Coordinator Interpretation Services

Job Summary

Towson University (TU) has earned distinction as a top-100 public university and one of the nation’s great colleges to work for. Located north of Baltimore, TU currently enrolls over 19,000 students and is the second-largest university in the prestigious University System of Maryland. Towson University fosters a climate grounded in respect to cultivate the intellectual and personal growth of the entire university community.

The Coordinator of Interpretive Services ensures effective communication with deaf, deafblind, and hard‑of‑hearing faculty, staff, and visitors to Towson University. As a certified American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter, the Coordinator will serve as an on‑campus interpreter (voice to sign and sign to voice) on an as‑needed basis during regular business hours, with occasional evening and weekend events. The Coordinator will consult with Deaf faculty/staff on necessary interpretive or support services and work with vendors to fulfill interpreting, transcription, and captioning requests, coordinating with various campus departments such as the Deaf Studies department/College of Liberal Arts, Office of Inclusion & Institutional Equity, and Admissions.

• Provide direct interpreting services (voice to sign and sign to voice) for faculty, staff, and visitors, including ASL interpretation in classrooms, workshops, departmental meetings, telephone calls, on‑campus and off‑campus events, and other required activities.
• Coordinate with vendors to schedule and facilitate communication services—interpreting, transcription, and captioning—for faculty, staff, and visitors at campus events. Manage vendor contracts and invoices, and track the university interpreting services budget.
• Arrange other communication‑related requests, such as assistive learning devices (ALDs).
• Facilitate effective communication between deaf faculty and program coordinators, directors, chairpersons, and university offices, creating systems with consultation from deaf faculty to assure communication access needs. Coordinate with deaf faculty on research collaborations and student advising sessions.
• Collect and report faculty and staff assessment data on interpreting services and adjust service provision as appropriate.
• Pursue professional development through workshops, meetings, networking with peers, and reading current literature in the field, maintaining professional membership, certification, and ethical practices.

May include occasional evenings and weekends. Telework may be available up to two days per week following completion of 90 days of service in good standing.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Five years of interpreting experience
• RID, NAD IV, and above or BEI certification in good standing
• Adherence to RID’s Code of Professional Conduct
• Excellent ASL to English and English to ASL interpreting skills
• Ability to render the message faithfully and accurately with the appropriate register
• Ability to work effectively with a team interpreter and the Deaf Studies faculty

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience interpreting in higher education settings
• Experience working with Deaf professionals

Targeted hiring range is $80,000 - $90,000. Full university benefits include 22 days of annual leave, up to 17 holidays, personal and sick days; excellent health, life, and retirement plans; and tuition remission.

Organization:
Office of Inclusion and Institutional Equity Division
Primary

Location:

Main Campus
Job Posting:
Jul 2, 2026