Assistant Supervising Court Interpreter

The Fifth Judicial Circuit•Ocala, FL

About The Position

The Assistant Supervising Court Interpreter oversees training and mentorship of new interpreting staff and interns. The position assists in coordinating and scheduling the daily operations of the court interpreting department, to meet the interpreting needs of the Fifth Judicial Circuit’s five counties (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion and Sumter). In the absence of the Supervising Court Interpreter, the position may directly oversee and supervise court interpreters and court translators. Work is performed under the supervision of the Supervising Court Interpreter. Work is reviewed based upon observations, periodic reports, and feedback. The Assistant Supervising Court Interpreter may travel circuit-wide to provide training and support to staff interpreters as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in English, the source language, or a closely related field and two years of court interpreting experience. This experience may be as a staff interpreter, OPS interpreter or a contractor. Additional relevant education may substitute for the recommended experience on a year-for-year basis.
Requires valid certificate as a Certified Court Interpreter issued by the Florida Supreme Court, Office of the State Court Administrator.

Responsibilities

Participates in the new hire process including recruiting, interviewing, selecting, or recommending selection of new hires.
Trains and evaluates new court interpreters at the direction of the Supervising Court Interpreter.
Interprets complex proceedings, hearings, interviews, and other court-related events in simultaneous, sight, and consecutive modes of interpretation.
Translates or reviews translations of official forms, documents, public signs, notices, posters, form letters, job applications and correspondence.
Assists in coordinating and scheduling all interpreting and translating services provided by the court as directed by the Supervising Court Interpreter. This includes contractor coverage, holiday coverage, and weekend coverage.
Ensures compliance by interpreters with organizational policy and procedures; and determines program needs and deficiencies and makes adjustments as directed by the Supervising Court Interpreter.
Ensures the quality, timeliness and procedural compliance of the work conducted by the Court Interpreters and Court Translators.
Gathers information/data to support periodic and special reports as requested by the Spoken Language Supervising Court Interpreter. This includes compiling monthly UDR data for submission to the OSCA.
Assists the Supervising Court Interpreter with preparation of periodic and annual employee performance evaluations.
Represents the Fifth Judicial Circuit at supervisor meetings and other collaborative meetings to exchange information when the Spoken Language Supervising Court Interpreter is unavailable.
Remains current in reference information resources, such as vocabulary in legal, medical, cultural differences, local and world events.
Handles all other duties assigned by the Spoken Language Supervising Court Interpreter.