Contract Assessment Raters - TransPerfect - Tucson, AZ

Arabic, Russian, Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese ), Bengali, Korean, Polish, Japanese, Albanian, Italian, Greek, Urdu, French, Haitian Creole, and Vietnamese.

Contract Assessment Raters lead the execution of Language Proficiency Assessments and Specialized Interpreter Proficiency Assessments. Assessment Raters will determine language ability by conducting Oral Proficiency Interviews with candidates that include a series of carefully designed and executed questions to determine a candidate’s verbal proficiency in English and/or their other working language and/or evaluate candidate’s ability to interpret between the languages being evaluated.

• Conducts Oral Proficiency Interviews by asking interpreter candidates a series of carefully designed questions that gradually increase in complexity


• Evaluates how accurately candidates can speak the language according to TransPerfect Remote Interpreting protocols and procedures


• Accurately rates candidates based on the ILR scale (Inter-Agency Language Roundtable), which is the way in which US Federal agencies define and refers to language ability


• Collaborates with the Testing, Training, and Quality Department to ensure a consistent approach to testing process implementation for the most accurate and reliable results and to maintain compliance with all relevant guidelines, regulations, and objectives


• Ensures that assessments occur in the most consistent and reliable fashion


• Ensures testing data is properly compiled, organized, presented, and utilized in the most accurate and effective manner


• Contributes to assessment translation efforts and research and translation projects as necessary

Native speaker of the target language: verbal, reading and writing skills are at the professional proficiency level

Successful passage of TransPerfect Remote Interpretation’s language proficiency assessments

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Proficient in MS Office products: Word, Power Point, Excel

Exceptional organizational and time management skills

Comfortable using technology as a crucial assignment tool

Must be able to meet deadlines

Authorization to work in the US is required

Post-secondary degree or its equivalent

Delivery of oral proficiency interviews for language course placement or elsewhere

Familiarity with language acquisition and/or language evaluation concepts

Works well with a variety of personalities

Attention to detail and multitasking

Excellent prioritization and planning skills

Familiarity with testing best practices

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Function

While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Finally, the employee generally works in an indoor office environment; working hours beyond the normal workweek may be required.