Student and Family Resource Specialist

Overview

Job Description - Student and Family Resource Specialist (252651)

Organization:
Center for Educational & Communications (Ctr For Educational & Commun.).

Job Number: 252651

Schedule:

Full-time

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm;
Evening travel required for family events

Work Type:
Onsite

Salary Range:
Targeted salary: $21.92 - 29.04 hourly, based on experience

Benefits Provided:
Yes

Required Attachments:
Resume, Cover Letter, Writing Samples

• Translation and Interpretation Specialist translates instructional, legal, and technical materials with accuracy and cultural relevance, ensuring consistency through quality checks. They provide real-time interpretation in meetings and events, facilitating clear communication between English and Spanish speakers while adapting to cultural contexts.

• Essential Job Duties & Functions

• Linguistic Accuracy: Ensures translations retain the original meaning, tone, and intent, while following grammar and syntax rules of both languages. Regular quality checks are performed to correct errors or inconsistencies, delivering a clear and precise final product.
• Cultural Adaptation: Tailors translations to the cultural context of the target audience by adjusting idioms and references while preserving the core message. Collaboration with experts ensures content is culturally relevant and appropriate.
• Quality Assurance and Consistency: Involves a thorough review process to maintain uniformity in language and style. A glossary or style guide is used for consistent terminology, while feedback is regularly incorporated for continuous improvement.

• Event English to Spanish Interpretation: Provides verbal translation services in meetings, conferences, and one-on-one settings, ensuring clear and accurate communication between English and Spanish speakers.
• Real-Time Interpretation: Provide consecutive or simultaneous interpretation in a variety of settings, ensuring accuracy and maintaining the tone and intent of the original message.
• Cultural Sensitivity and Adaptation: Adjust language usage to suit cultural contexts, ensuring that communication is respectful, appropriate, and comprehensible to all parties.
• Interpersonal Communication: Facilitate smooth communication by interpreting both formal and informal exchanges. Maintain neutrality and professionalism while ensuring clarity in both languages.

• Communications: Ensure messaging is accurate, clear, and fits within branding guidelines. Enable staff to facilitate effective communications within and outside the center by ensuring information flows efficiently and accurately while fostering collaboration.
• Internal Communication: Establish internal communication strategies to stay informed about organizational updates, policies, and relevant news. Use the organization’s channels (email, Microsoft Teams, meetings) to keep staff informed.
• External Communication: Manage external communications with students, families, educators, school leaders, and partners. Build and maintain positive working relationships and ensure messages align with the organization's mission and values.
• Content Creation: Develop and distribute content (written materials, graphics, presentations, multimedia) to convey key messages and information. Ensure content is clear, consistent, and engaging.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and nurture relationships with students, families, educators, school leaders, and partners. Keep them informed and engaged in sponsored projects.
• Communication Strategy Development: Collaborate with management to develop and execute comprehensive communication strategies that support project objectives.

• Project Management: Work with requesting parties to understand project needs, identify target audiences, and support planning and implementation. Include task execution, reporting, and stakeholder engagement as part of responsibilities.

• As Needed: Perform various additional duties as needed to fulfill the position.

• Required Attachments
  :

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Writing samples translated from English to Spanish

Job Requirements

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Translation, Linguistics, relevant foreign language, or related field, AND:

• 24 months of experience in professional translation, writing, and interpreting

Equivalency/Substitution
:
Will accept 48 months of related experience in lieu of the Bachelor’s degree, for a total of 72 months related experience.

• Skills
  :

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to multitask effectively and manage competing deadlines.
• Experience working with diverse groups in planning development and evaluation of projects.
• Attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and precision.
• Proficiency in adapting writing tone, style, and voice to different contexts and audiences.
• Excellent editing and proofreading skills.
• Strong real-time interpretation abilities.
• Exceptional writing skills for a variety of formats.
• Proficiency in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive).
• Strong…