Support Specialist

The Systems Support Specialist at You Version plays a key role in managing translation efforts and supporting cross-functional collaboration to improve translation processes and procedures. This role oversees the end-to-end translation process by coordinating with internal teams, volunteers, and contractors to ensure timely and effective project delivery. Additionally, it involves facilitating communication across departments, developing support processes, and maintaining tools and documentation that enable teams to work more efficiently and respond to user needs.

This role supports the team’s direction, initiatives, and ministry efforts to achieve outcomes that further Life.

Church’s mission and reach people for Christ.

• Review translation requests, prep assignments for volunteers, and determine appropriate deadlines and resources to meet the needs of all internal clients (Marketing, Engineering, Product, Content, Partners, Support).
• Plan and implement innovative communications, events, test projects, etc., to drive growth in volunteer team capacity.
• Become an expert in the translation management system by maintaining glossaries, effectively leveraging translation memory and machine translation, creating new projects, sharing tips and best practices with volunteers, and working with the translation management system support to address bugs and feature requests.
• Maintain the translation request system and look for ways to improve all tools and processes used to meet the translation needs of each team at You Version.
• Advocate for translation and the needs of our global community in cross-functional team meetings.
• Collaborate with internal teams to improve the current Support tools.
• Identify pain points in the Support process, including Support visibility and accessibility.
• Track product roadmap and understand the app and web release cycles, updates, changes, etc.
• Meet regularly with the You Version volunteer leaders to discuss volunteer needs.

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to foster relationships and partnerships.
• Capacity to quickly learn new technologies and programs.
• Ability to self-motivate, make independent decisions, and solve problems.
• Maintain flexibility and initiate the creation of new processes and project strategies.
• Strong leadership skills and understanding of developing and guiding others.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• 1–3 years of related work experience.

• Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Generous employer‑paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons.
• Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance that provides team members with useful resources and savings to navigate their holistic health.
• Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost. Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase.
• Short‑Term and Long‑Term disability is covered at 100% for full‑time qualified staff members.
• Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits allow staff to proactively invest in their physical and emotional health.
• Generous 401(k) retirement plan allowing a team member to have up to 12.5% (including employee contribution, employer match, and employer discretionary contribution) contributed into their account in their first year. It doesn’t stop there—the more years on staff, the greater the investment!
• $160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth.
• Casual dress and work environment.
• And much more!

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