Immediately Need Foreign Language Teacher - Chinese Mandarin (Senior Instructor) in Monterey, CA
Posted 2025-03-14
Remote, USA
Full-time
Immediate Start
Job title: Foreign Language Teacher - Chinese Mandarin (Senior Instructor)
Company: Federal government of the United States
Job description: Summary
About the Position: Serves as a Chinese Mandarin language teacher for the Undergraduate Chinese School (UCM) or Undergraduate Chinese Russian School (UCR) at the Presidio of Monterey. The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) offers foreign language instruction in more than two dozen languages on a schedule that extends throughout the year. Courses are taught six hours per day, five days a week, with the exception of federal holidays and training holidays.
Overview
- Accepting applications
07/03/2023 to 07/02/2024
Salary
$80,912 - $107,282 per year
The offered starting salary for this position is $80,912.00, and it includes applicable locality pay Local Market Supplement.
Pay scale & grade
AD 3
Location
many vacancies in the following location:
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes-Reimbursement of relocation expenses MAY BE authorized in accordance with agency policy.
Appointment type
Term - Initial Appointment NTE 24 months.
Work schedule
Full-time -
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Trust determination process
Announcement number
WTEY232883756034
Control number
735130200
This job is open to
Clarification from the agency
U.S. Citizens and Non-U.S. Citizens with valid Authorization to work in the United States.
Duties
- Teachers employ computer skills to organize data and teaching materials.
- Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center offers an intensive student-centered environment with diverse opportunities for faculty development.
- Faculty members teach listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as geopolitical, economic and social issues, in an immersion based environment.
- Teachers integrate technology in the classroom and in homework assignments.
- Faculty members employ resources such as Smart Boards, the Internet, iPods, and Tablet PCs.
- Faculty members are expected to stay abreast of current foreign language teaching theories and methods.
Conditions of Employment
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires current, valid U.S. work Authorization at time of application.
The initial cutoff date for referral is 8/3/2023. Applicants applying by the initial cutoff date will be given first consideration. Additional referral lists will be created monthly or as vacancies become available.
Who May : US Citizens and Non-US Citizens with valid US Work Authorization.
- This position is a TERM time limited position; tenure track. The initial appointment is not to exceed (NTE) 24 months, and may be extended upon mission, funding and management discretion.
- Applicants who do not possess a current, valid U.S. work authorization may not be appointed for 24 months, but will receive an appointment aligned to their work authorization status, to include those who may only be appointed for less than one year, who will receive a TEMPORARY Tenure 0 (Adjunct) appointment. Employees on Temporary (Adjunct) appointments are not eligible to participate in Federal Employees Retirement (FERS), Thrift Saving Plan (TSP) and life insurance benefits.
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. This position has an individual occupational requirement and/or allows for substitution of education for experience. If you meet this requirement based on education; official transcripts/foreign transcript evaluation will be requested upon selection.
- Must be able to speak, read and write in Chinese Mandarin fluently.
- Must be able to speak, read and write in English fluently.
OR
Bachelor's degree in any discipline and one year of directly related work.
DIRECTLY RELATED WORK: Formal classroom instruction of a language foreign to the students at high school level or above. Formal classroom instruction normally includes such activities as class preparation, course preparation/modification, testing, tutoring, and counseling in a structured, education environment.
If selected, applicant must pass a language proficiency test (OPI).
LANGUAGE EVALUATION: The minimum English proficiency is a Level 2 in speaking. The minimum proficiency for the language to be taught is a Level 3 in speaking. If a dialect is required, the minimum proficiency is also Level 3. The proficiency levels are defined by the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) level descriptions and can be viewed at . Failure of any portion of the language tests will disqualify applicants for a period of 6 months. Applicants may re-apply against an open vacancy announcement after 6 months if they wish to be considered again. If selected again, retesting is allowed only once.
You must submit a 300-word HANDWRITTEN essay in Chinese Mandarin. You must also include a 300-word HANDWRITTEN English translation of the essay. Essay topic is how your background, education and training has prepared you to be a foreign language teacher. NOTE: Typed essays are NOT acceptable. The essay is not used to evaluate work experience, only for the purpose of evaluating the language writing proficiency.
You must also provide, at a minimum, three professional references with your application packet. Please note: Letters of recommendation will not be forwarded to management, you must provide three professional references; to include name, title, email address and/or phone number.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
- Computer Skills
- Foreign Language
- Oral Communication
- Teaching Others
- Writing
Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at - and
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
Additional information
About the area: Monterey has an extremely high cost of living and is a spectacular coastal community in northern California with a temperate climate year-round. Visitors from around the world come to Monterey to experience its natural beauty, cultural resources, and rich historic past. Located 115 miles south of San Francisco and 350 miles north of Los Angeles, the city features a dazzling waterfront along the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, a lush urban forest, and a rich array of historic and cultural resources. Please visit
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- You will be required to provide proof of US Citizenship or valid authorization to work in the United States (US). One of the following documents are proof of valid US Work Authorization: US Passport, Permanent Resident Card, US Naturalization Certificate, US Birth Certificate, H1B, etc.).
- One year trial period may be required.
- Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
- If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the
- You may claim military spouse preference.
- If an MSP applicant is determined best qualified and selected, placement must be at the full performance level for priority consideration.
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
- If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an
- When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit
.). * Recruitment and Relocation incentives may be authorized.
- Benefits
Expected salary: $80912 - 107282 per year
Location: Monterey, CA