FBI Job Openings – FBI Special Agent: Linguist

Job Description:

FBI Special Agents apply their professional expertise and unique skill sets to their work every day. Many have foreign language/linguistics backgrounds and use them to interview victims, translate during a suspect interrogation or testify in court. Language skills and cultural knowledge, specifically in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Farsi, Russian, Somali, Uzbek, Korean or another language are highly sought after by the FBI.

Job Responsibilities:

• Pass a medical exam, which includes, but is not limited to, meeting visual and hearing standards.
• Work a minimum of a 50-hour workweek, which may include irregular hours, and be on-call 24/7, including holidays and weekends.
• Be willing and able to participate in arrests, execute search warrants, raids and similar assignments.
• Upon graduation from the FBI Academy, be available to transfer to one of the FBI’s 56 Field Offices, including San Juan, Puerto Rico or remote resident agencies (satellite offices) to meet the needs of the FBI. Special Agents rarely return to their processing office. Applicants should ensure that their families are prepared for and support this move.
• Pass all physical fitness requirements; must be physically fit to complete training at the FBI Academy at Quantico, VA, and maintain a high level of fitness throughout your career.
• Throughout your career, be available for temporary duty assignments anywhere in the world, on either a temporary or a long-term basis.
• Undergo a rigorous background investigation, credit checks and a polygraph in order to obtain a Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Clearance.
• Successfully complete approximately 19 weeks of employment as a Special Agent trainee while housed at the FBI Academy at Quantico.
• Adhere to strict standards of conduct.

Job Requirements:

• Meet the FBI’s Employment Eligibility requirements.
• Be able to obtain a Top Secret SCI Clearance.
• Be at least 23 years old and not have reached your 37th birthday on appointment.
• Possess a valid driver’s license with at least six months driving experience.
• Be a U.S. citizen.
• Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree or higher (preferably in linguistics or language) from a U.S.-accredited college or university.
• Have two years of full-time professional work experience (see work experience waiver for exceptions).

Job Details:

Company: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Vacancy Type:  Temporary

Job Location: San Francisco, CA, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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