Cultural Advisor

Job Title: Cultural Advisor

Job Category: Language Services

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type: Regular

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The Opportunity:

Join a team dedicated to advancing national security through innovative irregular warfare, intelligence, and operations expertise. CACI is seeking a Cultural Advisor to provide critical regional, cultural, linguistic, and socio-political expertise that enables mission partners to better understand, engage, and influence complex operational environments.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to operational planners, analysts, and leadership by providing deep insight into regional culture, political dynamics, social behavior, religious and ethnic influences, and information ecosystems. Your expertise will help shape Operations in the Information Environment (OIE), Irregular Warfare (IW), and strategic influence activities by ensuring operations are culturally informed, linguistically accurate, and tailored to effectively engage target audiences while minimizing unintended consequences.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on high-priority national security missions, collaborate with experienced professionals, and help shape operations through expert cultural insight and regional knowledge. Candidates who thrive in dynamic environments, possess exceptional analytical and communication skills, and are passionate about bridging cultural understanding with operational effectiveness will find rewarding opportunities for growth and mission impact at CACI.

Opportunities at the Journeyman and Senior Level

Responsibilities

• Advises and supports operational planners on Iranian culture, politics, social media, regime influence, religious groups, ethnic groups, and influential voices.

• Supports OIE and IW planning and execution (content development) by assessing cultural resonance, linguistic nuance, symbolism, and potential risk.

• Translates, interprets, transcribes, and analyzes oral and written materials, including reports, data, briefings, media, and conversations, to include collected information and/or intelligence 

• Advises on population characteristics/demographics and behavioral drivers to improve the effectiveness of OIE and IW and enable target audience analysis.

• Integrates cultural insights into operational assessments, helping planners and leadership understand shifts in perception, behavior, and narrative acceptance and to refine operations