Sign Language Interpreter- Hrly/Int POOL (DSA)

About the role

Join the vibrant community at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)! Located just three miles from the Pacific Ocean, CSULB offers an inspiring workplace and an exceptional Southern California lifestyle. Our 322-acre campus—one of the largest in the CSU system—serves more than 42,000 students and is known for its commitment to student success, innovation, and impactful academic and research initiatives. As a member of the CSULB community, you’ll experience a dynamic environment filled with cultural landmarks, collaborative energy, and opportunities to make a meaningful difference. Work-life balance thrives here. Long Beach blends coastal relaxation with urban vibrancy, offering miles of beaches, year-round sunshine, a thriving arts and food scene, and convenient access to both Los Angeles and Orange County. It’s an ideal place to grow your career while enjoying everything Southern California has to offer.

Responsibilities

• Provide communication access by conveying verbal information into a mode of communication best understood by the deaf, hard-of-hearing and/or otherwise disabled students, faculty, staff and university guests.
• Facilitate the communication and integration of deaf and hard-of-hearing, 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).
• Provide services that are equitable, inclusive and provide culturally sensitive services that enhance the quality of campus life.
• Use a student-centered and equity-minded approach in all communication and service efforts.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years’ volunteer and/or paid experience, or completion of a 4-year degree in Deaf Studies or related field.
• Interpreters are required to work towards and seek various levels of professional certification that are recognized on a state and national level as being appropriate in a post-secondary setting, including but not limited to NIC Certification granted by RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf).

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate demonstrates the ability to adapt to a wide range of interpreting needs and possesses strong linguistic, cognitive, and technical skills.
• The candidate is flexible and able to transition between in-person and remote interpreting as class modalities change, and is willing to provide interpreting support not only for registered BMAC students but also, when appropriate, for faculty, staff, and university guests.
• The candidate has strong attention to detail, excellent listening skills, and a solid command of English grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation. They demonstrate strong receptive and expressive communication skills, accurately conveying message content, register, tone, and intent across languages.
• The candidate exercises sound judgment when accepting assignments based on skill level, topic familiarity, and consumer diversity, adheres to professional ethical standards and confidentiality requirements, and builds effective, respectful relationships with students, faculty, staff, campus officials, and guests across classroom and campus event settings.
• The candidate has the ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community.
• The candidate has the ability to follow all university policies, procedures, and guidelines including but not limited to safety, civility, information security, and non-discrimination policies and procedures.
• The candidate contributes to a positive university experience for each and every student and assists in achieving the university's commitment to a "vision of excellence."

Skills

• Strong linguistic, cognitive, and technical skills.
• Adaptable to a wide range of interpreting needs.
• Flexible and able to transition between in-person and remote interpreting.
• Strong attention to detail, excellent listening skills, and a solid command of English grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation.
• Strong receptive and expressive communication skills.
• Sound judgment when accepting assignments based on skill level, topic familiarity, and consumer diversity.
• Ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community.
• Ability to follow all university policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Benefits

Compensation is determined by the education, experience, and qualifications the candidate brings to the position, internal equity, and the hiring department’s fiscal resources. The salary range for this classification is $45.20 to $74.97 per hour.

Pay

Salary placement is determined by the education, experience, and qualifications the candidate brings to the position, internal equity, and the hiring department’s fiscal resources. The salary range for this classification is $45.20 to $74.97 per hour.

Schedule

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.