Jobs in Fairfax, VA

About the role

SOSi is seeking Jamaican, Patois and Haitian Creole Linguists to join our team supporting all duties assigned to communicate and translate within our customer's requirements. The Translator/Transcriber’s Linguistic Supervisor shall provide the COR with a printed typed copy of the transcript and the computer media in a time frame established by the COR. The Interpreter shall make notes of the interpretation and provide notes to the Linguistic Supervisor or COR, as requested.

What you'll bring

• Ability to understand the specific tasks being processed and produced.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level security clearance.
• Bachelor’s Degree or a minimum of 4 years of combined work and educational experience.
• Candidate must successfully undergo and pass a language assessment in the four main categories: speaking, listening, reading, and writing in both native tongue and English.
• Excellent command of the English language and have the ability to provide clear, concise, oral and written communications.
• Skills necessary to listen to and comprehend a foreign language with native or near-native ability, and to follow accurately the basic elements of conversation, whether written or verbal.
• Skills necessary to read and comprehend a foreign language with a native or near-native ability, and to read and understand various text-types.
• Ability to comprehend slang and colloquial expressions in a foreign language and translate them into their English equivalent.
• A sufficiently broad vocabulary in English that paraphrasing or explaining is unnecessary.
• Ability to work well under pressure to meet specific deadlines.
• A minimum of 40 wpm typing/word processing skills.
• The Government may waive the basic typing skill proficiency level under extenuating circumstances.