Sign Language Interpreter Spec - ASL Interpreter Specialist

Metro State University, Minnesota’s public, urban university, and four-time recipient of the Insight Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award is seeking to hire a ASL Interpreter Specialist. This is a full-time probationary position within the Center for Accessibility Resources.

The Center for Accessibility Resources supports eligible students with disabilities by providing reasonable and appropriate accommodations as required by Federal, State laws and Minnesota State Board Policy 1B, 4 in support of the Metropolitan State University mission of equal opportunity for all individuals to participate in university programs, services and activities. This position ensures equal access to university life by providing effective sign language interpreting for students and visitors who are deaf and hard of hearing. This position will support the Center for Accessibility Resources staff in providing accommodations and services to students with disabilities and assisting faculty with classroom accessibility.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing using English.
• National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID): Certificate of Interpretation and Certificate of Transliteration OR (RID) Comprehensive Skills Certificate OR National Association of the Deaf Proficiency Certificate Level III or higher (IV or V).
• Two years’ experience as a sign language interpreter.
• Skills in forecasting, synthesizing and extracting meaning in another’s language, spoken or signed, and to produce an equivalent message into an intelligible form for all clientele.
• Skills in simultaneous mental and physical processing of auditory and visual information and formulation of an accurate interpretation of another’s intent, spirit and sophistication of language.