The KACE Company, LLC Is Hiring A Thai Linguist

Join KACE as a Remote Thai Linguist 🗣️🇹🇭

We are seeking a dedicated Thai Linguist to support law enforcement efforts through real-time and recorded transcription work. This role offers flexibility, purpose, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact from anywhere.

Position Details

• Location: Remote
• Security Clearance: Public Trust (or ability to obtain)
• Schedule: As-needed, part-time with up to 40 hours per week when assigned to projects
• Classification: Non-exempt (eligible for overtime)
• Hourly Rate: $40.00

About KACE

✨ When you decide to join KACE, you're partnering with talented professionals united by a shared purpose: making a difference. Our team brings diverse talents to critical projects that shape the nation’s safety, security, and quality of life.

🌟 The KACE Way embodies purpose-driven, forward-thinking, open-minded, trustworthy, and invested individuals. Our commitment to employees, customers, and communities defines us.

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Job Summary

Our Thai Linguists perform real-time and recorded transcription from Thai to English in support of sensitive law enforcement activities. Your work will ensure accurate, court-ready documentation, decoding colloquialisms, slang, and coded language, and communicating pertinent information effectively to law enforcement personnel.

This role involves transcribing source documents and recordings from various formats, including digital media, audio, and video. It’s suited for linguists and interpreters comfortable working in a fast-paced environment that values accuracy, attention to detail, and clarity.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• 🎧 Listen to live or recorded Thai communications and produce verbal and written transcriptions as required.
• 🗣️ Communicate essential information to law enforcement in a timely manner during live monitoring.
• 📚 Build and maintain a master list of slang terms and codes specific to the project or case.
• 🎙️ Build and manage a voice library throughout the project.
• 📝 Transcribe and translate calls and documents as assigned, ensuring accuracy and clarity.
• 📃 Produce court-ready transcriptions that are well-formatted and complete.
• 🔧 Utilize project-specific reference tools to maintain consistency and accuracy.
• ⏱️ Transcribe a minimum of 16 minutes of conversation per 8-hour workday, adhering to quality standards.
• 💻 Operate specialized government software and equipment (e.g., JSI voice box, Pen-link, Comverse).
• 📈 Maintain a daily productivity log according to project requirements.
• 🔄 Perform related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications & Skills

• 🎓 High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 📝 At least one (1) year of translation experience in Thai.
• 🇹🇭 Deep knowledge of Thai colloquialisms, slang, and regional expressions.
• 💬 Familiarity with SMS shorthand, social media slang, and web chat terminology.
• 📝 Excellent written and verbal skills in Thai and English, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• 🧮 Must score 3 or higher on third-party language assessments in Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing in both languages.
• 💻 Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• ⚡ Ability to work under pressure, prioritize tasks, and communicate effectively with management and law enforcement.
• ⌨️ Ability to type at least 45 words per minute.

Security & Background Investigation

• 🔒 Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance.
• ✅ Favorable credit check if applicable.
• 🔍 Successful completion of background investigation and drug screening.
• 🇺🇸 U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident.
• 🗺️ Residency in the U.S. for at least 3 of the past 5 years.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• 🚶‍♂️ Mobility to attend meetings and perform essential functions.
• 🔝 Climbing, stooping, and kneeling: 0-10% of the time.
• 🏋️ Lifting, pulling, pushing: 0-10% of the time.
• ✍️ Fingering, grasping, feeling: Extended periods of typing, writing, and phone use.
• 🪑 Sitting for prolonged periods during call monitoring and transcription activities, with occasional desk breaks.

Additional Information

This job description reflects management’s essential functions; duties may evolve without notice. For more about KACE, visit our website.

Equal Opportunity Statement: KACE is committed to diversity and equality, providing reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities. For accommodation inquiries, contact recruiting@kacecompany.com.

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