Urgently Hiring / Interpreter (Sign Language) Services

FAR Group has a requirement for a qualified Interpreter (Sign Language) to provide onsite interpreting services for various meetings, training, etc. for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing employees in Rome, NY.

❖ Location:

325 Brooks Rd, Rome, NY 13441

❖ Responsibilities:

The Candidate shall provide interpretation services, to include interpreting consecutively from:
• Oral spoken English into signed English and American Sign Language (ASL),
• Pidgin sign English (PSE),
• Tactile (deaf and blind),
• Oral,
• Oral with sign or ASL (in reverse) back to oral English,
The Candidate shall perform interpretation services for DFAS Rome, NY throughout the facilities occupied by the Agency located at 325 Brooks Rd, Rome, NY 13441. Though the location specified above will be the primary place of performance, services may also be required for DFAS-sponsored events at offsite locations in Rome area, or in a federal virtual environment. Services will need to be performed in offices, training rooms, warehouses, auditoriums and conference rooms. The conditions may be hot, cold, dirty, dusty, noisy, and involve hazards of working around material handling equipment and operations.
Virtual Interpreting - All contractor personnel or any representative of the contractor performing
interpreting services shall need to connect securely to established DFAS Virtual environment in order to provide services. All contract interpreters will connect from a secure and private environment free of any visual and auditory distractions.
Candidate will occasionally require telephone access in order to dial into a bridge line or conference call to provide services and/or connect with team interpreter and consumer. Multiple technological devices (phone, laptop, videophone, tablet, etc.) shall be utilized to connect to virtual environment and provide services.
The Candidate shall perform services required under this PWS during the operating hours of the
Government activity. Typically normal operating hours for DFAS-Rome are defined as, but not limited to, 0600 to 1800 hours; Monday through Friday except Federal Holidays. On occasion, DFAS is required to operate on weekends as well as operate past 1800 hours.
Onsite Requests: Candidate interpreters must arrive no later than twenty (20) minutes prior to scheduled assignment to clear security.
Remote/Virtual Requests: Arrival time for remote/virtual requests will be provided upon request and may vary based on type of request, up to twenty (20) minutes. All Hands and open-invitation events may require the contractor to connect twenty (20) minutes prior to the scheduled assignment to ensure successful connection.

❖ Qualifications:

• Certification. All interpreters provided shall have a certification obtained from a recognized certifying organization. Certification for interpreter providers must be obtained from the Registry of Interpreters 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 must demonstrate fluency in expressive and receptive skills in oral spoken English into signed English and American Sign Language (ASL), Pidgin sign English (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.