Part-Time Sign Language Interpreter

 General Responsibilities: 

As needed: Provide sign language interpreting services for deaf and hard of hearing faculty, staff, and students.  Serve as a liaison between the hearing impaired and hearing communities.

 Specific Responsibilities:

·         Perform effective sign language interpreting and transliterating services for faculty, staff and students and according to accepted American Sign Language/English interpreting procedures. 

·         Provide sign language interpreting services in an educational setting for faculty, staff, and students including interpreting for lectures, labs, seminars, individualized instruction sessions, meetings, appointments, and exams.

·         As needed: Provide interpreting services for college-hosted activities such as convocations, commencements, orientations, and lecture series.

Qualifications: 

·         Bachelor’s degree in related field.

·         Possession of an appropriate and valid certification issued by: 

National Association of the deaf (NAD) (Level 4/5)

                                        or

National Registry of Interpreters for the deaf (RID) (CI&AT)

                                        or

NAD-RID National Interpreter Certification (NIC) (Advanced/Master)                                                                                          

·         Code of ethics for the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.

·         Ability to communicate effectively to the deaf and hearing impaired using American Sign Language.

·         Higher education experience preferred including knowledge of the deaf culture and the issues faced by college students who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Please contact Susan DeLyser, Human Resources, Keuka College, 141 Central Avenue, Keuka Park, NY  14478 or sdelyser@mail.keuka.edu

  Human Resources Coordinator
Keuka College
141 Central Ave.
Keuka Park, N.Y. 14478
www.keuka.edu
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