Portuguese; European Instructor

Portuguese (European) Instructor )

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. ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.

We are actively hiring an Expert Portuguese (European) Instructor to join our team working in Reston, VA. The role involves supporting a government agency and the office with language instruction, translation, transcription, and/or interpretation services.

Must have 5 years of adult-level instruction experience within the last 5 years. Testing Requirements:
Translation Assessment: 3;
Speaking, Listening, Reading: 5/5/5.

• Work 40 hours a week, spending approximately 20 hours teaching and 20 hours lesson development, student assessment, and testing.
• Work under the direction of experienced senior trained instructors.
• Complete sponsor training on teaching mission-focused foreign language skills and conducting foreign language testing to become certified according to Sponsor standards.

• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Education or Language preferred.
• Experience in Language Instruction/Facilitation.
• Experience in Language Testing.
• Experience in Course Design.
• Experience in Content Management.
• Experience in Editing and Quality Control of language products.
• Experience summarizing/gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise.
• Experience writing reports.
• Experience with selection in various media.

ATS is committed to a program of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, age, religion/creed, hairstyles and hair textures, handicap/disability, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable law. We support the employment and advancement in employment of individuals with disabilities and of protected veterans, and we treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status.