Linguist (Spanish Mexican & Urban English)

Location: Otay Mesa/San Diego, Charlotte, Johnstown, Colton, Greenville, Milwaukee, or Buffalo, United States; travel to client sites is required. As-needed part-time assignments may include day and night shifts, weekends, and holidays.

Salary: $28.73 per hour; non-exempt and eligible for overtime.

Company

hirify.global delivers technology-enabled mission services supporting public health, public safety, national security, and complex government operations.

What you will do

• Listen to live or recorded Spanish and Urban English communications and produce verbal synopses, written synopses, transcriptions, and translations.
• Communicate pertinent information to law enforcement personnel during live monitoring.
• Identify, decode, and document colloquialisms, slang, coded language, SMS shorthand, social media terminology, and web chat communications.
• Build and maintain project-specific slang, code, and voice libraries.
• Produce accurate, complete, clearly formatted, court-ready transcriptions of calls, chats, and documents.
• Operate government-provided communications-collection software and equipment, maintain productivity logs, and transcribe at least 16 minutes of recorded conversation during an 8-hour day.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least one year of translation experience in the required language.
• Knowledge of Mexican Spanish and Urban English colloquialisms, slang, and regional expressions.
• Excellent verbal and written skills in the target language, including accurate grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Ability to score 3 or better on a third-party English and Spanish assessment covering listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to work under pressure, communicate effectively with management and law enforcement personnel, prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and work in a team environment.
• Ability to take technical direction and incorporate feedback from multiple sources.
• Typing speed of at least 45 words per minute.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust eligibility, pass applicable credit and background investigations, and complete drug screening.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and must have lived in the United States for 3 of the past 5 years.
• Ability to attend meetings, write, type, use a telephone system for extended periods, and sit for prolonged periods during monitoring and translation activities.

Culture & Benefits

• Part-time, as-needed essential services work contingent on available projects.
• Assignments continue through project completion and may reach up to 40 hours per week when assigned.
• Work supports sensitive law enforcement and government missions.
• Non-exempt classification with overtime eligibility.