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SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER
Office of Naval Research · Posted 53 days ago
Hybrid Naval Research Laboratory, DC $85K – $135K Apply by Aug 17, 2026 Language Specialist INFJINFP
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You will serve as a Sign Language Interpreter in the Executive Directorate, code 100020 of NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY.
What You'll Do
- →You will facilitate cultural transitions between American deaf culture and American hearing cultures to assure communication of equivalent messages.
- →You will coordinate with internal customers, project managers, and other working groups at the activity to provide customer satisfaction and the necessary sign language interpreting services to complete the mission of the organization.
- →You will serve as the Contractor's Officer Representative responsible for contract administration, policy compliance, oversight and execution of contraction technical tasking.
- →You will collaboratively develop new terminology to assist the deaf and hard of hearing community and use sign language interpreting to communicate more effectively due to the highly specific and technical jargon at NRL.
- →You will plan, coordinate, and schedule basic sign language interpreting and deaf and hard of hearing culture training as appropriate.
Requirements
- ✓OR Three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree that included the appropriate foreign language from an English-speaking college or university, English from a college or university in the other country, or translating or interpreting where English and the foreign language were prerequisites.
- ✓OR An LL.M. degree in a field directly related to the position being filled that included the appropriate foreign language from an English-speaking college or university, English from a college or university in the other country, or translating or interpreting where English and the foreign language were prerequisites.
- ✓OR A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education.
- ✓See Required Documents for additional information.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 035ccf61-e8c0-4782-adb4-bb1a6846e8b6
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