Linguist Tajikistan Tajiki and Cultural Advisor - Camp Xiphos, Jordan - TS-SCI

Required Qualifications:

• Must possess a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years of experience, or a Master's degree and 6 years of experience. An additional 4 years will be accepted in lieu of the bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a researcher monitoring media and providing analysis of trends, political events, and geopolitical impacts.
• Must be of Tajikistan heritage who speaks/reads/writes Tajiki.
• Must have experience with Tajikistan target audience (males 18-36 years old) pop culture and associated social media technology.
• Previous experience with US Military forces in a direct supporting role to MISO/IO/IW/IRCs.
• Minimum of 5 years working or living within the CCMD AOR.
• A minimum of passing 4/4/4 testing scores both in English and Tajiki.
• Superior Tajiki reading, writing, and speaking skills.
• Ability to provide high quality presentations and work with small and large groups.
• Have an in depth understanding of the cultural differences, nuances, customs, symbolism, mannerisms, and traditions of the various ethnic groups residing throughout Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan).
• Excellent oral, written and electronic communication in English.
• Demonstrated capability to work with Microsoft Office applications, i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active DoW Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Must possess a valid U.S. Passport, not expiring within 1 Year.
• Must be fully eligible for Jordanian Visa.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Recent Native Cultural Experience - Tajikistan native.
• Language ability in another required language; Russian, Farsi, Uzbek, Arabic at the same levels.
• Experience with DOD/MIL Information Operations.
• Broad Experience as a media monitor/researcher for the DoW.

Peraton is seeking a Tajikistan Linguist and Cultural Advisor (CULAD) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals supporting a large program.

Location: On-site, Camp Xiphos, Jordan (Secure US Military Compound)

Role and Responsibilities:

• The Tajiki Linguist/CULAD will provide continuous monitoring, expert analysis, and assessment of global, regional, and tailored area geopolitical media and news sources.
• The position is an unaccompanied one-year assignment that can be extended by the customer and if elected by the individual chosen to provide support.
• Shift work may be required.

You will:

• Gather information on trends, behaviors, events and directed global developments to generate media synopsis reports and assessments of local geopolitics and foreign media discourse.
• Provide expert advice to DoD/MIL leadership of social media influence operations, draft policy, doctrine, decisions, trends concepts, and studies.
• Produce predictive recommendations and identify anticipated strategic communications opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop marketing and support communications plans.
• Monitor industry and technology trends in traditional, digital, social, mobile media.
• Use directed, or design research methods appropriate to pre-defined client criteria.
• Interpret and analyze oral and written source material such as classified reports, data, briefings and conversations.
• Provide cultural expertise in written or oral form in both native Tajik and U.S. English.
• Analyze data for coded patterns of information.
• Interpret data for information for a range of deductions encompassing breadth of subjects.