Cleared Linguists (CI Poly preferred)

JTG is seeking Secret, TS, and TS/SCI Cleared Linguists (with CI Poly preferred) to perform work on-site at locations across the United States.

Languages: Amharic, Arabic, Azeri, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Luganda, Oromo, Pashto, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Somali, Swahili, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, and Urdu.

Location: Multiple locations nationwide

Timeline: Full time and Part time.

Responsibilities:

• Process documents and media in various formats to include hand-written, hard copy, digital text, audio, and video of expository, formal and informal discourse, legal, business, public administration, historical, geographical, sociological, political, military and scientific content.
• Render accurate, idiomatic, and grammatically correct translations and/or summaries and gists of source material into the target language, while maintaining the register, integrity, and meaning of material.
• Transcribe and translate audio and text files, interpret material, relate ideas, make inferences, and rarely misunderstand the intent of the speaker(s).
• Scan and process a large amount of material quickly for critical and essential elements of information.
• Understand inferences, emotional overtones, and speech in a standard dialect, and rarely ask for paraphrasing or explanations.
• Write effectively in formal and informal exchanges.
• Follow standard guidelines as outlined in the Government-provided Style Guide.
• Follow existing IC Transliteration Standards for transliterating person names.
• Provide cultural/language/ethnic/contextual of data translated from recorded and written materials.
• Perform quality review and editing as needed.
• Utilize Human Language Technology (HLT) as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Secret, TS, or TS/SCI clearance (with CI Poly preferred).
• Proven proficiency in English and the foreign language at ILR 3 or higher.
• Expertise and thorough knowledge of specialized terminology in military, scientific, information technology, social, legal, and/or socio-economic matters/events domains as needed.
• Proven experience in language services, linguistics, or language-enabled analysis supporting U.S. Government agencies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Microsoft Word at minimum).
• Willing to undergo Government-administered foreign language testing.
• Willing to undergo an audiometric exam by a licensed medical doctor (at no personal cost).
• Willing to undergo CI Poly exam (if needed)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Evidence of proficiency testing in English and the foreign language and at ILR 3 or higher within the past three (3) years

Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred.

This position reports to the Program Manager.

Founded in 1995, JTG is an Employee-Owned Company that is specialized in language services, training, and analytics. JTG is an Equal Opportunity Employer.