Summary 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. Responsibilities 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 Conditions of Employment 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' Rating 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans 5-Point Veterans' Preference Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current 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 Agreement Disabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30% Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Prior Federal Service Employee Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible United 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: Communications Requirements Analysis Technical Competence Education Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. All INSCOM employees may be subject to extended TDY or worldwide deployments during crisis situations to perform mission essential functions as determined by management. Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI/SBI security clearance. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a Career Program (CP) 60 - Strategic Planning and Foreign Affairs position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. Recruitment / Retention / Relocation incentive(s) may be authorized. Telework may be authorized based on agency policy. This is a Foreign Language Position and requires a Defense Language Proficiency Test score of 2/2 or higher in the RUSSIAN language.
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