Join our dedicated team, committed to bridging the language gap so that information is available in the right language, for people who need it most. For careers with Translators without Borders (TWB), see the current job vacancies below.
We are a US-registered, non-profit organization with in-country programs in Kenya, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and the DRC. Most of our staff work remotely. It allows us to keep overheads down so more of our funds go directly to the important work we do.
Learn more about Translators without Borders – meet the team and read about our Board of Directors.
Juba Arabic Interpreter / Research Assistant
Hours: Full time / Part time
Contract period: Up to 20 working days during May and June 2021
Location: Home-based
Travel: None
Application deadline: 3 May, 2021
About the role: The Juba Arabic interpreter / research assistant will help us understand what the priorities are for improving multilingual information. – LEARN MORE.
Contract length: 9 Months
Hours: 50% (with the possibility of the role becoming full-time depending on funding)
Location: Home-based (GMT)
Travel: None anticipated; potentially travel to TWB program countries/other, TBC
Reporting to: Global Product Manager
Application deadline: May 13, 2021
About the role: This is a part-time role to act as conversational designer on TWB’s growing range of language technology products. – LEARN MORE.
Philanthropic Giving and Grants Coordinator
Hours: Full time / Part time
Contract period: 1 year or open ended
Location: Home-based, available GMT (UTC±0) core working hours
Travel: Minimal
Application deadline: 21 May, 2021
About the role: As the Philanthropic Giving and Grants Coordinator, you will lead a team of three in the development and delivery of the grant management and foundations funding strategy. – LEARN MORE.
Contract length: 6 months with the possibility of a 6-month extension
Hours: Negotiable, depending on availability
Location: Home-based (preferred within UTC±3)
Travel: None
Deadline: May 27, 2021
About the role: This is an exciting internship for the right person who has skills and interest in the full range of administrative management. – LEARN MORE.
Volunteer Language Associate (Kurdish Sorani, Dinka, Nuer, Tigrinya)
Contract length: Minimum 6 months
Hours: Minimum 4-6 per week
Location: Remote
Deadline: May 31, 2021
About the role: Translators without Borders is looking for volunteer Language Associates to help us provide humanitarian information to people in crisis situations and let them be heard, whatever language they speak. – LEARN MORE.
Contract length: 7 months
Hours: Full-time
Location: Home-based
Travel: 2 or 3 field trips of 1 month each; non-travel time will be home-based
Reporting to: Project Manager, with technical oversight from TWB’s Global Researcher
Application Deadline: June 2, 2021*
About the role: The Researcher will lead on delivery of an organizational ethnography designed to identify system- and practice-level blockers and enablers of two-way communication in the languages of crisis-affected people within a prominent humanitarian agency. – LEARN MORE.