Job description

Boston’s Higher Ground, Inc.

seeks a

Bilingual/Multilingual Translator (Part Time)

(Housing/Homelessness)

About Higher Ground

Boston’s Higher Ground, Inc. (“Higher Ground”) is a nonprofit organization that works with residents and partners to achieve excellent outcomes in education and promote health and well-being of children and families in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan. We offer a different approach – a collaborative, “collective impact” model focused on mobilizing community voices to advance equity in the areas of housing, education, health and community capacity. Higher Ground recently marked its milestone 10th year of operation and has served more than 1,300 students in its partner public schools, has helped place families of more than 400 homeless children into homes, collaborated with more than 65 partners to increase impacts on the well-being of children and families; and has organized parents into an increasingly strong coalition to shift power and disrupt chronic social issues rooted in unresolved inequity.

Higher Ground seeks a part-time Bilingual/Multilingual Translator to support and mobilize families to advocate for themselves, their children, and their community. This role will specifically support the activities of the Family-Led Stability Initiative focused on housing homeless students within Boston and reports to the Family-Led Stability Initiative Manager.

About the Family-Led Stability Initiative:

Following a two-year planning process, Higher Ground joined eight public and community partners and in January 2018 helped launch the Family-Led Stability Pilot (FLSP) focused on seven schools in Roxbury and Dorchester. During the 3.5-year pilot phase we housed families of more than 300 formerly homeless students and are now expanding our collaborative efforts to house more families. Current partners include Boston Public Schools (BPS), Boston Housing Authority (BHA), Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development (DND), Project Hope, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), and New Lease for Homeless Families. Higher Ground serves as the backbone organization and leads fundraising and financial reporting for the initiative.

Role Responsibilities and Essential Duties

• Meet and communicate regularly with FLSI staff.
• Assist FLSI staff in meeting the needs of non-English speaking patients by providing interpretation between FLSI Parent Advocate & Organizers and the families.
• Provide translation support to other Higher Ground programs including communication materials such as flyers and calls with families as needed.
• Attend community events and workshops to promote FLSI as a resource and other community resources as needed.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience in translating or four years college level language course(s) may be substituted for experience.
• Fluency and written competency in Spanish required to interpret/translate for families and FLSI staff.
• Basic knowledge of affordable housing, Boston and/or Massachusetts housing policies and services, specifically for housing families. Tactful, pleasant and friendly approach in dealing with clients, staff, guests and individuals in the community.
• Sound judgment and the capability to respond to unusual circumstances.
• Ability to handle confidential information appropriately.
• Good verbal and organizational skills.
• Interpersonal skills appropriate for handling sensitive issues.
• Strong demonstrated commitment to equity, community empowerment and capacity building.
• Strong, demonstrated commitment to the concept of place-based community initiatives and, in general, to Higher Ground’s vision and theory of change.
• Experience working with culturally diverse families, communities, and staff and interacting and communicatingeffectively with children and adults from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Sense of urgency, adaptiveness, and resourcefulness in project completion. Able to react with flexibility and sensitivity to changing situations and needs.
• Possession of valid Massachusetts driver’s license and willingness to travel locally using own transportation, with mileage, reimbursed, as needed.
• Strong proficiency in Google suite of docs, Microsoft Office, Adobe, and Zoom. Preference for proficiency with Salesforce and/or Cognito forms.
• Resident of Higher Ground’s impact area (Roxbury, Dorchester, or Mattapan) and/or candidate who reflects the diversity of Higher Ground’s target area preferred.

Work Environment

• This position is located at Higher Ground’s offices in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood.
• CORI and SORI check required.

Compensation

• $20/hour for up to 20 hours per week.

Submit resume (required) and cover letter (optional). Please note, only applications under consideration will receive communication in reply.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Roxbury, MA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Language:

• Spanish (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person

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