GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: The primary role of the interpreter is to serve as a facilitator of communication for faculty members who are deaf or hard of hearing, their hearing peers, students and other personnel on campus in person. The interpreter provides interpreting and support services to the faculty members teaching theater Fitchburg State University. Other duties that may be performed when they do not interfere with interpreting include, assistance with coordinating interpreting schedules and assisting with other interpreting requests on campus in conjunction with Disability Services.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide expressive and voice interpretation for faculty members who are deaf or hard of hearing in the educational setting.
2. Provide interpreting services for faculty members in person or remote as needed for departmental meetings, committee assignments, meetings, and other events on campus
3. Serve as a liaison between staff who are deaf or hard of hearing, hearing peers, staff and faculty members.
4. May provide interpreting services for functions outside of the classroom, events, extracurricular activities, etc when requested in advance.
5. Maintain professional standards as delineated in the Code of Professional Conduct of the national Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.
6. Responsible for performing job related duties as assigned with or without reasonable accommodation.