Exciting career opportunities in the language access industry are waiting for you at LanguageLine Solutions. Whether you work in the corporate office, in one of our satellite offices, at our Interpreting Call Centers, or work from home, you can help make a difference in someone’s life every second of every day.
Job Description
Position: Part Time British Sign Language Support Specialist
Department: OPI/VRI Over-the-Phone Interpreting and Video Remote Interpreting
Reports to: OPI/VRI Real Time Analyst Lead
Location: Hybrid: Work from Home and / or LanguageLine Head Office, London
Working days/hours: Wednesday 12:30-16:00 , Thursday: 8:00 -16:00, Friday: 8:00 -16:00
LanguageLine’s UK operation is part of the worldwide LanguageLine Solutions group with global headquarters in California and European headquarters in London. Over its 40-year history, LanguageLine Solutions ensures the best interpreting and translation services available in the industry.
Responsible for handling video calls and render the meaning of conversations between British Sign Language and English speakers. Break the communication barrier in a wide range of industries that LanguageLine Solutions serves, during simple or complex, technical or non-technical video interpreting sessions. Providing support with the management of BSL interpreters with the potential to develop to Senior Language Specialist responsible for BSL interpreter training and performance monitoring.
The following range of experience, knowledge and skills are required:
Registered with the National Register for Communications Professionals working with Deaf and Deaf blind people (NRCPD) or the Regulatory Body for Sign Language Interpreters and Translators (RBSLI) and able to provide evidence of re-registration on a yearly basis. Verified by the NRCPD or RBSLI to meet all of the registration criteria required by them to be accepted onto their register. On successful registration, interpreters are issued with a yellow identity badge that they will have at all assignments (official NRCPD badges feature a silver 'Sign Safe' logo)
Must hold an MA, Post Graduate Diploma or NVQ Level 6 or equivalent in BSL/English Interpreting and Translating. In addition to this, they should hold a Level 6 or honours degree level or equivalent in their second language (typically BSL)
Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race. color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information or any other consideration prohibited by law or contract.
Compliance with Disability Laws. It is the policy of LanguageLine that qualified individuals with disabilities not be discriminated against because of their disabilities in regard to job application procedures, hiring, and other terms and conditions of employment. It is also our policy to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in all aspects of the employment process. We are prepared to modify or adjust the job application process or the job or work environment to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of the applicant or employee to enable the applicant or employee to be considered for the position he or she desires, to perform the essential functions of the position in question, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities, unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship.
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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-I.35(c)
