At this time the Civil Rights Cadre is looking to fill Reservist positions. A Reservist is an intermittent employee hired to perform work on a temporary, on-call basis. The Reservist position is a two-year-appointment and does not acquire competitive status nor career tenure. With this position, you will be required to physically deploy on short notice to various locales for varying lengths of time working long working hours (ie. 10-12hrs 6/7 days/week), in, at times harsh and austere conditions (ie. Tents, mobile lodging).

Responsibility:
In this position, the Sign Language Interpreter (SLI) will provide interpreting and transliterating services between
spoken English and Sign Language (such as American Sign Language, Pidgin Signed English, Manually Coded
English, or other forms of signed communication) and/or other visual and tactile communication forms used by
individuals who are Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, and Deaf-Blind.

Essential Job Duties:
▪ The SLI will work as a team with another SLI or a Qualified/Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) to ensure that
communication between Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing person(s) and hearing person(s) is conveyed accurately.
▪ The SLI will interpret in a wide variety of situations and conditions during disaster response and recovery,
including (but not limited to) FEMA staff meetings, briefings, training sessions, conference calls, community
meetings, and other events.
▪ The SLI will be required to adhere to all FEMA and Department of Homeland Security policies and procedures
as well as understand and adhere to the RID Code of Professional Conduct,
▪ The SLI will be assigned as a reasonable accommodation for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing/Deaf-Blind FEMA staff.
▪ The SLI will work for the Office of Equal Rights - Civil Rights (CVR) Cadre, and as such, could possibly be
assigned other programmatic duties in support of the Cadre’s mission objectives in addition to their interpreting
assignments while deployed.