Job summary

A highly-skilled workforce like NSA continually needs professional Educators and Training Experts to advance our employees career development. Positions ranging from Career Advisors to Curriculum Managers to Instructional Designers currently exist.

Major duties

Language Instructors at the National Security Agency employ the latest principles of adult learning and second language acquisition to design, develop and deliver platform training (including video and directed studies), and/or web-based training for beginning through advanced level language analysts.

Qualification

The qualifications listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position. Salary offers are based on candidates' education level and years of experience relevant to the position and also take into account information provided by the hiring manager/organization regarding the work level for the position. Senior Entry is with a high school diploma or equivalent plus 6 years of relevant experience, or an Associate's degree plus 4 years relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of relevant experience. Degree in any field is acceptable. At least one year of relevant experience must be in either: language instruction (formal or informal) at a secondary level or higher, or identifying and developing authentic materials to support language learning objectives. Additional relevant experience may include designing, developing, or evaluating course content in the relevant subject matter; assessing student performance; instructional systems design (ISD); or language-related experience in an area directly related to NSA mission. Applicant must have minimum language proficiency of Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Level 3/3 in reading and listening in the target foreign language for which the applicant is being considered. In special cases (for example, hard to fill positions in critical or less-common languages/dialects) where no viable applicants are available with the minimum language proficiency level required, applicants with ILR Level 3 in one mode and 2+ in the other will be considered, but will be required to reach Level 3/3 within 2 years.

Education

The qualifications listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position. Degree in any field is acceptable.

Evaluations

The ideal candidate will be proficient in Arabic and/or Korean. Will possess strong communications skills and effective interpersonal skills. As well as: - Interpreting cultural references and the meaning of foreign language material including, acronyms, jargon, slang, idioms, and proverbs specific to a particular language. - Exhibiting subject matter expertise related to a country, region, or people. - Evaluating language proficiency (reading, listening, speaking, and writing). - Determining difficulty level of written and aural language materials. NOTE: If you are selected to process further, you will be required to take the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) which measures language proficiency and/or the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) which measures potential for learning a foreign language. Invitations and instructions for the scheduling of the language test will be emailed to you - you must complete these steps before your application can be considered for further processing. You will be required to schedule and test within three (3) weeks of receiving the language test email as this information will be used as part of the selection decision. If you are selected to process, after testing is completed, you will be required to complete an online interview. Invitations and instructions for the online interview will be emailed to you ' you must complete these steps before your application can be considered for further processing. Please check your Spam folder just in case these emails landed there instead of your Inbox.