Project Management Intern - Corpus Creation - MIIS - remote job

CLEAR Global is hiring a Project Management Intern - Corpus Creation - MIIS - a junior role, which makes it one of the rarer ways into the international market. The role sits in Project management and is fully remote. The company places no restriction on where the candidate lives, so you can apply from anywhere.

The employer did not publish a figure; that is settled at interview. The advert sets no condition on working hours.

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For this role, candidates must be current students at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) only. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hours and Location: This is a flexible, part-time position, requiring 15-20 hours per week. The role is home-based, with no travel involved. Reporting to the Senior Project Officer, candidates can explore eligibility for the Experiential Learning Fund (ELF) for MIIS students. For more details, please visit the MIIS website.

Application and Eligibility: Are you an MIIS student with a unique idea for an internship, grounded in your field of interest and expertise? Apply for any open MIIS internship posting, attach your resume, and describe your proposal in your cover letter.

Clear Global: Clear Global is dedicated to diversity and inclusion, ensuring that our teams are composed of individuals from all backgrounds who can learn and collaborate effectively. We prioritize merit-based recruitment, actively seek diverse applicants, and welcome candidates from all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on disability, age, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, marital or parental status, or sexual orientation.

Project Overview: At Clear Global, our Project Management Team handles various projects, such as language services, voice data collection, research, and technology initiatives. One of these projects, the Language Technologies for Crisis Response (LT4CR) initiative, aims to develop language technologies for under-resourced languages in crisis-prone regions.

Role Description: The primary goal of this internship is to support the coordination of linguistic tasks within our translation management environment, contributing to the LT4CR project. Specific objectives include corpus creation—building a multilingual collection of text and questions that voice contributors will either respond to freely or read aloud, to aid in training voice technologies for low-resource languages in crisis response scenarios.

Responsibilities: The MIIS Project Management Intern - Corpus Creation will assist in coordinating collaborations among stakeholders, ensuring project engagement, quality, and timely delivery. They will also manage internal processes necessary for effective planning, coordination, and compliance of activities.

Responsibilities Include: - Supervising specific linguistic projects as assigned by Project Officers. - Uploading and downloading project files, conducting pre- and post-production checks. - Tracking project progress and delivering regular updates to Project Officers. - Maintaining an organized project environment, including records, files, and databases. - Assisting in building and managing linguist teams, including general recruitment as requested by Project Officers. - Maintaining effective communication with project team members and linguists. - Handling translation quality and turnaround communications, ensuring clear task instructions and issue resolution. - Undertaking other project management tasks as assigned. - Acting in the best interest of the organization during the project period.

Qualifications: Candidates must be a current graduate student at MIIS, with excellent English skills. Knowledge of additional languages is beneficial. Prior experience in translation or interpreting, particularly with non-profit organizations, is advantageous. Strong organizational skills, independence, and the ability to work remotely are required. Fluency in writing English is essential, and familiarity with CAT tools is a plus.

Requirements: This role is dynamic and requires an energetic team player who aligns with Clear Global’s core beliefs and values. Remote work with regular interaction with an international team is necessary.

- Self-motivated and proactive. - Strong organizational skills. - Analytical thinker who can transform ideas into actionable steps. - Recognizes the importance of language in humanitarian response. - Collaborative and adaptable, with self-motivation. - Interest in gaining translation project management experience. - Ability to adapt to new technologies and quickly learn new skills. - Detail-oriented.

About Clear Global: Clear Global’s mission is to ensure that everyone can access and share information in a language they understand. We work with nonprofit partners and a global network of language professionals to enhance local language translation capacity and raise awareness of language barriers. Our team of over 200,000 community members translates millions of words of critical information annually.

Core Values: Clear Global employees and volunteers are committed to excellence, integrity, empowerment, innovation, sustainability, and tolerance. These values are central to our mission and organizational spirit.

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CLEAR Global reserves the right to re-advertise, cancel the recruitment, or modify the job description or duration at its discretion.

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