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Type of contract: Fixed-term contract which may be converted into a permanent contract after three years subject to individual performance and organisational needs

Who can apply?  EU nationals

Salary: F/G (1) (minimum full time monthly net salary €4,914 and benefits, see further information section)

Working time: Part time

Place of work Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Closing date 18.05.2021

Your team

You will be part of the Legislation Division in the Directorate General Legal Services. Our Division has approximately 40 staff members and is responsible for preparing the ECB’s legal acts in the official EU languages, for drafting legal documents and ensuring their legal, linguistic and terminological consistency, and for publishing and disseminating the ECB’s legal framework and other legal publications. 

In your role as Lawyer-Linguist with Italian as your main language, you will be primarily responsible for translating ECB legal acts and other legal texts from English into Italian and for revising translations of such texts provided by external suppliers. The legal acts and texts relate to both central banking and banking supervision. You will work closely with other lawyer-linguists and legal counsels in the Directorate General Legal Services and with staff in a number of the ECB’s other business areas.

The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other characteristics.

Your role

As a Lawyer-Linguist with Italian as your main language you will:

• translate draft ECB legal acts and other legal texts from English into Italian;
• revise Italian translations of ECB legal acts and other legal texts;
• translate legal texts from Italian into English for internal working purposes, and revise Italian to English translations of national laws, documents related to court proceedings and other legal texts;
• contribute to the drafting of ECB legal acts;
• liaise with counterparts within the ECB, the Banca d'Italia, and other relevant EU and national institutions;
• engage in the Legislation Division’s projects related to the development of the ECB lawyer-linguist function, knowledge management, the use of technology, etc.

The position offers you excellent opportunities to contribute to the quality of ECB legal acts. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens. 

Qualifications, experience and skills

Essential: 

• a mastery-level command (i.e. native-speaker standard) of Italian;
• an advanced (C1) command of English, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages;
• a master’s degree in law or equivalent obtained at a university in Italy (click here for details on degree equivalences);
• in addition to the above, at least two years’ proven professional experience in translating legal, financial or economic texts from English into Italian.

Desired: 

• proven professional experience in drafting and/or translating legal acts or litigation-related documentation, or working as a lawyer-linguist, preferably at another EU institution;
• a good knowledge of EU, financial and supervisory law;
• an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.

You are motivated to be part of our team and to develop and use your skills and competencies to achieve the objectives of this position. You are aware of your strengths and areas for development and know what motivates you to perform at your highest level. 

Working modalities

To enable the Division to maintain its business continuity capability, you will occasionally be expected to perform work during non-standard working hours and work at the ECB’s standby sites.

Application and selection process

Apply now here. For further information on how to join us, read more.

The recruitment process for this position will include a written exercise, a presentation and interviews.

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