Job Summary

Sign language interpreters facilitate the communication and integration of deaf and hearing impaired, or otherwise disabled students and consumers (including faculty, staff, and university guests) into the classroom, other instructional settings, and into the university community either by way of American Sign language (ASL), or Signed English, Transliteration (a manual, oral or tactile system of communication.)

Key Responsibilities

• Sign language interpreters provide communication access by conveying verbal information into a mode of communication best understood by the deaf, hearing impaired and/or otherwise disabled students, faculty, staff, and university guests.
• Work with students in the Interpreting program, viewing their performance and providing feedback.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Ability to adjust to a wide spectrum of needs and possess a high degree of linguistic, cognitive, and technical skill. Ability to accept an assignment with regard to skill level, topic familiarity, and diversity in consumers and settings. Ability to work effectively with consumers. Ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with students, faculty, staff, campus officials, and guests in classroom assignments including various campus events and functions. Ability to work as part of a team through close collaboration with colleagues and coordinate with others. Ability to work effectively and productively as part of a team. Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships and maintain a positive and respectful attitude. Ability to consistently report to work on time prepared to perform the duties of the position.

Must have a general knowledge of Deaf Culture. Must be able to work across the spectrum of sign modalities, from ASL to signed English. Must possess a high level of attention to detail and accuracy; have excellent listening skills, a solid grasp of English grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation. Must possess strong receptive and expressive communication skills as well as understand the message, convey the register, tone, intent, and content of the speaker. They must be able to accurately convey information from one language to another. Must now their respective industry Professional Code of Ethics and Standards for Professional Practice and Confidentiality. Working knowledge of standard work practices. Must have oral communication skills to communicate diplomatically and effectively with co-workers, staff, and departmental staff.

Ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community. Ability to follow all university policies, procedures, and guidelines including but not limited to safety, civility, information security, and non-discrimination policies and procedures. Ability to contribute to a positive university experience for each and every student and assist in achieving the university's commitment to a "vision of excellence."

Education and Experience

Sign language interpreters are required to complete an Interpreter Training Program (ITP).

Physical Summary

• Light work - Job involves some lifting of medium weight objects (10-20 pounds) and/or 10% - 20% of the job involves standing or walking.

Licenses / Certificates

Interpreters, by their profession are required to work towards and seek various levels of professional certification that is recognized on a state and national level. These certifications are:

1. National Interpreter Certification (NIC).
2. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID): CI,CT,CI&CT.
3. National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Certificates: NAD III, NAD IV, NAD V.

Division

College of Liberal Arts (CLA)

Compensation

The salary range for this classification is $19.37 to $194.60 per hour.

Time Base

Hourly/intermittent on call temporary position. Successful candidates may be appointed for a few days and up to one (1) year depending on the assignment. Temporary assignments may expire prior to the ending date.

Classification

Hourly Interpreter/Real Time Captioner/Computer Aided Transcriber

Application Procedures

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