Spanish Linguist (2024-0185) with Security Clearance
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Location: Reston, VA 20190
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 Spanish 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 interpretation services. RESPONSIBILITIES * In this role, linguists will use native or near native reading and writing skills and cultural expertise. * Linguists to provide high-caliber Spanish to English and vice versa interpretation, translation, and transcription * Perform proofreading and quality control of final products * Provide Spanish conversational one-on-one support sessions as needed * Work independently, as wee as under supervison * Ability to work as part of at team and able to meet dealine on short-notice * Work flexible hours Monday - Friday during nobmal business hours between 0700 and 1800 or as needed depending on the workflow in order to complete deadlines * Occasionally may be required to work overtime, including weekends and holidays * As needed, linguists may be asked to travel CONUS and OCONUS TDY opportunities to meet the office's requirements, as needed. Travel - Approximately 45% REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE * Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph * Bachelor's degree desired * Interpretation between source and target languages * Translation into English and target language * Transcription into English and target language * Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise * Terminology Management PREFERRED SKILLS * Translation Related Services * Summarizing/Gisting, Triage, Quality Control and Editing of language products * Monitoring, and scanning, published, online and broadcast media to identify relevant content * Slection of key media items on regular coverage are listed with a focus on processing plans * Terminology Management vetting, and sharing word or phrase translations with context specific meaning, e.g., software, medical or military terminology * Subject Matter Expertise in Cyber Legal/Law, Military, Narcotics and Science and Technology are desired