McColm & Company is hiring a
Language Instructors, Translators, Linguists

Summary

The job is for a translator, linguist, or language instructor at McColm & Company (McCO). The position can be in Washington, DC, or fully remote. The job involves designing and delivering language training courses, providing translation services, and performing general clerical duties.

Requirements

• Demonstrated track record of success in translating professional academic content to and from English
• Demonstrated track record of success in consecutive interpretation to and from English
• Demonstrated track record of success in simultaneous interpretation to and from English
• Demonstrated recent experience providing simultaneous and consecutive interpretation services to and from English in a virtual environment, preferably using the interpretation feature in the Zoom web-based platform
• A minimum of two (2) years professional/formal simultaneous interpretation experience, specialized training and/or testing/certification in simultaneous interpretation

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering language training courses ranging from development of foundational conversation skills to high proficiency and fluency in technical subjects
• Delivering expertise in technical translation in related to foreign policy, national security, international development, international trade, and related subjects
• Providing accurate and high quality written and verbal translation
• Providing simultaneous and successive interpretation/translation during conferences, seminars, and meetings while ensuring consistency of terminology and correspondence to lexical, stylistic, and semantic content of the original
• Providing simultaneous technical interpretation services at all levels to English-speaking staff in their meetings with the counterparts
• Providing written translation of correspondence, briefings, reports, meeting/conference materials, and technical manuals
• Performing general clerical duties as needed
• Proofreading, editing, and revising translated materials to ensure accuracy

Benefits

• Compensation is offered according to job requirements, available budget, and experience/skills of the successful candidate
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and life insurances, generous Paid Time Off, 11 paid federal holidays, and annual performance bonuses
• Personnel hired to fill contract staffing roles may also be eligible for end of project retention bonuses when they perform successfully and remain on board through project closeout