Job Description
Job Description
ASL Interpreter
Washington, DC
Looking for Part-Time and Full time employees.
Responsibilities:
- Provide accurate simultaneous ASL- English interpretation.
- Maintain adherence to the RID Code of Professional Conduct:
CPC - Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (rid.org) - Team professionally and provide peer mentorship to fellow interpreters at the site.
- Study clients' roles and vocabulary to get up to speed quickly in a fast-paced, highly technical environment requiring sensitive stakeholder management at all levels.
- Render services as part of a contract team supporting NAVSEA at the Washington Navy Yard (WNY). Occasionally provide services at other sites within 50 miles of WNY.
- Deliver support in-person and occasionally virtually, with potential for domestic and foreign travel.
Requirements:
- 7+ years of specialized interpreting experience in federal settings.
- 7+ years in staff interpreter roles, ongoing roles (2-5 days per week), or Designated interpreter roles for clients who hold management positions.
- 5+ years certified experience in technical environments.
- Strong ASL-to-English interpreting skills.
- Experience with solving complex ethical issues involving consideration of multiple issues and job areas
- US Citizen with Secret Security Clearance
Preferred:
- BA/BS or MA/MS Degree in ASL Interpretation
- Familiarity with and strong receptive skills for clients who use Signing Exact English (SEE).
- 7+ years of experience interpreting STEM content in cleared DoD settings.
Company DescriptionORBIS is an ISO 9001 certified, Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) with over 20 years of major Navy Program experience leading, delivering, and managing professional support services for NAVSEA, the Warfare centers and the Navy industrial enterprise. From our beginnings in the submarine program, we have grown to also support other DOD and Federal Government branches and a number of commercial customers. ORBIS provides capabilities encompassing the full DOD lifecycle of acquisition, program management, delivery, modernization, quality, audits and certification. Our CEO, Guy Mossman, has a long history with the submarine program and before starting ORBIS was the Executive Director for PEO SUBs. Unique for a small business and always part of the company vision, we operate a research and development laboratory in Charleston, SC, focused on Automated Test Equipment and related technologies. We leverage our extensive portfolio of engineering and technical support tasks to provide innovative, cost-effective, and on-time solutions that exceed the requirements of Government and Commercial customers.
Company Description
ORBIS is an ISO 9001 certified, Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) with over 20 years of major Navy Program experience leading, delivering, and managing professional support services for NAVSEA, the Warfare centers and the Navy industrial enterprise. From our beginnings in the submarine program, we have grown to also support other DOD and Federal Government branches and a number of commercial customers. ORBIS provides capabilities encompassing the full DOD lifecycle of acquisition, program management, delivery, modernization, quality, audits and certification. Our CEO, Guy Mossman, has a long history with the submarine program and before starting ORBIS was the Executive Director for PEO SUBs. Unique for a small business and always part of the company vision, we operate a research and development laboratory in Charleston, SC, focused on Automated Test Equipment and related technologies. We leverage our extensive portfolio of engineering and technical support tasks to provide innovative, cost-effective, and on-time solutions that exceed the requirements of Government and Commercial customers.