POSITION TITLE: (SS14) District Interpreter/Translator & Administrative Assistant

DEPARTMENT: Communications

WORK DAYS: 240 days

REPORTS TO: Director of Communications

PAY SCALE: CO Level 2

• High School Diploma, Bachelor’s degree preferred, and/or Native Speaker

• Acceptable criminal background check

• Translator Certification preferred

• Experience working in an educational setting and/or a service-oriented agency that works with language-minority families

• Ability to speak, read, and write fluently in English and a second language (for RCS = Spanish)

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of administrators, staff, parents, students, and the general public

• Facilitate oral communication between language minority families  and district staff by interpreting telephone conversations, conference calls, in-person conversations, etc., during school hours, for parent/teacher conferences, after-school activities, including parent trainings, IEP & 504 meetings, and other school functions

• Maintains a shared electronic calendar with the supervisor of all scheduled meetings across the district

• Translates school-home communications and system-wide documents from English to the target language as needed

• Uses technology appropriately to format, translate, save, and retrieve work

• Maintains an electronic calendar and works with electronic documentation

• Reviews and evaluates documents as needed; Clarifies content and terminology

• Edits the work of other translators and responds to editing suggestions of others

• Assumes responsibility for the quality of translation work submitted by reviewing, editing, and revising own work, and the quality of interpretation by clarifying ideas and messages to assist with understanding

• Learns new translations

• Attends professional trainings, meetings, or conferences as requested by the immediate supervisor

• Maintains cultural sensitivity when relaying concepts and ideas between languages

• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with students, peers, parents, and community; ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing

• Interacts and develops working relationships with professionals, staff, students, and their families using positive interpersonal, oral, and written communication in English and a second language

• Maintains confidentiality and abides by federal, state, and local board policies

• Serves as an administrative assistant and assistant in the communication department

• Performs all other job-related duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor