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(FEATURED!) FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER - KOREAN (INSTRUCTOR)
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC)
Department of Defense

Overview

Open & Closing Dates
08/07/2025 to 10/07/2025

Salary
$74,506 - $92,646

Pay Scale & Grade
Other per year

Work Schedule
Full-Time

Appointment Type
Term

Location

City
Monterey

State
CA

Duties

Summary
About the Position: Serves as a Korean language teacher for the Undergraduate Korean School (UKP) at the Presidio of Monterey. The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) offers foreign language instruction in more than 13 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.

Responsibilities
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center offers an intensive student-centered environment with diverse opportunities for faculty development.

Teachers employ computer skills to organize data and teaching materials.

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, iPads, and Tablet PCs.

Faculty members are expected to stay abreast of current foreign language teaching theories and methods.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
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.

Qualifications
Qualifications

All qualified applicants who apply no later than midnight, August 04, 2025, will receive first consideration. Those who apply after August 04, 2025, will receive consideration during the next cut-off period. If you are referred and not selected or receive a letter indicating, you were ineligible because of missing documents, you may modify your application package for this job announcement to receive further re-consideration.

Who May Apply: 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.

Adjunct temporary tenure 0 appointments may also be offered due to budget or hiring restraints.

Employees on Temporary (Adjunct) appointments are not eligible to participate in Federal Employees Retirement (FERS), Thrift Saving Plan (TSP) and life insurance benefits.

POSITION WILL BE FILLED AT ONE RANK: AD-1701-02 Instructor

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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant work experience and education level (degree and year awarded), official transcripts/foreign transcript evaluation will be requested upon selection.

Must be able to speak, read and write in Korean fluently.

Must be able to speak, read and write in English fluently.

Instructor: Bachelor's degree in any discipline.

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 http://www.govtilr.org. 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 Korean. 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 of 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

Security Clearance

Not Required

Required Application Materials

Resume

Application Instructions

Please visit the USAJobs link for more information, for application guidance, and to apply:

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/813242200

This is not an NSEP exclusive position. Please direct questions to the point-of-contact listed on the USAJobs announcement.
Apply at the following website or click Apply below: usajobs.gov/job/813242200

Additional Notes

NSEP award recipients who have not yet completed their service requirement in full have two special hiring authorities available to them: Schedule A (r) and NDAA’13. Awardees with these special hiring authorities can advertise their non‐competitive eligibility in both their resume and in the “Additional Information” section of job applications.

When claiming non‐competitive eligibility and applying to jobs which are Open to the Public, please be sure to also submit a Letter of Certification with applications. The best way to do this is to either upload the Letter of Certification along with other supporting documentation, or send the Letter to the hiring official email listed on the job announcement directly. Letters of Certification can be requested through NSEPnet.org.

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