Samoan Translator, Multilingual Community Sfsd (977U)

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Job Class: 997U, Samoan Translator
Salary Range: $30.55 - $37.012/hourly
Appointment Type: Temporary Exempt (what does this mean?)
Hours: As-Needed / Year Round

Who We Are

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school district in California, serving more than 54,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 136 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose, and that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, and equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile. Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21st century.

What It Means to Work Here

The SFUSD community is unified by our Core Values:

• Student-centered: We put students’ needs first
• United: We celebrate and build on each other’s strengths
• Social Justice: We stand with those most vulnerable in our community
• Fearless: We persist through challenges
• Diversity-driven: We respect and seek to understand each person

We are also inspired by Vision 2025, which captures our aspirations and vision for the future of public education in San Francisco. Alongside the District’s strategic plan, Transform Learning. Transform Lives. SFUSD is reimagining how public education will change over the next decade to meet the dynamic future of San Francisco. As a CORE district, SFUSD is also a leader in critical systems change for more comprehensive school accountability and innovations that help strengthen the instructional core, which is the foundation of our strategic plan and Vision 2025.

Who We Want

We want talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are committed to and will champion our Core Values, are inspired by our mission steeped in equity, and who are motivated to unleash our children’s potential. We want people who are strong collaborators, skilled communicators, problem solvers and who are comfortable in a community of continuous learning.

As the 977U Samoan Community Translator you will report to Lehmann Sio be a part of the Student and Family Services Division and a district leader in the Multilingual Community Program You will help to lead SFSD transformational work to deliver on the promises outlined in both Transform Learning. Transform Lives. as well as our long-term, city-wide North Star, Vision 2025. We want someone who will provides translation services for students and their families to improve and increase parent and community involvement in the San Francisco Unified School District; promotes interaction with school staff and other community members by ensuring dissemination of multilingual information at school sites, remotely, and in writing; provides support for multilingual meetings, events, and parent-teacher conferences, and performs related duties as required.

The 977U Multilingual Community Translator, SFUSD is distinguished from class 9977 Parent and Community Involvement Coordinator by the former’s primary focus on providing translation services, while the latter focuses on parent involvement strategy, workshops, investigations, reports, and providing technical assistance.

According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.

• Provides language assessment services for the SFUSD Educational Placement Center when evaluating students for proper placement and counseling.
• Provides translation services for K-12 students when they are interacting with school staff, students, and their families.
• Translates written documents for dissemination from English to the various languages spoken by the SFUSD student population. Examples include but are not limited to Individualized Education Programs (IEP’s), psychological reports, speech language reports, and contracts.
• Respond to requests for telephone and on-site translation services at school meetings, events, and parent-teacher conferences.
• Provides information to parents in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog or other languages in order to improve home-school communications between the targeted schools and the community and to promote and enhance integration efforts.
• Attends school and community meetings to inform staff, parents and the community on district activities; contacts individuals and groups to disseminate information on district programs and activities; and responds to questions and requests from school sites, parents, organizations and community groups.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:
Completion of two (2) years of college-level course work (30 semester or 45 quarter units = one (1) year)

Experience:
One (1) year of verifiable experience working in the community with culturally, ethnically and socio-economically diverse populations, preferably in a school district setting (one (1) year =
2,000 hours.) A passing score must be obtained on the SFUSD Bilingual/Bi-literate proficiency exam at the time of hire.

Knowledge in Samoan language: speaking and writing

Substitution:
Additional qualifying work experience may be used to substitute for qualifying education on a year-for-year basis. (30 semester or 45 quarter units = 1 year)

Desired Qualifications

Knowledge of: the San Francisco Unified School District, its functions, organization, policies and programs as related to parents and various communities; public information and community relations; community resources, advocacy and referral methods in at least one non-English language spoken by the SFUSD student community.

Ability and Skill to: communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with staff and community; develop and maintain good working relationships with school staffs, parents and the general public; prepare accurate, concise public relations data and materials in the target language. Bilingual conversational proficiency skills; speak, write and read in target language. Use language translation software. Research words, terms and abbreviations for comparable words in different languages.

What We Offer

SFUSD offers a competitive hourly rate of $30.55 - $37.012 commensurate with experience in a similar position. We offer a comprehensive benefits plan including dental and vision plans, a defined benefit pension plan, disability, life insurance, flexible spending account options and vacation time. We also offer an inclusive and equity-centered environment where we encourage staff to bring their whole selves to work.

How to Apply

• You will be prompted to electronically attach a letter of interest, resume, list of professional references and any applicable credentials or licenses
• Our Human Resources team will then review your entire application to determine your eligibility status and contact you directly should you move forward in the process
• If you have previously applied to a job on JobAps, you will be prompted to “select an application to copy;” please select any previous application: you will have the opportunity to update the application and your resume; if you have not previously applied you will be prompted to create a new account

Verification

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification from this and future job opportunities with the San Francisco Unified School District.

Non-Discrimination Policy

San Francisco Unified School District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; or on the basis of a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. This policy extends to San Francisco County Office of Education, including community school programs and activities.