SOUTHCOM Command Linguist

CACI International•Doral, FL

1d•$68,400 - $143,700

About The Position

Serve as the Command Linguist and Interpreter for the U.S. Southern Command Headquarters Team and command suite. Provide interpretation and translation services for senior leaders during engagements with high-level partners in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. The role includes extensive travel within the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility and accompanying senior leaders on overseas travel.

Requirements

Previous experience serving as the primary interpreter for a senior principal or group.
Current Secret security clearance and eligibility for a Top Secret/Specialized Compartmented Information clearance.
At least 3 years of experience working with or on the OSD or Joint Staff, a Service Staff, CCMD or Operational Staff, a Defense Agency Staff, or an NGO/IGO Staff.
Experience working with the military and familiarity with military terminology.
Effective oral and written communication skills in English, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Certification of training as an interpreter in consecutive and simultaneous interpretation.
At least a bachelor's degree in a related discipline, such as linguistics, Spanish, Portuguese, history, or area studies.
A current tourist passport with an expiration date more than 6 months away.

Responsibilities

Interpret from Spanish and/or Brazilian Portuguese to English for the Combatant Commander, Military Deputy Commander, Civilian Deputy Commander, Senior Enlisted Advisor, and other leaders.
Accompany USSOUTHCOM leaders on overseas travel and provide interpretation during engagements with foreign senior leaders.
Support engagements with foreign dignitaries at USSOUTHCOM Headquarters and during virtual meetings.
Be on call for critical conversations with foreign leaders and ensure USSOUTHCOM leaders understand both the literal and nuanced meanings of statements and questions.
Accompany senior leaders at formal and informal social events involving foreign leaders, providing simultaneous and consecutive interpretation during events and ceremonies.
Maintain sophisticated vocabulary across foreign affairs, military operations and strategies, security assistance and cooperation, logistics, science, technology and innovation, information technology, and related topics.
Translate documents for the Command Group as required.
Work as part of the headquarters interpreter-translator team.
Assist the command suite with administrative tasks, including TMTs, individual training, filing, and preparing correspondence.