Applied Development is Hiring!

Position: Certified American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter Location: Maryland/Washington, DC Metro Area

Applied Development LLC is searching for a Nationally Certified American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreters to provide services for Deaf or Hard of Hearing employees of a Federal Government agency on a full-time and part-time basis. Must be able to obtain or currently possess favorable background investigation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide Sign Language Interpreting services for Deaf or Hard of Hearing employees of a Federal Government agency

• Proficiently interpret oral communications in American Sign Language (ASL), Sign English (SE), Pidgin Sign English (PSE), or Contact Sign, and provide oral interpreting, as needed, accurately, truthfully, and faithfully

• Maintain strict confidentiality and handle the nature of the assignments as stipulated in the NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct

• Adhere to the Federal Government’s rules of protocol, ethics, procedures and professionalism while on assignments

  Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree is preferred

• National Certification with the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) or National

  Association of the Deaf (NAD) is required

• Active Secret Clearance is required

• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience providing Sign Language Interpreting services

  is required

• Must be comfortable with or willing to learn agency-specific language and acronyms

• Must adhere to the NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct

  Applied Development is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.