District Translator (028-22) at Moorpark Unified School District
Job Summary
Job Summary
Under general supervision of an assigned supervisor provides oral and written translation services from English to a designated second language and vice versa at official District meetings, workshops, conferences, or special events. The job class of Translator prepares District-wide translations of technical, educational and general material for use by District departmental and school site personnel, parents and the public in a designated secondary language. Incumbents also provide simultaneous interpretations at a wide variety of District and school site meetings, conferences, and workshops. Primary responsibilities are: • Provide translation services from English to a designated second language and vice versa, during official District meetings, workshops, conferences and special events, including but not limited to: Individualized Education Plan (IEP) team meetings, educational assessment meetings and interviews, and due process hearings; take notes and prepare minutes following meetings as necessary; maintain confidentiality of sensitive and privileged information; interpret previously taped conversations of meetings as needed. • Provides interpretation and translation of technical terminology used by the psychologist, speech therapist, school nurse and other District personnel; provide explanations to facilitate communications, promote understanding and develop rapport with Spanish speaking parents. • Translates documents and other material, including technical subject matters and policies, procedures, instructions, progress reports, and reports cards, IEP documents from one language to another. Reads and rewrites material in specified language or languages, following established rules pertaining to factors such as word meaning, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. • Communicates with a variety of District administrators, specialists, faculty, and other staff to provide interpretation and translation as needed.
Requirements / Qualifications
Requires two years of college that includes a minimum of 16 credit hours of English and/or the designated language sought by the District, and two years of experience involving simultaneous and consecutive interpretation and translation of written documents and forms from one language into another.
Requirements / Qualifications
Requires two years of college that includes a minimum of 16 credit hours of English and/or the designated language sought by the District, and two years of experience involving simultaneous and consecutive interpretation and translation of written documents and forms from one language into another.
Comments and Other Information
Current employees working in a different job classification and desiring to make an application for a vacant position should complete and submit an Application for Classified Employment via Edjoin.org prior to the posted deadline. An employee requesting to transfer from one work site to another work site in the same job classification, must complete and submit a Classified Request for Transfer to the Personnel Office. Outside applicants will also be considered.
The Moorpark Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, bullying and sexual harassment based on actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, immigration status, marital status, parental status, family status, pregnancy status, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other specified characteristic such as hairstyles or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics in all educational programs, school related or school sponsored activities, school attendance or employment policies which may have an impact or create a hostile environment at school as required by Title IX of the 1972 Education amendments, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the Equity in Higher Education Act, and other applicable laws and regulations. For questions or concerns regarding discrimination, harassment, intimidation, bullying or sexual harassment, please contact the District's Discrimination, Equity, and Title IX Compliance Officers: Dr. Jane Wagmeister, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services, or Dr. Cathrine Lasure, Assistant Superintendent of Personnel Services, 5297 Maureen Lane, Moorpark, CA 93021, (805)378-6300, jwagmeister@mrpk.org or clasure@mrpk.org.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITY: Special arrangements for the applicant and testing process for individuals with a disability can be made by informing the Moorpark Unified School District’s Personnel Department in writing no later than the filing date stated on this announcement.
Comments and Other Information
Current employees working in a different job classification and desiring to make an application for a vacant position should complete and submit an Application for Classified Employment via Edjoin.org prior to the posted deadline. An employee requesting to transfer from one work site to another work site in the same job classification, must complete and submit a Classified Request for Transfer to the Personnel Office. Outside applicants will also be considered.
The Moorpark Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, bullying and sexual harassment based on actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, immigration status, marital status, parental status, family status, pregnancy status, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other specified characteristic such as hairstyles or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics in all educational programs, school related or school sponsored activities, school attendance or employment policies which may have an impact or create a hostile environment at school as required by Title IX of the 1972 Education amendments, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the Equity in Higher Education Act, and other applicable laws and regulations. For questions or concerns regarding discrimination, harassment, intimidation, bullying or sexual harassment, please contact the District's Discrimination, Equity, and Title IX Compliance Officers: Dr. Jane Wagmeister, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services, or Dr. Cathrine Lasure, Assistant Superintendent of Personnel Services, 5297 Maureen Lane, Moorpark, CA 93021, (805)378-6300, jwagmeister@mrpk.org or clasure@mrpk.org.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITY: Special arrangements for the applicant and testing process for individuals with a disability can be made by informing the Moorpark Unified School District’s Personnel Department in writing no later than the filing date stated on this announcement.
Application Deadline
6/8/2022 12:00 AM Pacific
Date Posted
6/22/2021
Contact
Number of Openings
Not Specified
Salary
Add'l Salary Info
$16.87 - $22.63/Hr
Length of Work Year
School Term
Employment Type
Part Time
Language Needed
Spanish