Have a vital front-line role, translating, transcribing and analysing information for customers both within and outside our organisation.

A variety of roles, depending on the languages you offer. You may work with other linguists and Intelligence Analysts, evaluating material to produce intelligence reports, or visiting London to confer with customers. Or you may work within our Joint Technical Language Service (JTLS) translating technical or specialist material for government customers if your initial application proves successful.

Language requirements do vary from year to year though we often have a requirement for African, Asian, Middle Eastern and Russian languages and occasionally European. A language degree is not essential provided you have a thorough knowledge equivalent to that provided by a degree. You should have a keen interest in current affairs and be prepared to retrain in new languages as the need arises.

Starting salaries presently range from £16,221 to £21,019 depending on experience and qualifications. However there are prospects of moving into higher valued pay ranges depending on skills and experience. Through time, you'll be eligible for promotion and move into the £18,879 to £24,464 range, or higher. In addition, performance related pay enables those who perform to a consistently high standard to benefit accordingly.

>Linguist Sponsorship:
We offer a small number of penultimate and/or final year sponsorship places to undergraduate students who have already completed the first year of their honours degree course. You must currently be studying for an honours degree in one or more African, Asian or Middle Eastern language.