Translator

Translor Department of Ste Department of Ste - Agency Wide Summary This position is loced in the Office of Management, Executive Office, Office of Language Services (M/EX/LS). The Transling Division prepares diplomic translions in over one hundred language combinions, both into and out of English, as required by the Department of Ste, the White House, and, under special or general support agreements, other Federal Government agencies. The workload ranges from diplomic correspondence and trey texts to financial, legal, and scientific documents. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Office of Management, Executive Office, Office of Language Services (M/EX/LS). The Transling Division prepares diplomic translions in over one hundred language combinions, both into and out of English, as required by the Department of Ste, the White House, and, under special or general support agreements, other Federal Government agencies. The workload ranges from diplomic correspondence and trey texts to financial, legal, and scientific documents. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 05/19/2026 Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional domestic and/or internional travel may be required for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) 1040 Language Specialist Supervisory stus No Security clearance Top Secret Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Announcement number

M-DEU-2026-0002

Control number 868018500 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help Serves as a reviewer internional conferences, assuming full responsibility for all texts transled into the French language, ranging over a wide spectrum of specialized subjects. Transles, between French and English, a wide variety of documents, including diplomic correspondence, treies, laws, court records, presentions, and technical and financial reports. Reviews and edits translions prepared by staff and contractor colleagues and provides feedback on proposed changes. Compares between the English and French language texts of treies and internional agreements and drafts memos citing substantive and non-substantive discrepancies between the two. Finalizes translions using a variety of electronic forms, including word processing, briefing slides, spreadsheets, web-based applicions, or Computer Assisted Translion (CAT) tools. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Incumbent subject to random drug testing. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, : www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/ This position requires the applicant to pass a Language Proficiency Test. Qualificions Applicants must meet all the qualificion requirements described below by the closing de of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on educion OR if there are mandory educion requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your applicion. Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 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 demonstre the following: Experience in transling, interpreting, or other work requiring the use of English and the other language; or a combinion of work (th required English and the other language) and training the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Service Institute, or comparable training.

IN ADDITION

, this position requires the following additional specialized experience: Experience transling from English into French and French into English, a wide variety of documents, types, and subjects, in a variety of forms, for example, diplomic correspondence, laws, memoranda, speeches, position papers, training merials, presentions, and technical and financial reports. Experience reviewing translions to ensure accuracy, completeness, correct grammar and spelling, consistency, proper formting, and approprie terminology and register. Experience researching terminology and subject mter encountered in translion assignments, using online resources, dictionaries, glossaries and references, as well as terminology dabases and consultions with subject mter experts. Experience using computer assisted technology tools such as SDL/Trados Studio Freelance or Professional, MemoQ, WordFast, Déjà Vu, OmegaT or equivalent.

THE FOLLOWING SELECTIVE FACTOR IS REQUIRED

Must have experience in translion of French into English. The following are examples of work in the required language th may have provided the required abilities: translor; interpreter; librarian or informion specialist required to make abstracts, screen, index, and scan merial; intelligence; writer or editor; internional organizional work, such as the Peace Corps, World Bank, United Nions, business, or other organizions; or professor, teacher, or instructor work the high school or college level th required use of the foreign language. •

ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE TESTED BY THE AGENCY FOR PROFICIENCY ON A PASS/FAIL BASIS PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT.

•There is no substitute of educion for specialized experience for the GS-13 position. Educion Educion requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement. Additional informion For reasonable accommodion the U.S. Department of Ste, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodions (OAA) OAA@ste.gov. OAA is responsible for reviewing and adjudicing reasonable accommodion (RA) requests for the Assessment Btery being used for this announcement. RA requests cover additional time on timed sections only. Applicants MUST submit their applicion before the vacancy closes, even if pending an adjudicion decision. Applicants will have 48 hours after their RA request is adjudiced to complete the assessment btery. Scores genered after the allotted timeframe will not be admissible and the applicant will not be considered further for the vacancy. If a different type of RA is needed, please contact OAA directly OAA@ste.gov. If eligible, situional telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.

Veterans:

Veterans' preference points are added to the passing score of candides eligible for either 10-point or 5-point preference. Qualified veterans who have a compensable service-connected disability of least 10% or more are listed the top of a certifice regardless of score. Other 10-point and 5-point preference eligible veterans who meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements are placed in score order. View informion on veterans' preference on OPM's Fed Hire Vets website. Agency & Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP & ICTAP): View OPM's

CTAP & ICTAP

eligibility website for more informion. You must be red in the Well-Qualified cegory and submit supporting documents under the required documents section of this announcement to receive selection priority considerion. To be considered Well-Qualified applicants must: score an 85 or above, meet Minimum Qualificions, and demonstre proficiency in some, but not all major aspects of the position. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The evaluion process consists of the Monster Competency Based Assessments and a crediting plan for which applicants assigned a score between 70 and 100. A resume review by subject mter experts (SMEs) conducted for the top qualified candides based on the combined total score. Resumes longer than 2 pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. Responses to questions th are not fully supported by your resume may result in a ring adjustment. You assessed on the following job-reled competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

Non-Supervisory:

Oral Communicion, Writing, Interpersonal Skills, Problem Solving, Teamwork, Technology Oriention, Customer Service, Attention to Detail and Self-Management. Your score from the external assessment (i.e., Non-supervisory) will remain on file for 180 days, allowing you to apply for multiple DOS-announced positions without needing to retake the assessments. Top applicants may be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. The assessment is a measure of the degree in which your background mches the competencies and KSAs required for this position. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies: Knowledge of source language (French), with particular tention to the written language. Ability to apply the principles, techniques, and practices of transling through a self-tailored translion methodology to produce a finished translion. Skill comparing English and foreign-language versions of treies and internional agreements and drafting a memo citing substantive and non-substantive difference between the two. Ability to self-review own translions to ensure quality and adherence to instructions. Knowledge in producing both brief and in-depth target-language summaries of source-languages texts Skill reviewing translions prepared by staff and contract colleagues, and in providing them with positive and negive feedback.

Resume review:

SMEs will review your resume to determine your qualificions for this position based on the required specialized experience. Your resume should demonstre how you meet all aspects of the specialized experience stement. SMEs will not review additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., links embedded in your resume will not be opened.). If meeting basic qualificions through educion only or a combinion of educion and experience, applicants will not be referred to the SME panel but reviewed by the HR Specialist for referral. This announcement used the set 10 of highest-ranked eligibles. All candides tied the cut score referred based on method under 5 CFR §332.402 to refer candides to the selecting official for further considerion and possible interview. We will provide the selecting official a sufficient number of names, when available, to consider least 3 candides per vacancy. If fewer than 3 eligible and available candides per vacancy result, we may expand the referral in accordance with the pre-determined agency and OPM policy. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We do not make assumptions regarding your experience. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion may result in your removal from considerion. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. 3. Veterans' Preference Documention, if applicable : To claim 5-point preference, submit a copy of your DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. To claim 10-point preference, submit all required documention outlined on the SF-15 (Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference) to support your claim (e.g., DD-214, official stement from the Department of Veterans Affairs, etc.). If we cannot verify your 10-point preference claim, your applicion reviewed for 5-point preference. To claim 10-point derived preference (i.e., spouses, widows, widowers or mothers of veterans), submit a completed SF-15 and all required documention listed on the SF-15 to support your claim. To claim 0-point Sole Survivorship preference, submit a copy of your DD-214 or another form of official documention showing th your discharge or release from active duty occurred on or after August 29, 2008 and was based on a sole survivorship discharge.

For all preference claims:

DD-214 Member 4 copies are preferred and must show the des of service, type of discharge, and any qualifying service campaign medals. If you are currently on active duty and applying based on eligibility under the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act , you must provide a certificion on letterhead from your military branch which contains your military service des, expected de of discharge or release, and the character of service to show th your military service was performed under honorable conditions. The expected de of discharge or release must be no ler than 120 days after the certificion is submitted for considerion for this vacancy announcement. For more veterans' preference informion, the USAJOBS Help Center . 4.

ICTAP/CTAP

documention, if applicable (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, RIF separion SF-50 personnel action (ICTAP only, if available), most recent SF-50 (CTAP or ICTAP), certificion of expected separion, etc.). In addition, submit a copy of your current (or last) performance ring of record which must be least fully successful or equivalent and submit all required documents listed above th apply to you (e.g., resume, transcripts, SF-50, etc.). How to Apply Help Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we'll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk mgshelp@monster.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Agency contact informion Christy Justice Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 JusticeCL@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste Not accepting applicions by Mail Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants' qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. 3. Veterans' Preference Documention, if applicable : To claim 5-point preference, submit a copy of your DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. To claim 10-point preference, submit all required documention outlined on the SF-15 (Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference) to support your claim (e.g., DD-214, official stement from the Department of Veterans Affairs, etc.). If we cannot verify your 10-point preference claim, your applicion reviewed for 5-point preference. To claim 10-point derived preference (i.e., spouses, widows, widowers or mothers of veterans), submit a completed SF-15 and all required documention listed on the SF-15 to support your claim. To claim 0-point Sole Survivorship preference, submit a copy of your DD-214 or another form of official documention showing th your discharge or release from active duty occurred on or after August 29, 2008 and was based on a sole survivorship discharge.

For all preference claims:

DD-214 Member 4 copies are preferred and must show the des of service, type of discharge, and any qualifying service campaign medals. If you are currently on active duty and applying based on eligibility under the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act , you must provide a certificion on letterhead from your military branch which contains your military service des, expected de of discharge or release, and the character of service to show th your military service was performed under honorable conditions. The expected de of discharge or release must be no ler than 120 days after the certificion is submitted for considerion for this vacancy announcement. For more veterans' preference informion, the USAJOBS Help Center . 4.

ICTAP/CTAP

documention, if applicable (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, RIF separion SF-50 personnel action (ICTAP only, if available), most recent SF-50 (CTAP or ICTAP), certificion of expected separion, etc.). In addition, submit a copy of your current (or last) performance ring of record which must be least fully successful or equivalent and submit all required documents listed above th apply to you (e.g., resume, transcripts, SF-50, etc.). How to Apply Help Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we'll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk mgshelp@monster.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Christy Justice Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 JusticeCL@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste Not accepting applicions by Mail Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants' qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 05/19/2026 Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional domestic and/or internional travel may be required for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number

M-DEU-2026-0002

Control number 868018500