The position is located in the Bureau of Planning, Resources, and Innovation (A/PRI/LS). The incumbent serves as an Interpreter (interpreting from English into Spanish) in the Interpreting Division, Office of Language Services, which prepares diplomatic interpretation in over one hundred language combinations, both into and out of English as required by the Department of State. 

Duties

Provides simultaneous and consecutive interpreting services between English and Spanish in formal and informal settings in support of foreign affairs programs and diplomatic activities. Provides interpreting services in diplomatic settings, serving as an interpreter for the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of State and other U.S. Government officials. Serves as a member of the Emergency Relocation Group (ERG) provides essential interpreting support during national emergencies. Handles complex logistics to perform liaison and coordinating work with officers of the government and private organizations for various engagements such as conferences and negotiation sessions. Interviews, tests, and may train interpreter-candidates and may be required to develop guidelines for the training of interpreters at lower levels of expertise.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/
• This position requires the applicant to pass a Language Proficiency Test.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education OR if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application. Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service which provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience in interpreting, or other work requiring the use of English and Spanish; or a combination of work (that required English and Spanish) and training at the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Service Institute, or comparable training. IN ADDITION, this position requires the following additional specialized experience: Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience with simultaneous and consecutive interpreting at the conference level Spanish into English and English into Spanish at the senior level of the U.S. Government. Experience with the contemporary politics, economy, international relations, and the other country or countries in which Spanish is spoken. Experience interpreting in meetings at the conference level on behalf of senior members of governments, including one-on-ones, bilateral meetings and press events. THE FOLLOWING SELECTIVE FACTOR IS REQUIRED: The following are examples of work in the required language that may have provided the required abilities: translator; interpreter; librarian or information specialist required to make abstracts, screen, index, and scan material; intelligence; writer or editor; international organizational work, such as the Peace Corps, World Bank, United Nations, business, or other organizations; or professor, teacher, or instructor work at the high school or college level that required use of the foreign language. **ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE TESTED BY THE AGENCY FOR PROFICIENCY ON A PASS/FAIL BASIS PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT.** There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-14 position. NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.

Education

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address U.S. Department of State 600 19th Street, NW SA-17, 5th Floor Attn: A/EX/HRD Washington, District of Columbia 20522-1705 United States
• Name: Paula Holloway
• Phone: (771) 204-8245
• Email: [email protected]