Translator-Interpreter (Bilingual English​/Spanish

Translator-Interpreter (Bilingual English/Spanish)

San Diego Unified School District Translation Department - San Diego, California Open in Google Maps

Job : 5880600
Final date to receive applications: Sep 03, 2026 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time)
Re-Posted: Yesterday

Starting Date: To Be Determined

The San Diego Unified School District is currently accepting applications for the position of Translator-Interpreter (Bilingual English/Spanish). This promotional / openopportunity is open to all interested candidates. This recruitment will be used to establish an eligibility list for current and future vacancies. This list will be good for one month with the possibility to be extended.

OVERVIEW:

San Diego Unified School District, the second largest district in California and one of the top largest urban school districts in the United States, is looking for professionals who care deeply for students and are committed to the communities in which they serve.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

Because each person is born with inherent worth and dignity, and because equitable access and opportunity are essential to a just, educated society, San Diego Unified employee commitments include being respectful of differences and diverse perspectives, and being accountable for one’s actions and the resulting impact.

BASIC FUNCTION:

The Translator-Interpreter will translate and produce a variety of general, technical, legal and medical documents, materials and script between English and designated language for schools and district office staff; provide simultaneous interpretations during formal presentations at schools and district meeting sites using district interpretation equipment.

To view the detailed position description for Translator-Interpreter,

• Working
  
  Location:
  
  The Translations Department supports various locations throughout the district. The district covers a large portion of San Diego County. Refer to the District Area Map at this Link and make sure to identify all specific area(s) you are interested in working in. The area(s) you identify in your application will be used for any future vacancies filled using the eligibility list from this recruitment.
• Work Schedule: 12 months per year. While most positions in this job classification are full-time at 40 hours per week, some may be offered at 30 hours per week.
  • NOTE:
    This position requires daily travel to different sites to provide interpretation for a variety of meetings, timely completion of translation assignments, as well as a professional commitment to continuous learning of new terms and tools that support our work.
• Salary: This position is paid on the OTBS Salary Schedule. Grade 038. To view the Salary Schedule, .
• Positions 20 hours per week or greater qualify for District-paid health and wellness benefits for the employee and their eligible dependents.
• This application requires you to respond to position-specific questions in your submitted online application. These questions are identified in the APPLICATION INFORMATION section below.

This is a PROMOTIONAL/OPEN opportunity, which means that current monthly salaried employees receive precedence over other candidates on the eligible list. For a promotional/open posting, the top ten internal candidates will be provided unless there is an insufficient number of internal candidates and then the list will be supplemented with the top external candidates to make up the list of ten (Employment Regulations for the Classified Service of the San Diego Unified School District: Article IV, Section
9).

If you are currently working in this jobtitle as a monthly (not hourly) District employee and wish to transfer DO NOT submit an online application through this posting. Instead, complete a Transfer Request Form .

Any combination of training, experience, and/or education equivalent to completion of college-level courses in the designated foreign language and one year of increasingly responsible experience in translating written documents and providing oral interpretation, preferably in a school environment.

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