Interpreter

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This position is located in the Department of State, Executive Office for Management, Office of Language Services, Interpreting Division (M/EX/LS/I). The Division traditionally handles the most difficult interpreting assignments in the federal government. This position provides master-level simultaneous and consecutive interpreting between English and Japanese in exceptionally high-level settings. Applicants must meet all the 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 translating, interpreting, or other work requiring the use of English and Japanese; or a combination of work (that required English and Japanese) and training at the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Service Institute, or comparable training. IN ADDITION, this position requires the following additional specialized experience: Experience with simultaneous and consecutive interpreting at the conference level Japanese into English and English into Japanese at the senior executive level. Experience with the contemporary politics, economy, international relations, and the other country or countries in which Japanese is spoken. Experience interpreting in meetings at the conference level on behalf of senior executives, including one-on-ones, bilateral meetings and press events. THE FOLLOWING SELECTIVE FACTOR IS REQUIRED: Must have experience in translation of Japanese into English. 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 INTERPRETING SKILLS ON A PASS/FAIL BASIS PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT.** There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-14 position.

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