Deaf Services Coordinator & Interpreter Lead

Antelope Valley College; Lancaster (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Antelope Valley College seeks a dedicated interpreter services coordinator to recruit, train, and supervise classroom interpreters. This role delivers sign language and oral interpreting for deaf students and AVC staff, assigns interpreters, manages schedules, and maintains documentation.

The position emphasizes adherence to RID ethics, ongoing professional development, and collaboration with students to ensure high-quality accessibility services. Evening and event demand may apply.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Deaf Studies, Interpreter Training, education, or related field with current certification.
• Two years increasingly responsible office or program coordination experience may substitute for one year of college coursework.

Responsibilities

• Provide sign language and oral interpreting services for deaf students and AVC employees.
• Assign interpreters; prepare schedules; review timesheets and maintain tracking logs.
• Coordinate interpreter evaluations and recruit candidates for evaluation.
• Coordinate training; conduct workshops and maintain/update the Interpreting Handbook.
• Conduct monthly interpreter meetings and stay current on interpreting field developments.
• Follow RID Code of Ethics and provide confidential, professional interpreting services.
• Interpret or transliterate lectures and presentations from English to ASL or CASE; provide oral interpreting when appropriate.
• Interpret at events such as field trips, conferences, and college-sponsored events.
• Provide training and mentoring to interpreters; serve as a resource for vocabulary questions.
• Meet with deaf students to discuss service quality and resolve conflicts; provide walk-in deaf services.

Skills

Sign language interpreting

Scheduling

Training

Communication

Team coordination

Education

Associate's degree in Deaf Studies/Interpreter Training

Current NAD/RID/NIC certification

Tools

TDD/URS equipment

Real time captioning

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Job description

Antelope Valley College seeks a dedicated interpreter services coordinator to recruit, train, and supervise classroom interpreters. This role delivers sign language and oral interpreting for deaf students and AVC staff, assigns interpreters, manages schedules, and maintains documentation.

The position emphasizes adherence to RID ethics, ongoing professional development, and collaboration with students to ensure high-quality accessibility services. Evening and event demand may apply.