Duties & Responsibilities
Essential Responsibilities/Duties

Interprets/transliterates for designated employee(s) and Deaf campus community including faculty, staff, students, and campus visitors.
The Staff ASL Interpreter works across various settings, including meetings with students, campus staff, and visitors, classroom activities, college-sponsored events, department meetings, and high-profile occasions like press conferences, campus conferences, and graduation ceremonies.
Required to work flexible hours, which may include early mornings, evenings, and weekends, to provide access for campus activities and events.
Evaluates skills of ancillary interpreters and mentors new professionals.
Collaborates with campus colleagues to create accessible educational materials and event experiences.
Develops and compiles training manuals, aids, and technical sign materials.
Follows and maintains strict confidentiality in all interactions following the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Code of Ethics standards.
Conducts independent assessments of cultural and language factors to select suitable interpreting methods and strategies.
Knowledge and Skills Required:

Knowledge of the ethical standards set by the NAD and RID.
Knowledge and skill with various methods of expressive and voice interpreting/transliterating for communication access with Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing consumers.
Stays updated on best practices and trends in ASL/Interpreting services for a campus-wide environment.
Knowledge of cultural aspects of Deafness and cross-cultural mediation.
Skill in managing highly technical, fast paced assignments where decision making time is at a minimum.
Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Knowledge of interpreting/transliterating at the postsecondary level and platform interpreting techniques. Examples include:
Advanced or highly complex classes requiring rapid interaction and specialized vocabulary.
Discussion situations with advanced topics requiring sign-to-voice and voice-to-sign translations.
Complex interpreting situations like conferences, workshops, and seminars with multiple consumers served simultaneously.
Knowledge of working with Deaf with multiple disabilities and neurodivergent.
Knowledge of intersectionality in the Deaf community.
Familiarity with specialized vocabulary and techniques for professional and technical subjects.
Ability to perform in highly interactive situations such as discussion, workshops, seminars, and platform settings, and handle unique subject matter, theories, and terminology and team with interpreters and/or real-time captioners.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience; OR,
12 years of equivalent advanced learning attained through professional level experience required; OR,
Any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education.
Possession of a national certification of interpreting from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), or Board for Evaluation of Interpreter (BEI).
Possession, or qualified to possess, a valid Interpreter Generalist license issued by the state of Arizona.
Required to work flexible hours, which may include early mornings, evenings, and weekends, to provide access for campus activities and events.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with various methods of expressive and voice interpreting/transliterating.
Experience with ethical standards set forth by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Incorporated.
Experience with standard practices in interpreting/transliterating at the postsecondary level.
Experience with cultural aspects of deafness and cross-cultural mediation.
Experience in managing highly technical, fast paced assignments where decision making time is at a minimum.
Experience with communicating effectively orally and in writing.