Medical Interpreting Faculty Adjunct

Title: Medical Interpreting Faculty Adjunct

Salary Range: $640 per credit hour

Contract Term Length: Not Applicable

Standard Hours: to be determined

Work Location: Full Remote

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Jefferson Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Jefferson Community College

Department: Modern Languages - Humanities 

Job Summary

The Modern Languages department of Jefferson Community and Technical College has an opening to teach an online course in Medical Interpreting at the downtown Louisville campus.

Job Duties:

The primary responsibilities of this position are to teach courses, maintain some office hours for mentoring and coaching students, success and retention activities, and utilization of a learning management system such as Blackboard for communication and feedback.

Please note that this is an adjunct pool. We will only contact applicants as needed for classes.

Minimum Qualifications:

1) Eighteen graduate hours in a Modern Language Master’s degree program, along with certification as a Medical Interpreter from a program such as Bridging the Gap, or 2) a Master’s degree in Modern Languages along with certification in Medical Interpreting.

Applicants must have certification as a Medical Interpreter to be considered for this job. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates should also have experience and sensitivity working with colleagues and students from diverse backgrounds and a commitment to fostering an inclusive work and learning environment in which students from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and personal experiences are welcomed and can thrive.

This position requires the ability to work in a culturally diverse environment, which consists of frequent contact with a diverse constituency of students, faculty, staff, and the public.

Additional Skills Requested:

This position requires the ability to work in a culturally diverse environment, which consists of frequent contact with a diverse constituency of students, faculty, staff, and the public. Candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to working with underrepresented minority students through teaching, mentoring, or administration are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates who have experience with intersectional, inclusive instruction and with a demonstrated ability to incorporate diverse perspectives into teaching and student engagement are encouraged to identify those experiences in the application materials. Jefferson Community and Technical College is working to build a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working.