Realtime Captioner - Pool

About the role

This position will work on-site at the Sacramento State campus. The Disability Access Center (DAC) offers a wide range of accommodation services that ensure students with disabilities have equal access and opportunity to pursue their educational goals. Working collaboratively with students, faculty, staff, and administrators, DAC provides campus-wide consultation and serves as a primary information resource on disability-related issues to the campus community.

Responsibilities

• Interpret for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and/or Deaf-Blind students in: classrooms, lectures, labs, assigned course activities, placements, internships;
• In meetings with other academic departments, advisors, professors, university platform situations;
• Provide limited mobility assistance for Deaf-Blind students, if needed.

Requirements

• Formal training in court reporting and steno methods to meet position requirements is required, with graduation from a court reporting school preferred.
• Typically six to twelve months of experience providing realtime captioning services, preferably in a higher education setting, is necessary to perform at the level required for the translating assignments in the university setting.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of the English language, including grammatical structures, syntax, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation;
• Proficiently use, maintain, and troubleshoot court reporting steno equipment, real-time software, and computer systems and equipment;
• Develop, maintain, and proficiently use a thorough dictionary that enables accurate and fluid translation;
• Effectively listen for continuity, sense, and detail while translating;
• Proficiently write in real-time in a conflict-free manner using punctuation and sustaining accuracy in fast-paced stressful situations;
• Use advanced editing skills;
• Work effectively with consumers;
• Maintain confidentiality.

Skills

• Balance multiple auditory demands;
• Demonstrate understanding of the communication needs of Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing individuals;
• Possess a general knowledge and understanding of Deaf Culture;
• Possess extensive knowledge of the vocabulary, terminology, and basic information in academic settings and on a variety of subjects;
• Professional decorum and ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to industry-recognized code of ethics;
• Demonstrate knowledge and sensitivity to individuals from diverse groups, such as LGBTQ, underrepresented minorities, different religious backgrounds and abilities;
• Possess the vocabulary used in the courses and meetings/activities to which the captioner is assigned;
• Ability to adapt to multiple modalities of service provision including but not limited to in-person, remote, teleconference, etc.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

FLSA: Hourly Intermittent/Non-Exempt
Anticipated Hiring Range: $60.00 per hour - $69.65 per hour commensurate with education, certification, and experience.
CSU Classification Salary Range: $19.37 per hour - $194.60 per hour
Salary Grade/Range: 1

Schedule

Hours will vary according to the needs of the department.