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Mandarin Linguist
Job Description
Mandarin Linguist The Mission Essential Group, LLC United States, Texas, San Benito Sep 01, 2026
Position:
Mandarin Chinese Location:
San Benito, TX Language Requirement:
2+IRL level
Salary:
$65,000 - $75,000
•If you are not local and wish to support, we will provide a flight and rental car. Some meals and incidentals are also available!
Position Description:
We are excited to announce new opportunities supporting the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services I (HHS I) in providing critical
language services to unaccompanied minors in refugee programs. We are seeking linguists
who speaks Mandarin at an Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Level 2 + or
higher.
About ILR levels:
The Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale is the U.S. government standard
for measuring language proficiency. It ranges from Level 0 (No Proficiency) to
Level 5 (Native or Bilingual Proficiency). ILR Level 2+ ("Professional
Working Proficiency") indicates that a linguist can speak, understand, read, and write
the language with sufficient accuracy and fluency to participate
effectively in most conversations on practical, social, and some
professional topics.
Position Overview:
Linguists will provide accurate, impartial, and confidential interpretation and
translation services at ILR Level 2+ proficiency or higher to support
communication between Care Staff, unaccompanied children (UC), unaccompanied
minors (UAM), and unaccompanied refugee minors (URM). Linguists serve as Communication
Liaisons to ensure all parties can fully understand one another in a
variety of settings.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide in-person, onsite
interpretation at Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) programs and
service locations (preferred).
Deliver remote interpretation
services via telephone, videoconference, or other virtual means as needed,
including availability for 24/7 requests.
Facilitate communication of
important deadlines, instructions, questions, and other information
between Care Staff and
UC/UAM/URM
in their native or preferred language.
Assist
UC/UAM/URM
in expressing
concerns, questions, or needs when they are not fluent or comfortable
communicating in English or the language spoken by Care Staff.
Demonstrate a high-level of
professional judgment, based on the candidate's own experience and
language proficiency, to mitigate language barriers and ensure effective
communication between Care Staff and a UC, UAM or URM.
Support the orientation of
UC/UAM/URM
to available community resources through interpretation and
translation.
Translate documents from English
to the preferred language and vice versa, and occasionally from other
source languages, as required.
Help Care Staff build rapport and
understand the cultural context of the populations served; while linguists
are not substitutes for case managers or clinicians, they play a vital
role in establishing a cultural bridge and alleviating stress for the children.
Requirements:
ILR Level 2+ proficiency in both English (listening and
speaking) and the target language (listening, speaking, reading, and
writing) whether obtained through either a specialized academic degree or
a combination of experience/education.
Successful completion of a Tier
2 background check; no security clearance required.
Consistent exercise of discretion
and judgment and advanced knowledge in the field of linguistics.
The linguist is expected to apply
advanced language skills, cultural expertise, and professional judgment to
facilitate communication in sensitive and complex situations.
The work requires autonomy,
decision-making, and a high degree of responsibility in managing language
services to meet the needs of ORR programs and the vulnerable populations
served.