About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the National Ground Intelligence Center, Transnational Directorate, Collection and Advanced Analytics Division, Charlottesville, VA 22911.

Duties

Serves as a technical translator, independently preparing idiomatically correct and technically accurate translations of critical, sensitive, unformatted material on a wide range of complex scientific, technical, and military subjects. Translates difficult texts in a variety of presentation formats (documents, electronic files and video/audio tapes) prepared by and for subject matter experts on a wide range of complex scientific, technical, and military subjects. Provides quick response, oral translations in the RUSSIAN language of equipment markings and manuals to direct technical experts in the operation of complex equipment and systems. Serves as technical translator in foreign document/material exploitation, screening documents for information of potential use and abstracting or extracting key sections of documents. Performs initial screening of foreign-language source material for information of potential interest and recommends material for translation to the appropriate subject matter expert. Serves as a translation editor in technical areas, independently editing translations including translations generated by machine translation software; provides feedback as appropriate.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
• In accordance with Change 3 to AR 600-85, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program, individual must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• Must be willing to undergo and successfully complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination with No Deception Indicated (NDI) on a pre-appointment and periodic basis.
• This is a Foreign Language Position and requires a Defense Language Proficiency Test score of 2/2 or higher in the RUSSIAN language.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 10-Point Other Veterans’ Rating30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans5-Point Veterans' PreferenceCurrent Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) EmployeeCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDisabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30%Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPrior Federal Service EmployeePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleUnited States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GG/GS-12. Specialized experience is defined as experience that demonstrates translating, interpreting, or other work requiring the use of English and the RUSSIAN language; or a combination of work (that required English and RUSSIAN languages) and training at the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Service Institute, or comparable training. This is a Foreign Language Position and requires a Defense Language Proficiency Test score of 2/2 or higher in the RUSSIAN language. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: CommunicationsRequirements AnalysisTechnical Competence

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address ST-IC-W6TMAA NATIONAL GROUND INTELLIGENCE CENTER DO NOT MAIL Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk