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Duties

The Supervisory Language Specialist directs the translation and interpreter program for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of California for both in-house and contractor language specialists to support AUSAs in the investigating and litigating cases. The employee must be a Federally Certified Court Interpreter by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts in the Spanish language, with mastery of the Spanish language dialects, political, economic, cultural peculiarities, and the history and current conditions of each country. Typical duties include: Supervises subordinate staff. Directs subordinate staff in translations from both recorded and written material and summaries. Directs work of subordinate staff to translate and/or summarize source documents and similar material, assuring accuracy in reflecting meaning of original document. Serves as expert source of information to AUSAs regarding various facets of Spanish as well as history and current conditions, culture and linguistic advisor on Spanish speaking countries Keeps up-to-date with developments on the international scene by researching a wide array of topics, using literature, background reports, reference books, and the like. Provides policy guidance to contractor language specialists, and ensures work completed by outside language specialists is comprehensive and accurate.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See http://www.sss.gov/.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
• If selected, you will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period unless this requirement has been met previously.

Qualifications

GS-13 - To be qualified, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level. Specialized experience can be defined as experience involving expert translations and interpretations from live, recorded and written material without regard to the level of difficulty, subject matter, terminology, dialogue, idioms, colloquialisms, or degrees of inflection from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish. Examples of specialized experience may include: interpreting at legal conferences that may include attorneys, defendants, and/or witnesses in which agreements are negotiated, preparing Spanish-speaking witnesses for trials, preparing certified transcription/translations and translations of court documents, law enforcement reports, etc., testifying in federal court when challenges are presented to the certified transcription or translation presented as evidence, providing sight translation to attorneys, and providing Spanish/English and English/Spanish interpretations needed in criminal and civil matters. Selective Placement Factor(s): A selective placement factor is determined to be essential for successful performance in this position. Those candidates who do not meet the following selective placement factor will be rated "not qualified" for the position: Selective Placement Factor: Must be a Federally Certified Court Interpreter by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts in the Spanish language. You must include a copy of your certification with your application package. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/

Education

Contacts

• Address Southern District of California 880 Front Street San Diego, CA 92101 US
• Name: Sylvia Rojas
• Phone: (619) 546-8973
• Email: [email protected]