About the job
Us
Despite being younger than many of our competitors (we celebrated 10 years’ anniversary last year), we’ve managed to grow fast and establish ourselves as a trusted brand name when it comes to language solutions in Malaysia, region and beyond.
We are a recognized language service provider offering esteemed, tech-savvy, integrated, and cost-effective solutions. With over a decade of experience in managing language-related projects, we have forged partnerships with top organizations worldwide, delivering professional translation and interpretation services in over 100 languages. Our team of linguists has played a pivotal role in helping world-leading brands transcend cultural barriers and embrace globalization. We take great pride in our services and the resulting satisfaction they bring.
Our workplace
Operating in a hybrid or remote format underscores the importance of trust. At our company, we foster an open and trusting culture by empowering our employees to carry out their responsibilities with minimal supervision and without the need for excessive reporting.
We consider our employees a valuable asset, who add significant value to our company. This is why we’ll provide you with a comfortable and productive work environment with all necessary tools, information, support and advice.
Last but not least we want our employees to leave the company better than they were before they joined Maven, it could be a new skill, new experience, new things that they learn and would be able to capitalize on in the future. When we part our ways we want you not only to have years (hopefully!) of experience with Maven but to learn something new and valuable, to grow not only professionally but as an individual.
Work-life balance
We believe in maintaining a strong work-life balance for our employees. Therefore, we have a strict policy against working after 6 pm or on weekends, except in rare cases when critical projects require it. This policy is not just talk; we practice it daily. We aim to build long-term relationships with our team members and know that working outside standard hours can lead to burnout, which harms everyone.
We discourage our employees from engaging in any work-related activities, including responding to messages or checking emails, outside regular working hours, on weekends, or during public holidays. We understand that even thinking about work during these times can be distracting and prevent full rest. By emphasizing this boundary, we ensure our team members can disconnect and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
About this opportunity and hiring process
Current opening is at our Malaysian office, the candidate would be a local point of contact with our Malaysian clients and stakeholders as well as support for selected international operations. While you’d work from the office (or from your home), your management would be remote and overseas. This is why we’re looking for self-sufficient, independent individuals who are self-starters and who can deliver the work with a can-do attitude and on their own initiative with no supervision.
This opportunity might be good for those who have been working as freelance or full-time translators and who are looking for a stable full time work in the language industry and are keen to gain experience from project-management perspective.
- Job start date: Immediate
- Probation period: 2-3 months
- Only shortlisted candidates would be notified.
- Hiring process will consist of 3 interviews.
What we offer
- Excellent working conditions in the modern and well-equipped office in the heart of Kuala Lumpur that is easily accessible by public transport with all needed amenities or remote work (work from home)
- Work/life balance: no work at home, after 6 pm or over weekends.
- Latest tools to efficiently and effectively manage and automate workload with minimum paperwork and redundancy
- Training with access to corporate knowledge and video guides
- 10 days annual leave
- 12 days annual paid sick leave
- 9 am – 6 pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.
Duties & responsibility areas
- Full-cycle project management and coordination for selected translation & interpretation projects
- Initial sorting and assessment of all incoming requests, prioritizing requests in terms of
importance and collecting the information required to issue a quotation
- Responding and attending to incoming requests
- Managing and onboarding freelance vendors
- Making payments to vendors
- Other ad-hoc duties assigned by management within the scope of the performing the above duties (admin and project management related)
- Training and guiding other employees
Requirements
Minimum
- Bachelor’s degree in office administration, mass communications, translation & localization,
public relations or equivalent
- Professionally spoken and written English & Malay (other languages are added advantage)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Excellent computer and internet literacy
- Quick learner of new (user-friendly) technologies
- Keen interest in languages, linguistics and/or translation field
- Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia or nearby
- Malaysian citizen, Malaysian PR holder or otherwise legal to work in West Malaysia
Preferred
- 2+ years working as a secretary, administrator or project manager/coordinator
- Experience in traveling/hospitality industry in coordinator/admin capacity
- Experience in accounting & bookkeeping
Skills
- Self-starter
- Proactive and independent individual