Department: Department of the Navy
Location(s): San Antonio, Texas
Salary Range: $90823 - $118072 Per Year
Job Summary: You will serve as a Language Specialist at GG-12 grade level responsible for performing full translations, summaries and abstracts relative to foreign languages in one or more lanuange group, culture or geographical area.
Major Duties:
Qualifications: Applicants are required to show certification of Spanish language proficiency at the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) level 3 or other equivalent Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) level 3 in both listening and reading proficiency (Limited Working Proficiency level). Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS/GG-11) or pay band in the federal service. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1. Develop Linguistic aids, tools and methodologies to be used by other translators 2. Uses judgement in interpreting and adapting guidelines such as the policies, regulations, precedents, and work directions for application to specific cases or problems. 3. Reviews translations prepared by other agencies for technical accuracy and logical treatment and interpretation of information. 4. Makes comments and recommendations, including changes and modifications for translation reports. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Additional qualification information can be found from the following DON DCIPS policy website: https://www.secnav.navy.mil/doni/Naval%20Intelligence%20Activity/Chapter%205%20-%20Employment%20and%20Placement.pdf
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Application Deadline: 2026-05-13