Head of German Linguistic Section

Main Responsibilities

Leadership and Management

• Lead the Section in order to ensure delivery of quality services while managing and leveraging the Sections human and financial resources.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team promoting excellence through effective performance management and the development of staff ensuring key skills are acquired and/or developed.
• Establish efficient processes and systems for managing translation requests setting translation priorities allocating work to translators monitoring service quality and ensuring timely resolution of issues.
• Oversee the recruitment of SLA staff and participate in the recruitment of Translation division staff aligned with operational needs and corporate guidelines while fostering diversity and an inclusive work environment.
• Keep abreast of developments in translation technologies particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI) and evaluate their potential to enhance translation services. Lead the identification adoption and governance of AI-powered and other digital solutions to support the sections strategic goals. Monitor and analyse existing processes to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of digital translation tools and resources.
• Establish and execute the Programme of Work and Budget for the Section and ensure timely delivery of the SLA programme and objectives.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders in advancing the work of the SLA: the German Delegation the OECDs Berlin Centre the Translation Division authors national and international organisations.
• Represent CSI/TRA/SLA both in internal and external fora as required.

Revision Translation and Terminology

• Revise translated documents from English to German ensuring consistency of style and terminology.
• Carry out translations from English to German when needed.
• Manage and supervise the SLAs terminology work.

Qualifications :

Ideal Candidate Profile

Academic Background

• An advanced university diploma in translation or equivalent level in languages.

Professional Background and Skills

• A minimum of ten years experience in translation and/or revision preferably acquired in an international and/or intergovernmental context.
• At least five years experience in people management and team leadership within a multicultural environment.
• Proven experience in project management.
• Proven experience in the translation of economics-related content.
• Proven experience demonstrating excellent writing communication and editing skills.
• Experience in representation interacting with senior officials.
• Extensive general knowledge including the general political and economic context in Germany.
• Good general knowledge of a broad range of subject matters related to OECD domains.

Tools

• Sound knowledge of Computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools in particular Trados Studio.
• Proficiency in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Sound knowledge of recent evolutions in Machine Translation or other advanced technologies.

Core Competencies

• OECD staff are expected to demonstrate behaviours aligned to six core competencies which will be assessed as part of this hiring processes: Vision and Strategy (Level 2); Enable People (Level 3); Ethics and Integrity (Level 3); Collaboration and Horizontality (Level 2); Achieve Results (Level 3); Innovate and Embrace Change (Level 2).
• There are three possible levels for each competency. The level for each competency is determined according to the specific needs of each job role and its associated grade.
• To learn more about the definitions for each competency for levels 1-3 please refer to OECD Core Competencies.

Languages

• Native-level German is a requirement.
• Excellent knowledge of English and good knowledge of French.

Additional Information :

Contract Duration

• Open-ended appointment with no foreseen end date.

Closing date

This vacancy should be filled as soon as possible and applications should reach us no later thanmidnight Thursday 18th December 2025 (Paris time).

What the OECD offers

• Monthly salary starts at 10 511 EUR plus allowances based on eligibility exempt of French income tax.
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• Please note that the appointment may be made at one grade lower in the specified job family based on the qualifications and professional experience of the selected applicant.
• This vacancy may be used to create a pool of candidates for comparable positions both for open-ended and fixed-term functions. 

Selection Process

For retained candidates the selection process may include a video-recorded interview job-based assessment and panel interviews.  Please note that native-level German is a requirement for this position and will be assessed throughout the selection process.

The OECD is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes the applications of all qualified candidates who are nationals of OECD member countries irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin opinions or beliefs gender sexual orientation health or disabilities.

The OECD promotes an optimal use of resources in order to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. Staff members are encouraged to actively contribute to this goal.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time