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Duties

You will serve as an expert Sign Language Interpreter for NSWCCD, interpreting highly complex and technical concepts requiring broad knowledge of technical terminology and system knowledge. You will provide interpretation services in a wide range of settings for Deaf and hard of hearing employees including those in which sensitive and/or confidential information may be discussed. You will facilitate cultural transitions between American Deaf Culture and American hearing cultures to assure communication of equivalent messages. You will assist NSWCCD management in identifying barriers and resolving difficult cultural, linguistic, and communicative problems in the workplace. You will adhere to the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Code of Ethics. Simultaneously or consecutively interpret, with equal facility in both oral and manual languages. You will simultaneously interpret or transliterate complex material and technical concepts while keeping pace with normal conversation at conferences and meetings.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-03 (GS-09/10 equivalent) pay band or grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: performing accurate interpretation from spoken English into American Sign Language in support of the organization. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1000/language-specialist-series-1040/ 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

***** Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows:

• Successful completion of 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
• Successful completion of 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
• Successful completion of an LL.M. 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. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/ OR
• a combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. My percentage of the required education plus my percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

Contacts

• Address CARDEROCK DIV NS 9500 Macarthur Blvd West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700 US
• Name: Kimberly Dempsey
• Phone: (301) 227-4161
• Email: [email protected]