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Job Description Sign Language Interpreter and Lab Coordinator Bethel University - Sign Language Interpreting Program Position Summary: Bethel University is seeking a part-time staff Sign Language Interpreter to support the University's Sign Language Interpreting Program beginning August 2025. This position is responsible for providing high-quality interpreting services for Deaf faculty members in classroom settings, faculty meetings, and other university-related activities. Responsibilities may include: • Provide sign language interpretation for Deaf faculty in instructional settings, academic meetings, and campus events., • Collaborate with faculty, staff, and students to facilitate clear and inclusive communication., • Maintain confidentiality and professional standards consistent with RID and Bethel University expectations., • Coordinate ASL labs and Interpreting class labs., • Coordinate/supervise on-campus interpreting events for students, including but not limited to Chapel, theater events, and guest-speaking events., • Mentor students for theater events, including but not limited to plays, musicals, etc., • Coordinate the Community Service & Engagement requirements for students (creative events, finding events and opportunities, charting students' progress, etc.)., • Provide academic advising to students., • Meet with prospective students and oversee proficiency skills tests., • Oversee the aesthetics of lab rooms., • Monitor students' attendance for ASL and Interpreting labs., • Manage student workers., • Approve student worker timecards., • Create bulletin boards/postings in the department., • Oversee the use of technology/equipment in the lab rooms. Qualifications: • Formal interpreter training and coursework in Deaf Education., • Current RID certification (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf)., • Experience interpreting in structured and formal educational or professional settings. About Bethel University The mission of Bethel University, affiliated with the Missionary Church denomination, is to be a community of learners building lives of commitment for leadership in the Church and world. Bethel's liberating academic programs challenge the mind, enlarge the vision, and equip the whole person for lifelong service. Launched in 1947, Bethel is urban situated in the northern Indiana region hosting 250,000 residents, seven colleges (including Notre Dame), the 2nd largest shopping district in the state of Indiana, 15,000 businesses, 50 parks, and beautiful riverwalk developments in South Bend and Mishawaka. Resort venues on Lake Michigan are 45 minutes away. The university community is composed of about 1,500 traditional and adult/graduate students from 35 states, 90 students born outside the United States, and 225 full-time employees. Bethel also hosts more than 8,000 guests annually to arts productions, 25,000 annually in conference services, and many thousands of community members in support of 40 national athletic championships. Bethel's 20,000 alumni occupy 49 states and 64 world areas and enjoy a medical school acceptance rate double the national average, 100% job placement rate in Nursing whose program was ranked No. 7 in the United States, a Top 4% finish nationally in competitive math performance tests, and 100% pass rate every year on the national performance standard for a unique academic major in American Sign Language. For more information visit our website at Bethel University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex, disability, national or ethnic origin in employment opportunities, in keeping with applicable state and federal laws. In keeping with the mission of the institution, Bethel University seeks applicants with a strong commitment to the values and lifestyle of evangelical Christianity and who profess a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. As a Christian institution, we require faculty and staff to adhere to the University's Lifestyle Covenant and to enforce a religiously based statement of responsibilities for all University employees. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Bethel University, as an educational institution operating under the auspices of the Missionary Church, reserves the right to prefer employees on the basis of religion (Title VII, Sections 702-703, United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended). Job Posted by ApplicantPro