Dari/Pashto Linguist (2024-0184) Job at Acclaim Technical Services, Reston, VA

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  • Acclaim Technical Services
  • Reston, VA

Job Description

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language and intelligence services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.

We are actively hiring a Dari/Pashto Linguist to join our team working in Reston, VA. You will be responsible for supporting a government agency and your office with translation, transcription, and/or interpretation services.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Linguists will primarily translate, transcribe, and interpret both English language into source language and source language text and audio into English

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor’s degree desired
  • Preference given to higher clearances. However, all candidates with any level of clearance, including those with no clearance but who are deemed eligible, may be considered
  • Interpretation between source and target language
  • Translation into both English and target language
  • Transcription into English and target language
  • Microsoft Office Tools & Applications and PowerPoint 
  • All candidates must pass the English test with a score of 80% or above
  • All candidates must be able to pass required language testing at the senior level or higher

PREFERRED SKILLS

  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English is required
  • Expirence with U.S. Immigration is highly desired
  • Monitoring published, online and broadcast media while identifying relevant content
  • Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise
  • Translation Related Services (TRS)
  • Blogging while drawing upon linguistic/cultural expertise
  • Subject Matter Expertise in areas of Counterterrorism, Cyber and Sponsor Operations
  • Each linguist is expected to have expertise in a variety of topics ranging from technical to political; an understanding of a variety of dialects/jargon is a plus
  • Preference will be given to candidates who are able to type in one of the required languages, and in real-time, via social media, text message, email, and other fora, and therefore should be familiar with current web-based communication technologies
  • Preference will also be given to candidates whose skills allow them to engage in casual, informal written or verbal conversation with native speakers

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action

ATS is committed to a program of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion/creed, hairstyles and hair textures, handicap/disability, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by federal, state or local law. It is the policy of ATS not merely to refrain from employment discrimination as required by the various federal, state, and local enactments, but to take positive affirmative action to realize for women, people of color, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans full equal employment opportunity. We support the employment and advancement in employment of individuals with disabilities and of protected veterans, and we treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status.

Job Tags

Full time, Casual work, Local area,

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