Part Time Publishing and Localization Project Coordinator

Location: Cardiff, UK or The Hague, Netherlands. Hybrid working with 1 day per week onsite preferred; other hybrid patterns and working patterns for 20 hours per week may be considered.

Salary: £21,763–£27,204 or €28,738–€35,922 for 20 hours per week, negotiable depending on experience. Full-time equivalent ranges are £40,806–£51,007 and €57,475–€71,844.

Company

International educational services organization providing services and documents to more than 6,000 schools across 160 countries.

What you will do

• Organize Core Collaborative Team meetings and establish the scope of publishing and localization projects.
• Gather and analyze stakeholder information, including computer-assisted translation analysis, and communicate project outcomes.
• Provide linguistic and cultural guidance on translatability, cultural sensitivity, and language policy in collaboration with internal linguists.
• Develop project approaches that balance quality, resources, linguist availability, budgets, and timelines.
• Plan milestones, monitor delivery, manage risks and delays, coordinate queries, and renegotiate deadlines when needed.
• Track project costs, process freelance invoices, maintain project data and version control in systems including Plunet Business Manager, and close projects with updated translation memories, reports, and feedback.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in translation management, languages, or a related field.
• More than four years of experience coordinating translation projects and some professional experience as a translator.
• Excellent command of English.
• Practical experience using computer-assisted translation tools.
• Confident use of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and the ability to work with a range of software packages.
• Excellent communication, time-management, and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize competing requirements.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a global environment.
• Sensitivity to cultural, language, and social differences.

Nice to have

• Professional command of French and/or Spanish.

Culture & Benefits

• Fixed-term part-time contract until 30 June 2028, working 20 hours per week.
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working arrangements.
• Twenty-five days of annual leave plus public holidays, pro-rated for part-time work, with the option to purchase up to five additional days.
• Continuous professional development and paid volunteering leave.
• Benefits vary by location and include pension, insurance, health-related allowances, family-friendly benefits, travel and work-from-home allowance, bicycle scheme, and relocation support.
• Relocation support and work permit sponsorship are available for Netherlands employees.

Hiring process

• Applications close at 23:55 GMT on 10 November 2026.