Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Full-time and part-time Spanish-speaking interpreters needed to assist with communication between family support workers and individuals and families at varied locations throughout Sussex, Warren, and Hunterdon Counties.

Responsibilities

• Work with low-income individuals and families on the Newton campus, in the homes of pregnant women and young mothers, and onboard Project Self-Sufficiency’s mobile services vehicle at varied locations throughout Sussex, Warren, and Hunterdon Counties.
• Act as interpreter between a wide range of people with diverse voices, accents, speaking tempos, and personalities.
• Provide parties with clear and exact interpretation of verbal communication, including questions, answers, statements, arguments, explanations, and other forms of verbal communication.
• Impart thought, purpose, spirit, emotions, and tone of speakers from source language into target language with no additions or omissions.
• Complete daily logs of activity and other documentation, as needed.
• Comply with applicable ethics and standards.

Qualifications

• Ability to convey messages from the target language to the source language without additions, omissions or misleading factors that alter the intent of the speaker.
• Adept at simultaneous interpretation.
• Valid certification of accredited interpreting training.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, in English and Spanish.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Proficient computer skills.
• Outstanding listening, retention, and note-taking skills.
• Proficient enunciation and pronunciation skills.
• Impartiality and sensitivity to diverse cultures.
• Ability to collaborate with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

High School diploma required; Bachelor’s degree preferred. Health benefits, on-site childcare, and 401K plan available for full-time position. Salary commensurate with previous experience, references, and other factors.

Project Self-Sufficiency is a non-profit organization located in semi-rural northwestern New Jersey which has assisted low-income families along the path to economic self-sufficiency for more than 35 years. Services include career guidance and assessment, computer classes, GED instruction, parenting workshops, childcare, legal assistance and education, help with emergency basic needs such as clothing and food, health education, support groups, life skills classes, family activities, home visitation, and more.

Company Description

Project Self-Sufficiency is a non-profit organization located in semi-rural northwestern New Jersey which has assisted low-income families along the path to economic self-sufficiency for more than 35 years. Services include career guidance and assessment, computer classes, GED instruction, parenting workshops, childcare, legal assistance and education, help with emergency basic needs such as clothing and food, health education, support groups, life skills classes, family activities, home visitation, and more.

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