Interpreter Level 0

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.
• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Interpreter Level 0 - Evening/Weekend (Hourly)

Job Description Summary:

To provide sign language interpretation services for students, teachers, and staff that are Deaf or hard of hearing.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Provides sign language interpreting services for students, faculty, and staff that are Deaf or hard of hearing.
• Prepares for assignments by reading textbooks, conferring with students, instructors, and/or other interpreters.
• Reports student no shows and class cancellations to the Interpreter Services Office.
• Adheres to the policies and procedures in the Austin Community College (ACC) Interpreter Services Handbook.

Knowledge

Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Proficiency in American Sign Language, sign language interpreting, and Deaf culture.

Skills

Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Providing sign language interpreting/transliterating services in classrooms, meetings, student registration, and testing, tutoring, and counseling environments.
• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy.
• Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.

Required Work Experience

• One year sign language interpreting work experience or completion of an Interpreter Preparation Program Internship.

Preferred Work Experience

• One year work experience sign language interpreting in a post-secondary educational environment.

Required Education

• High school diploma or educational equivalent.

Preferred Education

• Associate degree.

Special Requirements

Licenses/Certifications; Other

• Pass an ACC in-house interpreter assessment.

Other Preferred Qualifications

• Sign language interpreting and transliterating services provided in educational environments.
• Interpreter Services policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of ACC Administrative Rules, Policies and Procedures, and/or Ellucian Colleague software.

Physical Requirements

• Work is typically performed in an office environment, classrooms, classroom laboratories, and/or clinical settings.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
• Occasional lifting and moving of objects up to 10 pounds.

Safety

• Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Pay Rate

$24.90/hour

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

November 1, 2025

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.