Kurdish: Sorani & Arabic Travel Linguist

Summary
CTC Group is seeking cleared linguists with intelligence experience to support travel-only language support missions. This role is ideal for experienced linguists who can provide high-quality translation, interpretation, transcription, and related language services in fast-paced mission environments.
Locations: CONUS Other TDY, OCONUS, and Warzone / Conflict locations. Travel is required to meet mission needs, including undisclosed East Coast, OCONUS, and Warzone / Conflict locations.

Responsibilities

• Translate materials between the target language and English with strong attention to detail and quality.
• Perform consecutive interpretation between the target language and English in individual meetings and conference-type settings.
• Provide transcription, summarization, gisting, triage, editing, quality control, workflow, and translation-related services.
• Apply subject matter familiarity across technical, political, military, religious, science and technology, and sponsor operations topics.
• Work effectively in a fast-paced environment requiring flexibility, professionalism, and strong teamwork.
• Support travel-only mission requirements across CONUS, OCONUS, and Warzone / Conflict locations.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree obtained in the U.S. or in the country of language skill.
• ICA Testing Requirements
  • Commercial Translation Assessment (TA) should be a 3 for Arabic and a 2+ for Kurdish
  • Interpretation (INT) in-office test in-person should be a pass.
  • Speaking, Listening, and Reading (SLR) proficiency requirement: 4/4/4.
• Experience with interpretation, translation into English, translation into the target language, transcription into English, and transcription into the source language.
• Experience with editing, language training, quality control, summarizing / gisting, translation-related services, triage, and workflow support.
• Required areas of expertise include religion, science and technology, and sponsor operations.
• Desired experience includes monitoring, terminology management, writing reports, counter-proliferation, counterterrorism, cyber, economics, geospatial, legal / law, military, and narcotics.

Pay Information
The final salary may be influenced by various factors, such as location, labor categories, experience, education, and/or certifications. CTC also provides a variety of benefits as well as opportunities for continuous education and development. 
The estimated salary range for this position is $135,000 - $210,000.

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