Job Description:
ABOUT US:
Boston Housing Authority (BHA) provides quality affordable housing for low-income families and individuals through the public housing and Section 8 rental assistance programs. BHA serves more than 58,000 of Boston's most vulnerable residents; including elderly, disabled, children and low-income families from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. We foster vital communities that are essential to the city of Boston's economic diversity and way of life. As the largest housing provider in Boston, we bring stability, opportunity, and peace of mind not only to the thousands of low-income families we support, but also to the city as a whole
ABOUT THE JOB: Under the direct supervision of the Director of Language Access; Resident Engagement or his/her designee, the Interpreter/Translator performs within agreed upon timeframe, all the tasks related to translating BHA's Vital Documents, from source language to target language(s), and interpreting for BHA clients and staff in target language(s). Interpretation may take place in the forms (and contexts) of phone inquiries, hearings, conferences, meetings/community meetings, BHA functions and events, eligibility screenings, walk-in inquiries, and inquiries via other telecommunication and wireless technologies. Assignments may take place at BHA's Central Office or housing developments or at other locations deemed necessary by BHA. In addition to performing interpretation and translation, the LEP Interpreter/Translator assists in the planning and development, ongoing assessment and improvement, and the implementation of the BHA LEP program and policy initiatives. He or she also researches and derives the multilingual equivalents of BHA's frequently-used housing terminologies from the English version, and assists in capacity building by recruiting program volunteers and providing technical training, and keeping the LEP program staff apprised of exemplary practices in the translation and interpretation industry, certification criteria and programs, state-of-the-art translation/interpretation equipment, software and online applications, as well as resource networks and vendors.
Posting Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Application Deadline:Thursday, June 15, 2023
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