SOSi is seeking Chinese Linguists to support a US Government Client by providing media monitoring, translation, and current event awareness. In this role, you will serve as a subject matter expert, leveraging your Chinese language and cultural expertise to curate and translate global media into English language products.
What You'll Do
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of Client interests and mission requirements, including areas of priority topical interest.
- Understand the nuance of requirements and pivot research to topics or events of emerging interest.
- Utilize Client knowledge to evaluate potential foreign language media sources, conduct topical research, synthesize and summarize findings, and provide sourced, written reports in English.
- Adhere to Client style and translation standards to prepare all products.
- Efficiently leverage Client-specific tools and workflows.
- Meet deadlines, including same day.
What We're Looking For
- A High School Diploma and one year of relevant experience.
- Proficiency at least 3/3+ (ILR) level in Chinese; some positions may require 4/4+. Proficiency will be determined by standardized language exams which must be completed as part of the application process.
- Expertise related to the country and surrounding regions where Chinese is spoken natively.
- Subject matter expertise or education in international topics such as climate change, climate security, global health, politics, leadership, culture, religion, international relations, economics, energy, counter proliferation, cyber threats, emerging technologies, counter narcotics, military, science and technology, counter terrorism, or media of a particular country or region.
- Experience with open source research and support, product creation and dissemination, collection management and workflow support.
- Experience in open source social media collection, analysis, and exploitation.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, Excel, and Word.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to engage collaboratively and effectively in a virtual environment within a diverse team.
- Strong time and task management skills.
Nice to Have
- A Bachelor’s Degree.
- Experience supporting the Intelligence Community (IC).
Technical Stack
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates globally.
All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.
