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Interpreter - Dari
| Job ID: 8820 |
Location: Afghanistan,
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| Category: Linguists/Translators
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Position Type:
Contract
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Contract Length:
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| Salary:
Open
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Security Clearance:
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| Status (definition): Vacant
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| Company Description |
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| Position Description |
Summary of the Classification:
To provide interpretation, translation services in support DynCorp LOGCAP IV.
Principal Responsibilities:
Provide operational contract linguist support to DynCorp LOGCAP IV operations in Afghanistan.
Provide general linguistic support for military operations and interpret during interviews, meetings and conferences.
Performs many of the following responsibilities:
• Interpret and translate written and spoken communications.
• Transcribe and analyze verbal communications.
• Perform document exploitation. Scan, research, and analyze foreign language documents for key information.
• Translate and review foreign language documents. Identify and extract information components meeting military information requirement list criteria. Provide input to reports.
Education Required:
High School Diploma or equivalent. An excellent command of Dari. Strong verbal and written American English skills (grammar, vocabulary, idioms, and spelling) because linguist work products are prepared in English.
Experience Required:
Typically, two (2) years working in a government environment.
Special Knowledge/Skills Required:
• Must possess solid working proficiency in Microsoft Office tools; advanced proficiency in MS Word and MS Excel.
• Solid working proficiency in Intelligence Community transliteration system for respective language is highly desired.
• Must be able to translate both general and highly-technical materials.
• Communicate effectively and readily share knowledge with others
• Required to work 12-hour shifts and in excess of 60-hour weeks in order to provide continuous contract linguist support that this 24 x 7 operation requires.
• Must hold a current U.S. passport. (or apply as soon as accepted into the program). Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
• A thorough knowledge of cultural, economic, geopolitical, and military issues of the Mid East and Arab speaking countries within that region.
• An ability to operate standard and specialized office automation equipment to process foreign language material.
• All applicants will undergo background investigation, oral and written skills language examination and medical examination as conditions of employment on this contract.
• Must be a U.S. citizen qualify
Location: Afghanistan
Security Clearance: Secret
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| Required Skills |
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