OCJ - Certified Court Interpreter

CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS OFFICE OF THE CHIEF JUDGE JOB DESCRIPTION JOB TITLE :

• CERTIFIED COURT INTERPRETER   LANGUAGE :       SPANISH, POLISH GRADE :                     17 UNION :                    CHICAGO NEWS GUILD SALARY :                 UNION PAY SCHEDULE, FIRST STEP :      $68,762 LOCATION :       COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Job Summary and Duties : Under the general direction of the Director, the court interpreter reports directly to the Supervisor of Interpreter Services.
• The court interpreter interprets proceedings, hearings, interviews and other court-related communicative events held by judges and employees of related court services agencies.
• Sight interprets specified foreign language or English documents as required during a proceeding, hearing, interview or other court-related communicative event.
• Translates from English into a specified foreign language, official forms, letters, documents, public signs, notices, posters, form letters, job applications, correspondence and other court-related documents.
• Maintains accurate and contemporaneous records of interpreting and translating activities, including ongoing case next date and disposition information.
• Performs such other duties as may be assigned.
• The duties listed are not set forth for the purpose of limiting the assignment of work.
• They are not to be construed as a complete list of the duties to be performed under the job title or those to be performed temporarily outside an employee’s line of work.

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While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to :

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