicon for use by WSIAT staff.

• Providing status updates for work and operate as the point of contact for French Language Services.

2. Translating the Annual Report, Quarterly Reports and other WSIAT official publications

• Utilizing proper legal and medical terminology.

• Maintaining proper style, format, terminology and grammar.

• Ensuring consistency, clarity and accuracy.

• Ensuring that the finished product retains the meaning, feeling and intent of the original document.

• Ensuring that the translated text is consistent with the tribunal terminology, is grammatically and typographically correct and completed within deadlines.

3. Revising, editing and proofreading the Tribunal's French publications (official public documents)

• Reviewing translation of documents with outside translation agencies to ensure that completed work conforms to Tribunal standards, performing the necessary editing and revisions.

• Authoring and revising the French language HTML pages for the French websites working with ITS to implement any new pages or changes.

• Testing new technical applications for the public website (i.e., TitanFile, Glossary, GeniePlus Integrated Library System, etc.) and make translation recommendations for French speaking public users.

• Designated to assist French speaking parties regarding technical issues providing confidentiality of client's case (i.e. Websites, applications such E-File, etc.).

• Performing periodic check of WSIAT Website and Ontario Workplace Tribunals Library Website to ensure accuracy of translations.

4. Coordinating the translation of documents with outside agencies

• Assigning work to outside translation agencies if it cannot be translated in-house.

• Communicating with agencies regarding expected quality and deadlines of assignment.

• Communicating with authors including Chair's Office and Adjudicators on confidential matters related to translated or revised texts.

• Checking agencies' invoices for accuracy before passing to the Manager, Library Services and Finance for approval.

• Acting as a French Language Advisor regarding Accessibility and Accommodations issues.

5. Other duties as required by the Associate Director, IT Engagement & Innovation What you bring to the team

Knowledge and Experience: • Designation as a Certified Translator by the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTTIC) or another equivalent certification body.

• Superior oral and written French and English language skills.

• Knowledge of English-French translation techniques involving the on-going use of complex legal, medical, financial and technical terminology for a specialized, administrative, adjudicative tribunal.

• General knowledge of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act to ensure that the translations are consistent with the Act.

• Knowledge on translation and interpretation requirements arising from the French Language Services Act

• Knowledge of software applications including Microsoft Office, Trados Studio, Antidote and database management systems to input, manipulate and search data, internet and email.

• Ability to coordinate French and foreign language translation quotes and delivery dates with approved vendors.

• Ability to provide timely status updates for work and operate as the point of contact for French Language Services.

• Ability to translate texts and to revise translated texts for the Tribunal and to maintain the Tribunal's approved style, format, and terminology as well as proper grammar.

• Ensuring consistency, clarity and accuracy in translations and when reviewing the translation of documents prepared by outside agencies and freelance translators.

Interpersonal Skills • Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with Chair's Office, WSIAT staff and external suppliers.

• Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision by exercising initiative and good judgement.

• Political acuity and tact to work with Chair's Office, Adjudicators and senior executives of the WSIAT sometimes working on highly confidential materials.

• Manage a challenging work environment with multiple competing and complex confidential priorities, which have tight timelines, in a flexible manner and ensure that prepared materials are of very high quality and reflect professional acumen.

• Identify methods of improving service and managing costs, assess and develop short/long term plans, and solicit and evaluate feedback from clients.

How to Apply Please follow these directions:

1. Please submit your resume and cover letter through our online WSIAT Career Centre

2. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, please show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job.

3. If you require accommodation for a disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify us, confidentially, at View email address on jobs.swagapp.com. Recruitment staff will contact you within 48 hours.

4. Background Check: As a precondition of employment, the WSIAT requires that the final external candidate for this position, prior to commencing employment, is required to undergo both a criminal record and social media search. Other types of background checks may also be requested such as education verification and professional credential validation.

Remember: The deadline to apply is August 18, 2026 11:59 pm EDT. Late applications will not be accepted. We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.

Your personal information is being collected and will be used to determine your qualifications for employment with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT). The WSIAT Career Centre is an authorized common service in accordance with s. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.25 and this collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers.

Please do not provide more personal information than what is asked of you. For example, do not include your social insurance number, photograph, or banking information, etc. with your application. We strongly encourage you not to provide us with information beyond that which is requested in the job posting. If you have any questions about the collection, use, disclosure, or retention of your personal information, please contact us.

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal is an inclusive employer.

Accommodation is available under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

All Ontario Public Service external job advertisements are posted in English and French. To confirm the language requirements of a job, check the "language of position" information at the top of each job ad. For all positions, candidates will be assessed in English, the business language of the Ontario Public Service. For English/French designated bilingual positions, candidates will also be assessed through French-language proficiency testing.

Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario sont affichées en anglais et en français. Pour connaître les exigences linguistiques, vérifiez les renseignements sur la « langue du poste » figurant dans le haut de chaque offre d'emploi. Pour tous les postes, l'évaluation des candidates et candidats se fera en anglais, la langue usuelle de la fonction publique de l'Ontario. En ce qui concerne les postes désignés bilingues, la maîtrise du français des candidates et candidats sera également évaluée. Additional information: Apply by: Friday, October 30, 2026 11:59 pm EDT Position details:

• 1 Bilingual English/French Temporary, duration up to 15 months, 505 University Ave, Toronto, Toronto Region

Compensation group: Ontario Public Service Employees Union Work hours: Schedule 3.7 Category: Information Technology Posted on: Monday, October 19, 2026

Note:

• This ad is also available in French.
• This posting is for an organization that is not a part of the Ontario Public Service. The information and tips on the Ontario Public Service Careers website may not apply to this posting. Please use the contact information below to contact the organization directly if you have questions.

How to apply:

• You must submit your application using only one of the methods identified below.
• Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
• Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
• Be sure to quote the Job ID number for this position.
• OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

Send application to:

WSIAT Career Centre

Language requirements and assessment:

All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:

Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Information collection notice

We are collecting your personal information to assess how well you meet the qualifications for employment with the Ontario Public Service, and for related recruitment purposes. The collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers, which is an authorized common service in accordance with s. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.25.

Please do not include any more personal information than is needed for your application (for example, do not include your photograph or social insurance number).

If you have any questions about how your information is collected, used, shared or saved, please contact us.

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