Linguist (Tajikistan Tajiki) and Cultural Advisor (CULAD)

Overview

Linguist (Tajikistan Tajiki) and Cultural Advisor (CULAD) Jobs in Souf camp, Jarash, Jordan at Strategic Resilience Group LLC

Title: Linguist (Tajikistan Tajiki) and Cultural Advisor (CULAD)

Company: Strategic Resilience Group LLC

Location: Souf camp, Jarash, Jordan

Position Responsibilities

• Provide Tajiki translation, interpretation, transcription, and quality control across written, audio, and digital media.
• Conduct foreign media monitoring and produce clear, concise outputs such as: Daily/weekly summaries and trend reports Narrative and sentiment observations Key influencer and topic tracking Situational and geopolitical media assessments
• Provide cultural advisement to improve accuracy of interpretation, intent, nuance, and audience relevance.
• Support mission activities tied to MISO, IO, IW, and Information Related Capabilities (IRCs) by enabling culturally accurate understanding and reporting.
• Maintain product traceability and documentation in mission workflows and tools, following program security and handling requirements.
• Participate in briefings, working groups, and team coordination sessions as a language and cultural subject matter expert.

Required Qualifications

• Native heritage or near-native Tajiki capability with demonstrated ability to speak, read, and write at a professional level.
• Demonstrated proficiency equivalent to 4/4/4 in English and Tajiki (DLPT/OPI/ILR documentation preferred; testing may be required).
• Minimum 5 years of media monitoring and analysis experience (foreign media, social media, geopolitics, trends, political narratives).
• Experience supporting U.S. government or military environments tied to MISO, IO, IW, or IRCs.
• Minimum 5 years living and/or working in a CCMD AOR relevant to the mission.
• Ability to perform in a deployed environment, including unaccompanied living, shift work, and high operational tempo.
• Strong writing skills with the ability to produce structured, timely reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior deployed experience supporting information environment activities, audience research, or narrative analysis.
• Familiarity with target audience analysis and youth demographic trends (including digital culture and social media behaviors).
• Additional language capability (bonus): Russian, Dari, Farsi, Pashto, Uzbek.
• Prior experience briefing findings to operational teams or producing recurring intelligence-style reporting.