Cultural Advisor - Mexico - Linguist

Consulting Services Group (CSG) is a premier provider of support services, bringing a new and unique level of subject matter expertise to our clients. Our innovation-led services provides comprehensive solutions to our clients who face high-stake challenges related to managing essential programs, growth and transformation, critical communications, and logistics. Our people bring unparalleled expertise and dedication, and we are always looking to expand our team.

Consulting Services Group (CSG) is hiring a Cultural Advisor with expertise in Mexico and Spanish (Mexican dialect) language fluency to join our project team. The candidate will support a broad variety of language-related tasks to include translation of documents, transcription of audio/video materials, and/or interpretation as required by the Program Manager and the customer.

We require a native or heritage-speaking Spanish (Mexican dialect) linguist and cultural expert. The ideal candidate has experience living in Mexico. The candidate will have an in-depth understanding of the cultural differences, nuances, customs, symbolism, mannerisms, and traditions of the various ethnic groups residing throughout Mexico, as well as a fundamental understanding of neighboring countries and cultures.

The candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to conduct unclassified research, evaluate, analyze, and provide recommendations on complex assignments to fuse multi-source products to satisfy a broad range of customer requirements within assigned areas of responsibility.

Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Analyze, assess, translate, and communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner both verbally and non-verbally.
  1. Documentation: draft requirements documents, correspondence, and standard operating procedures in accordance with local policies.
  2. Procedures and Processes: Provide explanations of complex technical procedures and processes clearly and accurately to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  3. Writing: Communicate effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
  4. Briefing: prepare and present briefings to military, government, and intelligence community stakeholders as directed.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in conducting open-source research to produce behavioral analysis of target audiences, social network analysis, and foreign media analysis to generate reports on trends, behaviors, and geopolitical events.
• Identify information operations opportunities and produce predictive recommendations.
• Evaluate unclassified critical and sensitive information to understand and characterize target audience behavior and trends.
• Conduct research to evaluate, analyze, and provide recommendations on complex assignments to fuse multi-source products to satisfy a broad range of customer requirements within assigned areas of responsibility.
• Conduct concurrent interpretation into, from, and between Spanish and English.
• Produce transcriptions of Spanish (Mexican dialect) audio and spoken media.

Education:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must hold an active Department of Defense Secret Clearance
• Candidate must possess highly developed English language skills.
• Native or heritage Spanish (Mexican dialect) speaker.
• Candidates will be tested on their language ability and must pass with a minimum Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) score level of 3/3/3 in all three modalities: reading, listening, and speaking. (Note: language proficiency will be verified via language testing.)
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree. Comparable experience acceptable (no less than 4 years).
• In-depth understanding of contemporary Mexican culture and society.
• Demonstrate previous experience in translation, transcription, and/or interpretation.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite of products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Notes)
• Must be able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

Required Skills:

• Excellent active listening and written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Native ability to read, write, and understand standard Spanish (Mexican dialect) grammar and writing style.
• Demonstrated ability to verbally communicate clearly and natively in the standard Spanish (Mexican dialect).
• Demonstrated ability to understand and interpret idiomatic expressions in standard Spanish (Mexican dialect).
• Must be able to use appropriate phrasing in their interpretation to successfully preserve the original meaning and intention of the standard Spanish (Mexican dialect) language.
• Must be able to analyze written and audio/visual materials, conduct research and analysis, organize data, prepare reports.
• Advanced understanding of how to organize data in Microsoft Excel. Must be skilled in understanding, developing or modifying and applying MS Excel formulas and functions (i.e., INDEX, INT, MOD).
• Assist content developers with content generation.
• Must possess strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.

Desired Skills:

• Recent experience living or working in Mexico.

Job location: Woodbridge VA, remote telework is not available.

Other:

Work Environment

• This is a temporary assignment position not to exceed 6 months tenure working normal workday hours, Monday to Friday, with weekends and holidays off.
• Work is performed in an office environment requiring the use of computer terminals and standard office equipment to accomplish work objectives.

Travel:

Compensation and Benefits:

We provide compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications.

We are proud of the benefits that we offer! In addition to a competitive salary, we provide no cost health, dental, and vision insurance options for our employees. Our paid time off is a generous accrual program with additional time off for sick leave for you or your dependents wellbeing and paid military leave. Our 14 holidays allow our staff the flexibility to take alternative days off throughout the year. Employees also benefit from a retirement plan with immediate match and vesting. Additionally, we offer life and disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and a rich employee referral program.

We are honored to have been recognized as a USA TODAY Top Workplace for 2025. The strong culture that we have built - one that prioritizes work life balance, employee appreciation, strong values, and meaningful work, contributes to an environment where CSG employees feel valued and supported.

Application:

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the application or interview process by reaching us at 540-751-3215.

Consulting Services Group, LLC is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. For more information, see Equal Employment Opportunity. We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job, therefore our job descriptions are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. Your experience helps build the competencies and knowledge that translates to our openings.