Manager - Court Interpreter Services

About the Department

Position Duties

• Supervises and evaluates court interpreter staff; participates in employee selection and training of the interpreter staff; establishes performance expectations; takes appropriate performance coaching and corrective action as necessary.
• Coordinates courtroom coverage and assigns Court Interpreters to court departments; arranges pro tempore Interpreter services as needed to cover all court interpreter matters; maintains a calendar of judicial officer and Interpreter vacations and other scheduled time off work.
• Works with other Court Interpreters to draft court interpreter policies and procedures based on evaluation of work processes and changes in state law, regulation and local court rules; evaluates legislative and administrative proposals for changes in court interpreter services and makes recommendations to Court administration. 
• Reviews and approves court Interpreter billings, reconciles claims with assignment records.
• Participates and attends regular meetings, forums, trainings or committees and makes recommendations.
• Develops budget submissions requiring justification (e.g., routine cost benefit analysis) and involving consideration of alternatives; reviews accounting reports.
• Maintain files, records and documentation in accordance with government standards, laws, regulations, court procedures and policies.
• Maintains the confidentiality of pertinent records and documents.
• Establishes and maintain effective working relationships with judicial officers, court employees, governmental agencies, members of the public and others encountered in the course of work.
• Exercises independent judgment and initiative within established guidelines.
• Provides court interpreter services as needed.

• Performs a variety of special projects and analyses as assigned.
• Performs other court-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Supervisory principles, practices and techniques; 
• Laws, local rules and practice relating to court interpreter and translation; 
• Standard management practices; 
• Legal terminology, court operations and courtroom procedure; courtroom etiquette and protocol;
• English grammar, spelling, filing and arithmetic; modern office methods, procedures, terms, and equipment.

• Assess judicial officers needs, and the complexity and difficulty of assignments; 
• Plan, organize and manage program operations; 
• Supervise, train, and review the work of others; 
• Evaluate program procedures and effectiveness and implement program changes; 
• Pay attention to conversational detail; 
• Work in presence of court audience; 
• Apply technical procedures involving specialized vocabulary, legal forms, and organization of data.

Other Qualifications