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PASHTO Linguist: CAT II & III
Job Number:
43636680
Company Name:
Confidential Company
Job Location:
New York City, NY US
Job Category:
Military & Government
Salary:
$185,000 - $235,500
Minimum Education:
High School Diploma
PASHTO Linguist: CAT II & III
PASHTO Linguist: CAT II & III
Our Client is currently seeking Pashto Linguists (proficient in Pashto, Dari/Farsi, Urdu a plus) for an assignment in Afghanistan. Period of Performance is at least 1 year.
DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide operational contract linguist support to U.S. Army operations in Afghanistan
Provide linguistic support for military operations and interpret during interviews, meetings, and conferences
Interpret and translate written and spoken communications
Perform document exploitation
Scan, research, and analyze foreign language documents for key information
Translate foreign language documents
Identify and extract information components meeting military information requirements
Provide input to reports
Quickly scan and process a large amount of material in the specific foreign language for critical and essential elements of information defined by the government
Provide input to government counterparts in the production of written reports developed from target material utilizing the specific foreign language, such as provide a gist, summary, transcript or written translation of the material
Pashto and Farsi-Dari linguist needed to review and analyze translated foreign language source material
Assigned broad area of translation responsibility and may delegate portions of work to lower level personnel
Transcribe/translate advanced level graphic and/or voice language material into modern American English in either verbatim or gisted format
Provide quality control of transcripts and translations of more junior linguists
Operate customer furnished transcription equipment in accordance with operational guidelines
Draft intelligence reports and provide quality control of reports of more junior personnel
Develop and implement translation methodology and quality control procedures and standards
Prepare and present technical briefings to customer and upper management
Share language expertise with Government or Contractor Language and Intelligence analysts, and other personnel as required
Requirements:
Security Clearance Required
Must be proficient in reading, writing, listening and speaking PASHTO. Pashto is a requirement.
Must speak Pashto.
US Citizen - U.S. Passport (minimum of 15 months left), SSS Card, Driver's License (valid at least 3 mos.)
Proficient (oral & writing) of Pashto, Dari/Farsi Languages (Urdu a plus)
Must be willing to travel to Afghanistan
Must pass CAT II/III Security and Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) in Baltimore, MD
Ability to conduct consecutive and accurate interpretation and translations of on-going conversations and activities
Consecutive interpretation, into, from and between the required language(s)
Written translation of general and technical material into and from English and SCRL
