SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER

Summary You will serve as a Sign Language Interpreter in the Executive Directorate, code 100020 of NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY. Responsibilities You will facilitate cultural transitions between American deaf culture and American hearing cultures to assure communication of equivalent messages. You will coordinate with internal customers, project managers, and other working groups at the activity to provide customer satisfaction and the necessary sign language interpreting services to complete the mission of the organization. You will serve as the Contractor's Officer Representative responsible for contract administration, policy compliance, oversight and execution of contraction technical tasking. You will collaboratively develop new terminology to assist the deaf and hard of hearing community and use sign language interpreting to communicate more effectively due to the highly specific and technical jargon at NRL. You will plan, coordinate, and schedule basic sign language interpreting and deaf and hard of hearing culture training as appropriate. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications You resume must demonstrate experience in translating, interpreting, or other work requiring the use of English and the other language; or a combination of work (that required English and the other language) and training at the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Service Institute, or comparable training. In addition to this, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11/12 or pay band (NO-03) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Facilitating communication in American Sign Language (ASL) and English, particularly within government, scientific research, engineering, legal, or medical settings; 2) Interpreting complex, technical, and confidential government material and concepts, including specialized agency terminology and acronyms and able to assist in the management and oversight of reasonable accommodations, contracts, and Sign Language Interpreter requests. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Language Specialist Series 1040 (opm.gov) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Education In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree that included the appropriate foreign language from an English-speaking college or university, English from a college or university in the other country, or translating or interpreting where English and the foreign language were prerequisites. OR Three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree that included the appropriate foreign language from an English-speaking college or university, English from a college or university in the other country, or translating or interpreting where English and the foreign language were prerequisites. OR An LL.M. degree in a field directly related to the position being filled that included the appropriate foreign language from an English-speaking college or university, English from a college or university in the other country, or translating or interpreting where English and the foreign language were prerequisites. OR A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information. Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: