Sign Language Staff Interpreter

Sign Language Staff Interpreter About Vers Ability Resources

Vers Ability Resources is a nonprofit organization based in Hampton, Virginia, dedicated to empowering people of all abilities to thrive. For more than 70 years, we have provided innovative employment, workforce development, residential, community living, and business services that promote independence, inclusion, and opportunity.

Our team is passionate about making a meaningful impact by helping individuals achieve their personal and professional goals while delivering high-quality services to our community, business partners, and government customers. At Vers Ability, you'll join a mission-driven organization where your work changes lives and contributes to stronger, more inclusive communities.

This is more than a new position-it is an important investment in communication access and inclusion at Vers Ability Resources.

Vers Ability Resources is excited to welcome our first Sign Language Staff Interpreter, a permanent role dedicated to strengthening communication access for our Deaf and hard-of-hearing employees across the organization.

Rather than relying solely on interpreting support for individual meetings or events, this position creates consistent, ongoing access to a professional who understands our employees, our workplaces, and the environments in which our teams work. For our Deaf and hard-of-hearing employees, that means greater continuity and access during orientations, training, meetings, workplace conversations, and other important moments throughout their employment experience.

The Sign Language Staff Interpreter will provide professional American Sign Language (ASL)/English interpreting services across Vers Ability locations, including Government Contract sites throughout Hampton Roads, while also providing virtual support to employees at geographically dispersed locations such as San Diego and Hawaii. This individual will help facilitate accurate, effective, and culturally responsive communication while respecting each employee's autonomy, communication preferences, confidentiality, and individual needs.

If you are an experienced interpreter who believes communication access is essential to an inclusive workplace and wants the opportunity to become a trusted, consistent part of an organization rather than moving from assignment to assignment, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact.

• Provide accurate, real-time, two-way interpretation between spoken English and ASL.
• Interpret workplace conversations, meetings, orientations, training, administrative discussions, healthcare-related interactions, technical information, and other organizational communications.
• Convey the complete meaning, intent, tone, context, and emotional nuance of communication rather than relying on word-for-word interpretation.
• Adapt interpreting approaches based on individual communication preferences, language proficiency, cultural considerations, and assignment needs.
• Provide interpreting support for regularly scheduled New Employee Orientation (NEO) and other organizational meetings, training, and events.
• Travel to Vers Ability locations and Government Contract sites throughout Hampton Roads to provide on-site interpreting support.
• Provide virtual interpreting services for geographically dispersed Vers Ability locations, including locations such as Hawaii and San Diego.
• Prepare for assignments by reviewing materials and becoming familiar with relevant terminology, acronyms, technical information, and subject matter.
• Collaborate with Deaf interpreters and other hearing interpreters during team-interpreting assignments.
• Coordinate appropriately with employees, managers, Human Resources, Supported Employment staff, and other stakeholders to support successful interpreting assignments.
• Maintain confidentiality, impartiality, professional boundaries, and ethical standards consistent with applicable professional interpreting standards, including the RID Code of Professional Conduct.
• Maintain required schedules, records, certifications, credentials, security clearances, and professional qualifications.
• Participate in continuing education, professional development, meetings, and required training.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Minimum of one (1) year of professional ASL/English interpreting experience.
• Virginia Quality Assurance Screening (VQAS) Level III or above.
• Advanced proficiency in…