(PTX) Somali Operational Language Analyst Native Capability Level 4 (TS/SCI w/Poly)
Annapolis Junction, MD · Government/MilitaryLOCATION: Annapolis Junction/Ft. Meade, MD 20701
REQUIRED CLEARANCE: TS/SCI with POLYGRAPH (must have prior to applying)
DESCRIPTION:
The Somali Operational Language Analyst Native (OLAN) Capability Level IV role provides native language and cultural expertise while performing tasks required to process voice and/or graphic language materials in support of SIGINT operations.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
The Level IV OLAN shall demonstrate the following skills:
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Ability to comprehend highly sophisticated written and spoken material in the required language.
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Ability to fully comprehend cultural, social, economic, and political references in the required language and explain their significance in the given context.
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Ability to produce accurate translations of complex and abstract materials, including complex grammar and syntax, from the required language into idiomatic American English.
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Ability to preserve the author’s/speaker’s style and convey explicit and implicit meaning, subtleties, and nuances when rending translations and gists into idiomatic American English.
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Ability to edit and perform quality control reviews of languages products (translations, transcripts, gists) generated by other language professionals, including those based on abstract and complex topics.
- Citizenship Due to the nature of this position and the information employees will be required to access, U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from other countries.
- In lieu of bachelor’s degree, an additional four (4) years of directly related, applied, practical work experience may be substituted for a total of twelve (12) years’ experience.
- Experience
- One (1) year of experience typing on an English keyboard
- Must have learned the required language since birth and have been formally educated in, and via, for a minimum of ten (10) years in a county where the language is an official, national, or commonly spoken language.
- Equivalent of eight (8) years full-time experience performing translation of materials from the required language(s) into idiomatic, standard American English.
- At least four (4) of the eight (8) years of experience shall be in Cryptologic Operations performing language processing in the require language(s).
- At least three (3) of the four (4) years’ Cryptologic Operations experience in the require language(s) shall consist of translating, gisting, and/or transcribing.
- Two (2) of the four (4) years’ Cryptologic Operations experience shall be within four (4) years of resume submission.
- Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Skill Level III in Listening and/or Reading
- Must be documented within 2 years prior to resume submission
- Exception: If the language/dialect is not an official or national language and formal education is not conducted in the language/dialect
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Must have learned and used the required language/dialects since birth
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Must have used the language for at least fifteen (15) years in a region where the language(s)/dialect is commonly used among a historically rooted population of resident speakers who employ the language/dialect in social, cultural, employment, economic, or other public sphere interactions beyond immediate family/household use
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