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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

SALARY & BENEFITS:

• Base pay of $185,000 – $250,000 /Year
• One-Time New Hire Bonus
• Hardship Uplift
• 12 Month Bonus
• 2 (1) Week Paid Vacations
• 6 Month Bonus
• Hazard Pay
• Full Life Support
  • Housing, Food, Security
  • Medical
  • Medical Evacuation

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