Language Justice Project Manager

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Active membership in the California State Bar, or completion of a university-level interpreter education program or state/federal court interpreter certification;
• Advanced training and professional experience in legal and/or community interpreting and translation, including skills in consecutive and simultaneous interpreting and sight translation;
• Formal training and experience in written translation, especially legal documents, preferred;
• Advanced spoken and written proficiency in English and another language;
• Knowledge of language justice concepts and best practices;
• Experience with Remote Simultaneous Interpreting (RSI) platforms, especially Zoom Meetings, preferred;
• Experience with coordinating multilingual spaces designed to be inclusive and equitable in terms of language, ability, literacy, and access to technology, preferred;
• Excellent skills related to training curriculum design and facilitation, especially using a popular education approach, preferred;
• Experience in working with low-income individuals, survivors of domestic violence, immigrants and/or other marginalized populations;
• Self-motivated, takes initiative, ability to learn quickly;
• Ability to handle ambiguities and to exercise independent judgment;
• Ability to be flexible in job duties;
• Ability to help manage a fast-paced requests for services remotely and in a clinic setting;
• Previous experience in a legal services program preferred;
• Strong administrative skills to oversee third party vendors and processing of invoices, as well as ability to track, maintain and report statistics to funders;
• Ability to work beyond a minimum 7.0 hour workday, including evening and weekend meetings and events, and work weeks commonly in excess of 35 hours;
• Previous experience supervising or mentoring other staff.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
• Supervise coordination between LAFLA staff and language service providers (such as interpreting and translation agencies and individual independent contractors) to enable access to high quality language services for which LAFLA staff are not qualified or available;
• Oversee the tracking of contracts with and invoices from language service providers and related expenses;
• Maintain updated list of qualified interpreters and translators for use by all LAFLA staff;
• Manage resources and provision of technical assistance to LAFLA staff to support the use of language justice best practices and effective outreach and services for non-dominant language users, such as:
o Identifying and building relationships with community partners who represent underserved language communities;
o Securing interpreters for legal services and community education, especially for rare languages or challenging circumstances;
o Obtaining document translation and translation of other electronic content;
o Planning multilingual meetings and events using simultaneous interpreting and interpreting equipment;
o Maintenance of shared folder(s) containing language justice resources, including interpreter and translator lists, collection of relevant glossaries, professionally translated documents, and legal advocacy resources;
• Manage and provide translation and interpreting services in working languages for offices and programs across LAFLA, as appropriate;
• Manage and provide staff trainings on LAFLA’s language services, working with interpreters, working with linguistically marginalized communities, and other trainings for LAFLA multilingual staff using their language skills;
• Engage in advocacy efforts to enforce language access civil rights mandates in various contexts; and
• Assist as needed with screening potential clients and assisting with intake process for clinics and intake lines.
• Contribute to the organization’s DEI plan and goals (via surveys, interviews, etc), supporting all DEI initiatives and helping to promote inclusion in a thoughtful way;
• To view LAFLA’s Commitment to DEI, please go to https://lafla.org/who-we-are/diversity-equity-inclusion-justice-at-lafla/