Language Services Supervisor

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About the Position

Are you a certified Spanish interpreter with a passion for precision, leadership, and purpose? In this supervisory role with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, you’ll not only handle the transcription and translation of Spanish-language evidentiary recordings and documents, but also provide day‑to‑day leadership and guidance to a small team of skilled language professionals, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and high‑quality service across all casework. As the Language Services Supervisor, you’ll oversee the work of the Certified Spanish Interpreter and the Language Services Coordinator, ensuring quality, consistency, and compliance with legal standards. In this Supervisory role, you will also be responsible for any transcription and translation of materials in Lesser Used Languages (LUL), to include unique dialects from around the world. This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the justice system—both through your own work and by guiding others—while collaborating with attorneys, victim advocates, and other legal professionals in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

About the Department

We believe in making the right choices for the right reasons. We believe in justice for all. We are proud to deliver high-quality prosecution, comprehensive victims’ services, crime prevention programs, and more to the residents of Maricopa County. If you would like to utilize your talents and skills to support justice in your community, apply today and join our team!

Proud to Offer

• Work with a greater purpose
• Tuition reimbursement
• Exceptional work-life balance
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Child care benefits, including access to our on-site center Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• Extensive wellness program, including an incentive
• Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring a 12% monthly contribution rate that includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
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We Require

• One year of supervisory experience
• Four years of professional interpreting experience or professional experience transcribing and translating Spanish-language evidentiary recordings for use in criminal court proceedings
• High school diploma or GED
• Post-secondary education in a Translation/Interpretation program may substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Supervisory experience cannot be substituted

Other Requirements

Candidates must hold one of the following credentials:  

• Arizona Spanish court interpreter credential at the Tier 3 or Tier 4 level granted by the Arizona Court Interpreter Credentialing Program
• Equivalent Spanish court interpreter credential granted by another U.S state
• Spanish court interpreter credential granted by the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT)
• Federal Spanish court interpreter certification granted by the Administrative Office of the U.S Courts (AOUSC)
• Candidates must be credentialed as an Arizona Spanish court interpreter at the Tier 3 or Tier 4 level, as granted by the Arizona Court Interpreter Credentialing Program, within six months of their hire date

We Also Value

• Experience transcribing and translating Spanish-language evidentiary recordings for use in criminal court proceedings
• Certification from the American Translators Association (ATA) in English-to-Spanish or Spanish-to-English translation
• A degree or certificate in legal interpreting or translation

Please note: The subject of this position is of an extremely graphic nature. Many of the cases involve heinous crimes, including homicide, rape, and sex crimes against children. The employee will be required to transcribe and translate evidence recordings that may contain graphic content, explicit language, depictions of violence, nudity, and other disturbing material. Exposure to such content is a regular and unavoidable part of the job, and the employee must maintain professional detachment and remain unbiased.

While carrying out the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to type at a computer for extended periods, speak clearly and hear accurately, sit for long periods, stand, walk, use their hands to handle or feel objects, and reach with their arms. The role may occasionally require pushing, pulling, or lifting up to 20 pounds.

Job Contributions

• Supervises the Language Services Unit, holds regular meetings with staff, and oversees the work of the team 
• Assists with interviewing and hiring new staff, training, coaching, and disciplining employees, and completing performance evaluations 
• Reviews and approves invoices 
• Performs verbatim transcription and accurate translation of Spanish and English audio and video evidentiary recordings for criminal court proceedings  
• Translates documents between English and Spanish with a high degree of accuracy and attention to legal context 
• Maintains the source language register in all translations and interpretations  
• Proofreads, edits, and certifies transcriptions and translations to ensure quality and compliance with the Court’s guidelines 
• Conducts certified independent reviews of transcriptions and translations for court proceedings and functions as a secondary Certified Interpreter, in addition to performing supervisory responsibilities
• Provides interpretation in all three modes—simultaneous, consecutive, and sight translation—during in-person, telephonic, and virtual meetings with attorneys, victim advocates, victims, victims’ next of kin, witnesses, and others, as needed
• Ensures that work completed by staff and by contracted vendors is accurate and delivered in a timely manner 
• Reviews evidentiary materials and summarizes communications to narrow the scope of transcription and translation requests 
• Collaborates with court procurement to vet and onboard new language service vendors and subcontractors 
• Coordinates and participates in training and continuing education activities to maintain interpreter credentials and ensure staff remain current with professional standards 
• Serves as a liaison between the Language Services Unit and MCAO administration and staff, Court Interpretation and Translation Services (CITS), Court Procurement, and other external partners as needed  

Working Conditions

• This position involves a combination of desk-based and interactive language services work
• The employee will regularly perform transcription and translation of audio and video recordings, document translation, and proofreading tasks at a computer workstation
• The role includes in-person, telephonic, and virtual interpretation during meetings with attorneys, victim advocates, victims, victims’ next of kin, witnesses, and others
• Must also be required to attend off-site and/or after-hours interpreting events on occasion
• A hybrid telework schedule is available after 6 months of work

Selection Procedure

• Only the most qualified candidates will be considered

• Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications

• Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile

• Must pass a pre-employment background and/or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive

Maricopa County is an equal opportunity employer.

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