Translator

2 weeks ago

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States US Social Security Administration Full time

Duties:

  • Translates legal briefs discussing issues of fact and law, judicial misconduct in administrative hearings, court resolutions, judgments and sentences, contracts between attorneys and claimants.
  • Translates attorney fee petitions, appointment of representative forms, affidavits, divorce decrees, alimony judgments, proof of income statements, income tax returns, deeds, bills of sale, among many others.
  • Provides complete, summarized, or partial translations or abstracts of photocopies of articles from foreign language publications such as newspapers, magazines, medical and/or legal journals
- (cont'd) covering a broad range of medical, legal, vocational, cultural, and geopolitical issues that have been introduced into the evidentiary record.

  • Idiomatically translates such documents as sales contracts, birth, baptismal, marriage and death certificates, school transcripts, certifications of employment and wage earnings, letters, and other material from foreign countries
- (cont'd) such as Puerto Rico, Mexico, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Peru, Cuba, among other Hispanic countries, relating to technical issues of coverage, wage earnings and benefit entitlements.

  • Audits and provides voice translation of taped testimonies offered by claimants, their legal representatives, witnesses, and medical/vocational experts, and of examinations conducted by Administrative Law Judges (ALJs),
- (cont'd) in order to prepare full transcripts; summaries of portions of the hearing recordings, for in house use; or translation renditions of words, terms or phrases as required.

  • Post edits, reviews, verifies or corrects translation work previously completed by personnel from field offices,
- (cont'd) processing centers, other SSA components and/or Foreign Service posts to ensure consistency, technical accuracy and responsiveness to program and court needs.

  • Recommends alternative wording to resolve differences relative to the meaning of illegible entries, taking the whole evidence of record into consideration ("Translator Notes") in order to produce an accurate translation of the overall records.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

  • U.S. Citizenship required
  • Fingerprinting and background and/or security investigation may be required
  • Job offers are contingent on fingerprinting and background / security investigation results
  • Selectees may be required to serve a 1 year probationary period
  • Relocation expenses will not be paid
  • All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement

Qualifications:

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL CLOSE AFTER 200 APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED, WHICH MAY BE SOONER THAN THE LISTED CLOSING DATE.



PLEASE

NOTE:
A writing exercise will be required as a part of the interview process.
To qualify at the GS-11 level, you must have
one of the following:

  • At least 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-9, or equivalent, which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled which has equipped me with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience includes knowledge of medical and legal terminology used in both Spanish and English; experience in translating written materials such as birth certificates, certification of employment, death certificates, medical reports, certifications of treatment and diagnostic medical assessments, court filings, legal briefs, bills of sale, contracts and other legal documents from Spanish into English and vice versa; experience auditing recordings and transcribing them into written form from Spanish to English and vice versa; and experience reviewing and deciphering translations and providing notes and corrections to ensure technical accuracy and proper grammar, syntax, and spelling.
  • NOTE: To be creditable, experience in translating, interpreting, or other work requiring the use of English and Spanish; or a combination of work (that required English and Spanish) and training at the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Service Institute, or comparable training.
(In order to be considered, applicants must indicate the month, day, year and the number of hours worked per week for each position held. If this information is not provided, you will be found ineligible.)

  • OR
  • A Ph.
D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or three (3) full years of progressively higher level education leading to such a degree studying Spanish from an English-speaking college or university, English from a college or university in a Spanish-speaking country, or translating or interpreting where English and Spanish were prerequisites.


  • NOTE: Transcripts are required to substantiate claimed education.
Applicants who do not provide a transcript will not be considered.

  • OR
  • When combined, graduate education and experience total 100% of the requirements.
  • NOTE: Transcripts are required to substantiate claimed education.
Applicants who do not provide a tran

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