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Sign Language Interpreter (Seasonal)

Internal Revenue Service · Department of the Treasury
📍 Austin, Texas 💰 $36.79 – $47.83/hr

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Job Summary

WHAT IS TAXPAYER SERVICES? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Position(s) are to be filled in the following area(s): TS SC - Submission Processing - Austin - Site Coordinator REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS

Key Responsibilities

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. Interprets in a variety of settings involving deaf/hard of hearing employees and hearing persons who are not familiar with sign language and the interpreting process.

Simultaneously and consecutively interprets/transliterates, with equal facility in rendering from American Sign Language (ASL), Contact Variety Sign (CVS), and Manually Coded English (MCE) to English and from English to the aforementioned sign languages.

Uses oral forms of communication to provide communication access for oral deaf or hard of hearing individuals and uses tactile forms of English, ASL, CVS and MCE to interpret/transliterate for individuals who are deaf-blind as needed.

Interprets/transliterates for deaf/hard of hearing employees and hearing persons engaged in specialized meetings, seminars or training programs that utilize technical vocabularies and terminology unique to those fields (technical tax terminology, computer technical language). Interprets/transliterates for deaf/hard of hearing employees and hearing persons engaged in formal and informal meetings and other discussions with supervisors and staff members.

Requirements & Education

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements.

You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

We recommend choosing an evaluator from a member organization of one of the following national associations of credential evaluation services: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE).

Contact

HCO.Ogden.External@irs.gov

Frequently Asked Questions

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $36.79 – $47.83/hr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-09-14.

What is the work schedule?

This is a Seasonal - Work is subject to periods of non-pay status as workload or budget dictates. Season length: 6-8 months. Day Shift, Monday-Friday, 6:00am to 6:00pm OR Swing Shift, Monday-Friday, 4:00pm - 12:30am, 40 hours per week. position.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.

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