HEARINGS INTERPRETER

State of Maryland; Maryland; On-site; USD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Leave accrual

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

State of Maryland's Workers' Compensation Commission seeks a skilled interpreter to provide Spanish interpretation during hearings and translate related documents. You will work with claimants, attorneys, and hearing officers to ensure accurate communication in English and Spanish.

The role requires a minimum of three years’ formal interpretation/translation experience, adherence to ethical standards, and the ability to handle sensitive legal matters with neutrality.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• Three years of experience providing formal interpretation and translation between English and Spanish.
• Formal interpretation services may include work as a volunteer interpreter for nonprofits, human services, or faith-based organizations.

Responsibilities

• Provide verbal Spanish interpretation in hearings using consecutive and simultaneous modes.
• Translate workers' compensation documents from Spanish to English.
• Assist IPO with rescheduling interpreter schedules and coordinating availability.
• Maintain accuracy, neutrality, and confidentiality in sensitive legal matters.
• Respond to phone and email inquiries regarding hearings and related services.

Skills

Spanish language

Consecutive interpretation

Simultaneous interpretation

English-Spanish translation

Education

High school diploma

Job description

OUR MISSION

The Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission seeks to secure the equitable and timely administration of the provisions of the Maryland Workers' Compensation law on behalf of its customer, the injured workers, and their employers, by providing an efficient forum for the resolution of individual claims.

OUR VISION

The Workers' Compensation Commission envisions a state wherein injured workers and employers are empowered to create an equitable partnership to facilitate prompt and fair resolution of workers' compensation matters.

About Us

Together we profoundly touch the lives of so many people and have enormous responsibility to the community by fulfilling our mission of securing equitable and timely administration of the law. The Commission continues to provide services to our constituent partners at a level rarely met throughout the United States. The professionalism, work ethic, and technological acumen manifest in our operations allows us to smoothly and effectively manage the challenges which invariably arise. Every division within the agency plays a vital role in keeping us in the forefront nationally...

GRADE

STD 13

LOCATION OF POSITION

10 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Main Purpose of Job

Interpretation Services

Interpretation Services

Provide verbal interpretation in Spanish for non-English speaking claimants during Workers' Compensation hearings. Provides verbal interpretation between spoken English and Spanish in both consecutive (speaker pauses for interpretation) and simultaneous (interpretation happens in real-time without pauses) modes. Ensure accurate and clear communication between claimants, legal representatives, and hearing officers while adhering to Workers' Compensation rules and regulations.

Document Translation

Translate Workers' Compensation-related documents from Spanish to English for claimants. Ensure translations are accurate, culturally appropriate, and maintain the integrity of the original content.

Administrative Support

Assist the Interpreter Program Officer (IPO) by helping to reschedule or reorganize interpreter schedules as needed. Coordinate with team members to ensure interpreter availability for hearings and address any unforeseen schedule changes.

POSITION DUTIES

Provides verbal Spanish interpretation and translation services in various hearing settings, interpreting between spoken English and Spanish in both consecutive and simultaneous modes for administrative and legal proceedings at the Commission. Works with attorneys, Commissioners, Commission staff and other stakeholders to facilitate smooth communication in hearings. Maintaining Accuracy & Neutrality: Preserves the meaning, tone, and intent of the original message without bias or personal influence. Adheres to ethical standards of interpretation and confidentiality, ensuring impartiality and discretion in sensitive legal matters.

Translating written documents, including WCC forms, claim forms, and other related materials. Converts written documents, unrepresented forms, or legal materials from English to Spanish and vice versa while ensuring accuracy and clarity.

Responding to phone and email inquiries from Spanish-speaking individuals regarding hearings and other related WCC services.

Assists in monitoring other interpreter activities and reporting inconsistencies to the appropriate Commission staff.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate. Experience: Three years of experience providing formal interpretation and translation services between English and a second language. Formal interpretation services may include documented work as a volunteer interpreter for a nonprofit, human service or faith-based organization.

Notes

• Candidates may substitute courses from an accredited college or university, on a year-for-year basis, for up to two years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute additional experience interpreting and translating between English and a second language for the required education.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer in interpreter/translator classification or interpreter/translator specialty codes in the foreign affairs field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Desired Or Preferred Qualifications

One year experience with the simultaneous and consecutive interpretation of testimony, questions and responses during legal proceedings. Certified Court Interpreter designated by a Maryland Judiciary Administrative Office of the Courts.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Employees in this classification may be assigned duties that require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

Benefits

Contractual employees who work for an agency covered under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, have a current employment contract and work 30 or more hours a week (or on average 130 hours per month) may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents. As a contractual employee, you will be responsible for paying 25% of the premiums for your medical and prescription coverage, including any eligible dependents you have enrolled. The State of Maryland will subsidize the remaining 75% of the cost for these benefits. You can also elect to enroll in dental coverage, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and life insurance, but will be responsible to pay the full premium for these benefits. Leave may be granted to a contractual employee at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked, not to exceed 40 hours per calendar year.

Workers' Compensation Commission is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of WCC that all persons have equal opportunity and access to employment opportunities, services, and facilities without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status