Bilingual Liaison Clerk

Bilingual Liaison Clerk

Under the direction of the Assistant Superintendent Educational Services, provides a communication link between community and the school; interprets district policy, regulations, and program goals to limited or non-English speaking individuals; performs interpreting of a specified non-English languages and translating of documents from one language to another; performs routine clerical duties; and maintains records and files.

Under general supervision – provides a communication link between community and the school; interprets District policy, regulations, and program goals and objects; performs interpreting of languages and translating of documents from one language to another; performs routine clerical duties; maintains records and files; and other related work as required.

Essential Job Functions:

• Performs translation and interpretative services pertaining to both oral and written communication.
• Performs a variety of services as a communication link between the school and members of the educational community.
• Assists parents and community members in understanding program goals and objectives, and enlists their support and involvement in the educational process.
• Performs a variety of routine clerical duties such as answering the phone, typing, filing, records maintenance, and preparing schedules, arranging meetings and drafting and translating meeting minutes.
• Assists with records management and prepares reports on EL students.
• Schedules and attends meetings related to EL services.

Other

Job Functions:

• Performs follow-up functions and activities including school visitations and home visits with another staff member, when directed by supervisor that may involve student attendance, welfare, and other student-related problems, and provide any and all related documentation per district procedures.
• Arranges EL recognition activities.
• Provides assistance with CELDT testing.
• Provides assistance with parental notifications regarding test scores.
• If the position is at the district level, provides direct and indirect services to homeless students, and delinquent/neglected students in local institutions and community day school.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Essential

Job Requirements –

Qualifications:

• Education Required:
  
  Graduation from high school or equivalent.
• Experience
  
  Required:
  
  Two years of general office experience, preferably within an educational setting.
• Skills, Knowledge and/or Abilities
  
  Required:
  
  Ability to accurately read, write, communicate and translate a specified language other than English; communicate with parents and encourage participation in school activities; understand and follow oral and written directions; appropriate English usage, punctuation, spelling and grammar; perform routine clerical tasks and operate a variety of educational and office-related machines and equipment, operate a computer and type at a speed of 40 words per minute;
  
  and perform other related duties as assigned.
• Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing
  
  Required:
  
  Valid driver's license and evidence of insurability, TB test clearance, Criminal Justice fingerprint clearance, and pre-employment physical and drug testing.

A completed online application with uploaded typing certificate showing 40 WPM, resume and 2 current letters of recommendation is required of all applicants to be considered for this opening. Once you have submitted your application, please check your email because EdJoin will send you an email verifying that your application has been submitted correctly. If you do not receive the EdJoin email, check your spam/junk mail box and in the event that you do not get an email, you will have to apply again.

Applications will be carefully reviewed. Those applicants with the most appropriate education, experience, and training will be scheduled to continue in the testing process. All applicants will be notified by email regarding their selection status. It will be your responsibility to check your email as to the next step in the recruitment process because this is the only form of communication that you will receive.

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