Linguist Supervisor

Nationwide, Nationwide, USA

Part-time

Clearance Requirement:
Tier II

** Company Description*
* Founded in 1989, SOSi is among the largest private, founder-owned technology and services integrators in the defense and government services industry. We deliver tailored solutions, tested leadership, and trusted results to enable national security missions worldwide.

** Job Description*
* Overview

SOSi is seeking a Linguist Supervisor to join our team overseeing the Linguists in support of our customer.  

Essential

Job Duties

+ Be the main liaison between SOSi Headquarters Program Management Office (PMO), SOSi personnel, and government officials.

+ Serve as SOSi's authorized representative for technical and administrative performance of all services require by the Field Division, District, Regional, or post of duty office they support.

+ Be the single point of contact (POC) for the assigned location through which all government engagement and communications shall be conducted.

+ Must be capable of satisfactorily fulfilling all the functions and duties described herein for Analytic Linguists.

+ Effectively and efficiently plan and organize the various duties.

+ Assign Linguists to monitor real-time oral telecommunications and/or written communication intercepts.

+ Assign Linguists to transcribe, translate, and validate completed work.

+ Be accountable for daily work assignments and products.

+ Ensure that the Contractor's QC Plan is implemented and fully operational.

+ Ensure that each Linguist completes their work assignments(s) prior to the end of their shift.

+ Oversee daily activity to ensure that all tasks are being properly executed.

+ Maintain records of work production, evidence control, and other administrative records as required by the customer.

+ Prepare and present to SOSi, the COR, or his /her designee, a quarterly schedule detailing adequate manpower coverage for each shift for the forthcoming quarter.

+ Maintain time and attendance records for all Contract personnel.

+ Monitor, recording, translating, transcribing, and synopsizing content of real-time oral and/or written communication.

+ Transcribe from storage media, including but not limited to audio cassettes, video cassettes or other digital media and typing in both the required foreign language and English.

+ Prepare typed English translations and /or transcriptions from other source media.

+ Perform QC review(s) of completed work.

+ Validate the accuracy of completed translations and transcriptions.

+ Appear in court when subpoenaed to testify.

+ Interpreting oral and/or written conversations, concurrently and/or simultaneously.

** Qualifications*
* Minimum Requirements

+ Bachelor's degree with a major in Spanish from an English-speaking college or university or bachelor's degree with a major in English from a Spanish-speaking college or university OR a minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.

+ At least three (3) years of supervisory experience that demonstrates oral and written communication skills, organizational skills and administrative management skills.

+ Must have experience that demonstrates an ability to effectively manage people and resources to satisfy project objectives and ensure completion of assigned tasks.

+ Must have excellent command of the English language and the ability to provide clear, concise, oral, and written communications.

+ Must possess the skills necessary to listen and comprehend a foreign language with native or near-native ability, and to follow accurately the basic elements of conversation, whether written or verbal.

+ Must possess the skills necessary to read and comprehend foreign languages with a native or near-native ability and to read and understand various text-types.

+ Must have the ability to comprehend slang and colloquial expressions in a foreign language and translate them into English.

+ Must possess a sufficiently broad vocabulary in English that paraphrasing or explaining is unnecessary.

+ Must have the ability to work well under pressure to meet specific deadlines.

+ A minimum of 40 wpm typing/word processing skill and have managerial presentation skills.

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