Asl Interpreter

Job Title: ASL Interpreters
Location: The primary place of performance is Joint Base Lewis-McChord  (JBLM):  62nd Airlift Wing  100 Col Joe Jackson Blvd, Ste. 3006  Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98438
Company: Sanford Federal, Inc. 
Job Description/Scope of Work: The purpose of this contract is to obtain onsite interpreting services for various meetings, training, etc. for the deaf and hard of hearing employee (herein after referred to as deaf) at McChord Field, JBLM, WA. Services include interpreting consecutively from Oral spoken English into signed English and ASL, PSE to oral English, Tactile (deaf and blind) to oral English, from oral with sign or ASL (in reverse) back into oral English.
Responsibilities:
Sanford Federal, Inc.  is seekingan ASL Interpreter to lead a federal contract. 
The candidate shall: Provide onsite or offsite interpreting service to one individual at the 62 AW, McChord Field, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, that needs interpretation services for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week (not to exceed 40 hours a week) to include interpreting consecutively from:

• Interpret oral spoken English into signed English and American Sign Language (ASL).
• Interpret Pidgin sign English (PSE) into oral English.
• Interpret Tactile (deaf and blind) into oral English.
• Interpret oral English with sign or ASL (in reverse) back into oral English.

Normal workdays are eight (8) hours per day, Monday through Friday, except US Federal Holidays. The candidate shall be prepared to support a normal work week of 40 hours per week. Core hours of work are from 0900 to 1500 daily.  Personnel shall be available during these core hours except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. Services may be required on an ad hoc basis during non-duty hours or an off-base duty location.  In these instances, the Government will provide advance notice as soon as practical to facilitate contractor scheduling for a 40-hour work week.   
Base Period:  1 March 2024 - 28 February 2025
Qualifications:

• All interpreters shall have a certification obtained from a recognized certifying organization and Certification for interpreter providers must be obtained from the Registry of National Interpreters Certification for the Deaf (NIC, NIC Advanced, NIC Master, CI, CT, CI / CT or CSC) or the National Association of the Deaf (NAD I, NAD II, NAD III, NAD IV and NAD V.)
• Special Qualifications. Interpreters shall have two years of experience in expressive and receptive skills in oral spoken English into signed English and ASL, PSE, tactile (deaf and blind), oral, oral with sign or ASL (in reverse) back to oral English; ability to accurately interpret in a variety of settings; and ability to keep pace with communications in conferences, meetings, seminars, training classes, etc.
• Interpreters must possess a high level of language proficiency in English and sign language and must be able to demonstrate that they can render spoken discourse accurately from English into sign language and from sign language into spoken English, and as appropriate, perform interpretations in the simultaneous, as well as consecutive modes and/or render sight translations with a high degree of accuracy.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Sanford Federal is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
If successfully offered employment you must be able to submit proof of eligibility to perform services in the United States, where work is contracted.  “Our company participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee’s Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment eligibility.”
 

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