American Sign Language Interpreter - Part Time-1

Liberty University • Lynchburg, VA

60d • Onsite

About The Position

Provide communication access services for students, staff, faculty, and the community of Deaf/Hard of Hearing persons using American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. Reporting to the Director of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, the part-time ASL interpreter enables direct interaction professionally and accurately.

Requirements

• A minimum credential requirement of VQAS level III (Virginia Quality Assurance Screening) or other state equivalent (providing the VQAS test is taken and passed within 6 months of employment) credentials along with substantial experience in the field.
• To obtain LU-approved driver certification, individuals must be 21 years of age or older, possess a valid driver’s license with a minimum of five (5) years of documented driving history, and maintain a clean driving record.
• Ability to effectively communicate in American Sign Language clearly and accurately.
• Ability to effectively communicate in English both verbally and in writing in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University to a variety of business, government and community consumers and associates.
• Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.
• Regularly required to sign accurately and clearly in order to effectively communicate in ASL.
• Regularly required to hear and speak in English in order to effectively communicate orally.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about campus buildings.
• Regularly required to stand, walk and climb stairs to move about at community assignments.
• Daily use of hands, fingers and all body parts necessary to properly convey ASL.

Nice To Haves

• National RID Certification
• VQAS screening Level III or Level IV
• four-year ASLI degree
• four-year college degree with National RID Certification
• experience in higher education

Responsibilities

• Facilitates communication between Deaf and hearing persons for community assignments for Liberty University Interpreting Services (LUIS) using American Sign Language.
• Facilitates communications between Deaf students/faculty and hearing students/faculty in the classroom and university extracurricular events (as requested) using American Sign Language.
• Adheres to the RID/NAD Code of Professional Conduct by maintaining confidentiality for all interpreting assignments, abiding by all other tenets of the CPC.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree