urgent Interpreter (Sign Language)

FAR Group has a requirement for a qualified candidate to obtain Virtual/Remote and
onsite/offsite 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 and Duties:
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.