Language Access Assistant

Title: Language Access Assistant

State Role Title: Salary Non-Specified

Hiring Range: Up to $65,000, commensurate on experience

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Supreme Court

Location: Fauquier General District Ct

Agency Website: WWW.VAcourts.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Language Access Assistant occupies an important role within the Department of Judicial Services at the Supreme Court of Virginia's Executive Secretary's Office. This role is central to managing Vendor Interpreters, as a part of the Virginia Interpreter Services program, and upholding compliance with statewide policies to ensure effective, accessible, and efficient interpreting services. This role is crucial for ensuring that the judiciary’s interpreting services are accessible, efficient, and effective, fulfilling the needs of diverse communities across the state.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Include, but are not limited to:

• Interpreting using simultaneous and consecutive modes at court proceedings and rendering language assistance in any situation arising from legal cases in the courthouse or as needed by the limited English proficient public
• Translations (both sight and written)
• Collaborate and cooperate with other members of the team and share information with contract interpreters as needed
• Accurately complete daily activity logs, calendars, regular reports, or other documentation as required
• Participate in research and other projects designed to increase the scope, quality and depth of services provided by the program, including the court interpreter certification process.
• Actively seek Court Interpreter Certification.
• Attend classes to improve Interpreting Skills.
• Participate in study groups with other interpreters.
• Must complete any available test needed to obtain certification.
• Support other program locations, as needed
• Other duties, as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be able to be appointed by judicial officers in program court
• Extensive, current experience interpreting in a court setting
• Proven computer skills
• Excellent written English skills
• Familiar with the nuances of language, and legal systems, and cultural differences in the countries where both the source and target languages are spoken, and demonstrate continued work toward enhancing such knowledge
• Thorough knowledge of Virginia interpreting guidelines and canons of professional conduct

Additional Considerations

• Translation skills a plus
• Proof of continuing education in court interpretation
• Position may require some travel.

Additional Information
Conflict of Interest
As this is a salaried position, the successful candidate and any business or corporation in which they materially participate may not undertake to bill separately for services provided to the Office of the Executive Secretary from the date of full-time employment.
From the date of employment, successful candidates must discontinue any on-going business relationship(s) with regular parties to cases in the venues where the interpreter will be providing service.

Judicial System employees are governed by the Rules of Conduct. A successful candidate would have no existing conflicts of interest at the date of hire. A conflict of interests arises when an employee knows that he, she, or a family or household member might be so personally or financially affected by a matter that a reasonable person with knowledge of relevant facts would question the employee’s ability properly to perform official duties in an impartial manner.

A resume and cover letter are required.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

• Name: Daisy Duitsman
• Phone: No calls
• Email: Humanresources@VAcourts.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.