Certified Spanish Interpreter and Translator

Posting Date

03/13/26

Application Deadline

03/20/26

Pay Range

$33.75 - $42.00 hourly

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. The position is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.

Job Type

Unclassified

Department

County Attorney

About the Position

Are you a certified Spanish interpreter with a passion for precision and purpose? In this role at the County Attorney’s Office, your primary focus will be on transcribing and translating Spanish-language evidentiary recordings and documents that are critical to criminal prosecutions. You’ll play a key role in ensuring that complex and sensitive material is accurately rendered for use in court. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the justice system while collaborating with attorneys, victim advocates, and other legal professionals in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

About Us

We believe in making the right choices for the right reasons. We believe in justice for all. And 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, with hybrid and alternative work schedule options

• 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

• Want to learn more about the County’s Qualifying and Compensation Philosophy? Follow this link to learn more!  Work With Us | Maricopa County, AZ

We Require

• Two years of professional experience transcribing and translating Spanish-language audio or video recordings and translating written documents

• High school diploma or GED

• Post-secondary education in a Spanish Translation/Interpretation program may substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis.

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

  • 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)

  • An equivalent Spanish court interpreter credential granted by another U.S state

• 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

Job Contributions

• 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

• 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

• Participates in training and continuing education activities to maintain interpreter credentials and remain current with professional standards

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.

• In addition, the role includes in-person, telephonic, and virtual interpretation during meetings with attorneys, victim advocates, victims, victims’ next of kin, witnesses, and others.

• The employee may also be required to attend off-site and/or after-hours interpreting events on occasion.

• Please note: The subject matter 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 work, and the employee must have the ability to 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 durations, stand, walk, use their hands for handling or feeling objects, and reach with their arms.

• The role may occasionally require pushing, pulling, or lifting up to 20 pounds.

Selection Procedure

• 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 and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application process or to perform the essential functions of the position under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact MHRFeedback@maricopa.gov to initiate the interactive process.

 

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