Education Consultant (TRANSLATOR/INTERPRETER TRAINING PROGRAM) - KI

POSITION:  EDUCATION CONSULTANT – TRANSLATOR / INTERPRETER TRAINING PROGRAM 

DEPARTMENT: ADULT EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING  

SALARY: FROM $49,456 TO $92,027 DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

COMPETITION NUMBER: EDCONSTRANS2506-03

LOCATION: MONTREAL OR NUNAVIK

STATUS: REGULAR FULL-TIME

START DATE: JUNE 2025

Kativik Ilisarniliriniq (KI) is a school board offering educational services in the 14 communities of Nunavik.

FUNCTION & DUTIES:

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Adult Education and Vocational Training, the Education Consultation will perform the following duties:

• To prepare and to teach some of the courses to be taught in Inuttitut and English; 

• To set up and to maintain a communication network with translators interested in taking this training;

• To promote the course and the profession in order to recruit new candidates for introductory training in this field; 

• To develop a network of resource people who will act as consultants and/or teachers  for the purpose of this project; 

• To set up a Resource Centre available to the resource people and the translators; 

• To develop a course adapted to the needs in Nunavik, based on existing courses in this field and in cooperation with previously identified resource people: selecting and adapting contents, searching for original learning materials, working out the sequence of learning activities, etc.; 

• To select candidates based on instruments she/he previously developed and adapted; 

• To organize and to supervise the in-service training sessions of participants in this  program developed in keeping with a work-study formula.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Undergraduate degree in a relevant field, in particular education, translation, interpretation or adult education.

The Board may, at its discretion, waive any or all of the aforementioned qualifications if it finds a suitable candidate who is a beneficiary of the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement (JBNQA) and who accepts, as a condition of employment, to follow a training plan determined by the Board.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent knowledge of Inuttitut (oral & written) 

• Good knowledge of English (oral & written) 

• 5 years of experience as a Translator / Interpreter in Nunavik 

CLASSIFICATION / SALARY / BENEFITS:

In accordance with the SPPENOM collective agreement for professionals. This position belongs to job category 2104: from $49,456 to $92,027 annually depending on qualification and experience. All benefits are prorated based on the percentage of the task.

In addition to salary, you may be eligible to benefits such as:

• 20 days paid vacation

• 2-week paid holiday period  

• Free parking

• Employee and Family Assistance Program

• Career development opportunities

• Hybrid work schedule  

  and, when applicable, other benefits such as:

• Summer schedule 

• Northern premium

• Food transportation allocation

• Paid relocation benefits

• Retention and attraction premium

• Up to three (3) round trips to and from Nunavik

 DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: June 17th, 2025 at 4 PMTo apply:

1) Visit our career website (https://career.kativik.qc.ca/) and click on “Apply”, OR 

2) Send your CV to applications@kativik.qc.ca and indicate EDCONSTRANS2506-03 in the subject of the e-mail.

Only the candidates under consideration will be contacted.