Dari/Pashto Linguist

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 Dari/Pashto 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/or interpretation services. RESPONSIBILITIES Linguists will primarily translate, transcribe, and interpret both English language into source language and source language text and audio into English REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE Bachelor's degree desired TS/SCI with Polygraph is required Interpretation between source and target language Translation into both English and target language Transcription into English and target language Microsoft Office Tools & Applications and PowerPoint All candidates must pass the English test with a score of 80% or above All candidates must be able to pass required language testing at the senior level or higher PREFERRED SKILLS Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English is required Expirence with U.S. Immigration is highly desired Monitoring published, online and broadcast media while identifying relevant content Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise Translation Related Services (TRS) Blogging while drawing upon linguistic/cultural expertise Subject Matter Expertise in areas of Counterterrorism, Cyber and Sponsor Operations Each linguist is expected to have expertise in a variety of topics ranging from technical to political; an understanding of a variety of dialects/jargon is a plus Preference will be given to candidates who are able to type in one of the required languages, and in real-time, via social media, text message, email, and other fora, and therefore should be familiar with current web-based communication technologies Preference will also be given to candidates whose skills allow them to engage in casual, informal written or verbal conversation with native speakers