Spanish Bilingual Specialist at Sweetwater Part-Time

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Graduation from high school
• •Associate's degree
• •Training in Professional Translating
• •American Translators Association (ATA) certification
• •Equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the job functions
• •Ability to lift mail and boxes up to ten pounds
• •Ability to sit at a computer for extended periods of time
• •Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information
• •Ability to read simple forms
• •Ability to prepare time sheets and supply requisitions using prescribed format
• •Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form
• •Ability to record and deliver information
• •Ability to explain procedures
• •Ability to follow oral and written instructions
• •Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently in standard English
• •Ability to utilize mathematical formulas
• •Ability to add, subtract, divide and multiply
• •Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using a computer
• •Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
• •Ability to be adaptable to performing under moderate levels of stress
• •Ability to talk, write and hear
• •Ability to reason, make judgments, and maintain effective working relationships with others
• •Ability to utilize positive human relation skills with all staff, parents and students
• •Skills of keyboarding with accuracy at the speed necessary for the position
• •Skills in operating a computer with word processing and spreadsheet applications
• •Considerable knowledge of office practices and procedures
• •Ability to compile and summarize information
• •Ability to resolve problem situations with sound judgment
• •Considerable ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• •Ability to demonstrate proper telephone etiquette
• •Ability to maintain confidentiality
• •Ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative in completing work assignments
• •Knowledge of report writing
• •Ability to compose correspondence independently
• •Ability to work in the absence of supervision
• •Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• •Ability to translate/interpret for students/parents who speak Spanish
• •Ability to convert one spoken or written language to another
• •Ability to interpret both legal terminology and colloquial language
• •Ability to interpret for parent conferences: IEP, Literacy Assessments, Pre-K screening, Dial Test, etc.
• •Ability to administer ACCESS Screener and ACCESS for ELLs assessment
• •Ability to translate CCS documents or create new documents which align with current ones
• •Ability to register/enroll new students, by helping parents complete all forms for registration of students
• •Ability to help parents complete InfoSnap
• •Ability to connect parents with community resources, i.e. Parenting Network, Central Latino, Catawba Public Health and DSS
• •Ability to conduct home visits
• •Ability to work with school officials and social workers as directed by supervisor
• •Ability to work with school psychologist in testing
• •Ability to interpret for preschool meetings
• •Ability to provide Individual contact with special need students at their schools, i.e. assist with new refugee students, informally assess content knowledge in native language

Desired Qualifications

• •Preference given to an individual with an Associate's degree and/or training in Professional Translating and/or holding an American Translators Association (ATA) certification