Regional Onsite Interpreter (OSI) - Maricopa County

Prisma International is actively seeking qualified, professional Interpreters, to join our team as Independent Contractors. As an Interpreter at Prisma, you will be supporting Prisma International’s Government clients with on-site interpretation (OSI) assignments.

On-Site Interpreters Needed for Interpretation Between English and the Following Languages:

Amharic Arabic Bengali Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Burmese Cantonese Chin Czech Dari Dutch Farsi French German Gujarati

Greek Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Ilocano Japanese Khmer (Cambodian) Korean Kurdish-Kur Manji Lao Mandarin Nepali

Marshallese Mixteco Bajo Navajo Oromo Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan

Somali Spanish Swahili Tagalog Thai Tigrinya Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Wolof Yoruba

Please note: This work requires residency in the state of Arizona.

Ideal Candidate shall be able to provide:

• Experience with consecutive and simultaneous on-site interpretation between a government representative and non-English speakers
• Polite forms of expression, enunciation, and a high-level of customer service.
• Deliver correct concepts and meanings between speaker and the Limited English Proficient (LEP) speaker.
• Correct grammar, clarity and tones between the two languages.
• Experience with following the speakers’ direction, professionally interject when clarification is needed, and manage the flow of a conversation.
• Refrain from side conversations with the LEP and entering into any disagreement with the customer or LEP
• Compliance with applicable ethics and standards
• Experience in the education, healthcare, legal, medical, government or court industries.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• At least one (1) year of on-site consecutive or simultaneous interpreting experience
• Two (2) professional references that can vouch for your work as an on-site consecutive or simultaneous interpreter
• Minimum age: Must be 18+ years or older
• Minimum education: Must have High School Diploma
• Must reside within the state of Arizona
• Full fluency in English and demonstrated native or near-native level proficiency in target language
• Able to provide at least one of the following accreditations:
  • American Translation Association (ATA)
    
  • Trained or accredited through a higher education institution

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:

Interpreters must be able to provide a background clearance check.

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Experience working with Arizona Department of Health Services