Jobs at Ecology

Must be an Ecology Employee

Ecology’s Multilingual Interpretation and Translation Team (MITT) – Vietnamese Team is accepting applications for one (1) Translator-Interpreter role.

Translator-Interpreter team member duties:

• Actively participates in Ecology’s Multilingual Interpretation and Translation Team (MITT) in order to enhance the Agency’s service delivery to the Vietnamese-speaking community.
• Translates English language documents and website content into Vietnamese and vice versa.
• Interprets English oral presentations, discussions, phone calls, and site visits with Vietnamese speaking audiences or clients, and vice versa.
• May attend other Ecology and key partner meetings in order to provide or prepare for MITT services.
• Other responsibilities may include assisting with outreach efforts to the Vietnamese -speaking community including radio, social media, or other news and public relations involvement, helping other Ecology employees obtain services from the MITT team, promoting MITT services to the Agency, and improving the MITT team’s service.

Requirements:   

Any full-time employee of Ecology who has excellent reading, writing, and speaking skills in both Vietnamese and English, is encouraged to apply. This staff member role will serve as a translator, so strong language skills, including grammar, accuracy, clarity, and sensitivity to tone and context, are essential. Selected Employees must pass both a Vietnamese written and oral language assessment.

Compensation:

Each team member receives assignment pay of two pay ranges (or approximately 5%) added to their base salary for the use of their bilingual abilities, in accordance with WAC 357-28-175, WAC 357-28-180 and Article 42.28 (A) of the CBA.

Application process:

All interested Ecology applicants who meet the assignment requirements should:

• Email an application to Careers@ecy.wa.gov by June 13, 2025.
• Use the following in the subject line of the email: “Vietnamese MITT Team Application - due June 13, 2025.”

An application consists of the following:

1. A letter of interest, in English.
2. A resume.
3. If you have a certificate, a diploma, or a degree that indicates or demonstrates the learning of the Vietnamese language from a university or other training or experience such as graduated from high school or college in Vietnam, add a copy of it to your application email. (This is not required).
4. The completed Vietnamese MITT Team Memo, from the employee’s supervisor.

Posted 5/27/2025