About Monterey Institute of International Studies:

Nestled in beautiful Monterey, California, MIIS is a small professional graduate school with a dynamic, collegial environment and an ambitious growth plan associated with its recent affiliation with Middlebury College. The typical student is mature, (mid to upper 20s), highly motivated, multi-lingual, and possesses significant international experience.

Job Description:

- Teach Japanese interpretation courses matching the candidate's skill-set.  

 Teaching includes:

- Consecutive interpretation (Japanese into English)
Courses are small, intensive, leaner-centered seminars (up to 12 students) that build from basic listening and retention skills to using consecutive notes to render the complex communication typical of technical meetings, negotiations, interviews, international conferences, as well as in diplomatic, legal and medical settings.  
 
- Simultaneous interpretation (Japanese into English)
Courses are small, intensive learner-centered seminars (up to 12 students) that build skills to professional conference interpretation standards, with exposure to a range of other interpretation settings (e.g. interpreting for legal proceedings, and liaison interpreting for business meetings)  

- Interpretation practicum

Team-taught course which guides students in the professional, technical, and linguistic skills needed to act as a conference interpreter.  Students engage in actual simultaneous and consecutive interpretation assignments.

- Gradually assume additional academic and curricular duties, such as:  
 
- Serving on committees  
- Conduct research

Requirements:

The successful candidate will be a highly experienced conference interpreter ready to shift his/her primary focus to teaching, while remaining active in the profession.  Must be an English native speaker.
- M.A. is required, Ph.D. preferred.  

Application Instructions:

Please apply online at this link: 

https://middlebury.iGreentree.com/CSS_MIIS_Staff/CSSPage_Referred.ASP?Req=MI10-066

Submit the following materials: - Current CV - Letter of interest specifying particular suitability for the position - Graduate Transcript - Three Current Letters of Recommendation

Priority deadline to apply: April 30, 2010

Please contact with any questions.