District Translator (Bilingual Spanish REQUIRED)

About the role

This is not a general translation position. The District Translator provides professional-level written translation and consecutive and simultaneous interpretation for highly technical educational, legal, medical, and special education communications. Successful candidates must be able to accurately interpret complex discussions in real time and translate documents where precision is critical.

Responsibilities

• Providing simultaneous and consecutive interpretation, as well as sight translation of documents during Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings, conferences, hearings, interviews, and other District meetings.
• Translating highly technical and confidential documents, including: Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), legal and legislative documents, formal complaints, board policies, police reports, instructional materials, official District communications, and interpreting specialized terminology used by: school psychologists, speech-language pathologists, school nurses, attorneys, and educational administrators.
• Aiding with bilingual student assessments and ensuring accurate communication during psychological and educational testing.
• Reviewing and proofreading translations prepared by others to ensure accuracy before public distribution.

Requirements

Education: Graduation from high school or equivalency. Additional training or college coursework in interpretation and translation or the designated second language is desirable.

Experience: One of the following:

• Two years of full-time work experience composing, editing, and translating materials in English and the designated second language and providing consecutive or simultaneous oral interpretations during group meetings and in one-to-one situations.
• Three years of experience in a position for which bilingualism in the designated second language is a requirement. A Bachelor's degree or a Translation and Interpretation certificate in the designated language may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

Special: Possession of a valid California Driver's License.

Ability to be insured, and continue to be insurable, by the District's liability insurance carrier.

Qualifications

Education: Graduation from high school or equivalency. Additional training or college coursework in interpretation and translation or the designated second language is desirable.

Experience: One of the following:

• Two years of full-time work experience composing, editing, and translating materials in English and the designated second language and providing consecutive or simultaneous oral interpretations during group meetings and in one-to-one situations.
• Three years of experience in a position for which bilingualism in the designated second language is a requirement. A Bachelor's degree or a Translation and Interpretation certificate in the designated language may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

Skills

The ideal candidate has experience with work such as:

• Providing simultaneous and consecutive interpretation, as well as sight translation of documents during Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings, conferences, hearings, interviews, and other District meetings.
• Translating highly technical and confidential documents, including: Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), legal and legislative documents, formal complaints, board policies, police reports, instructional materials, official District communications, and interpreting specialized terminology used by: school psychologists, speech-language pathologists, school nurses, attorneys, and educational administrators.
• Aiding with bilingual student assessments and ensuring accurate communication during psychological and educational testing.
• Reviewing and proofreading translations prepared by others to ensure accuracy before public distribution.

Benefits

Professional Growth Awards Program up to 16 paid holidays, Minimum of 6 vacation days, Monday-Friday work schedule, Retirement security-CalPERS pension.

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The following information is a brief summary of the medical benefits provided.

• Self-Insured Schools of California (SISC)
• Blue Cross (PPO)
• Choice of contract or non-contract physicians.
• Dependent Coverage: Spouse and unmarried children to age 19 or to age 25 if full time student.
• Kaiser (HMO)
• Dependant Coverage: Spouse and unmarried children to age 19 or to age 25 if a student.
• Delta Dental Benefits are payable at 100% in PPO network or 50% out of network of covered charges for benefits received during the first calendar year of eligibility.
• Vision Service Plan (VSP) covers one vision examination and one set of lenses each twelve month period. VSP will make an allowance toward the cost of "Elective Contact Lenses."
• Prudential Life Insurance $10,000/member and $1,500/Dependents

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

8 hours/day, 12 months