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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

Career opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and gender identity diversity.

Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, veterans or people with military status, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply.

Working at Ecology

As an agency, our mission is to protect, preserve, and enhance Washington’s environment for current and future generations. We invest in our employees to create and sustain a working environment that encourages creative leadership, effective resource management, teamwork, professionalism, and accountability.
Most Ecology positions offer:

  • Full health benefits
  • Excellent retirement benefits
  • Potential student loan forgiveness
  • Option for partial telecommute schedule
  • Option for flexible scheduling
  • Optional union membership

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Why public service?

Working for Ecology means working for the people of Washington. It’s a different environment than most private sector jobs. We’re not here to make a profit, we’re not out to crush the competition, and we can’t succeed as an organization unless we make Washington a better place to live, work, and raise a family.

People who work for Ecology tell us that spirit of service means something more than just a paycheck. And it extends to everyone at our agency, whether you’re getting your boots muddy cleaning up an oil spill, developing new policies to fight climate change, or supporting our staff in payroll or human resources. Working in public service means knowing that your work matters.