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Job details
Job reference
REQ02759
Application closing date
11/07/2019
Location
Colchester
Salary
£33,199 per annum, pro-rata (pay award pending)
Employment type
Fixed-term, part-time
Job category/type
Research
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Post-Doctoral Researcher in Linguistics, Department of Language and Linguistics
Job description
Department
The Department of Language and Linguistics (DLL) has 37 full-time academic members of staff and provides a broad spectrum of expertise in the study of language and in the practical teaching of modern foreign languages. Its core ambition is to offer students a transformative educational experience in these areas underpinned by high quality research.
The majority of research conducted in the department is rated 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent', placing us 8th among departments in the UK for research quality (REF 2014).
Our linguistics expertise covers Theoretical and Descriptive linguistics, Applied linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, TESOL and Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling. We offer a wide range of languages including French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese that can be taken at degree level from beginners to advanced levels following the Common European Languages Framework.
The Department is now seeking to appoint a fixed-term, post-doctoral researcher in Linguistics until 31 August 2021 as part of a British Academy Global Challenges Research Fund Project recently awarded to Prof Nancy Kula, Dr Tracey Costley and Dr Hannah Gibson.
Appointment to this post will be made as Senior Research Officer and will be referred to by this title throughout the remainder of the campaign.
Duties of the Role
The appointed candidate would work as part of a project team and be central in coordinating research activity with partners in Botswana, Tanzania and Zambia. The project includes collaborators in the three countries and involves investigating the role of multilingualism in enhancing the classroom experience of primary school learners with the goal of developing proposals feeding educational policy related to mediums of instruction.
Duties will include: to produce high quality research papers as well as contribute to developing a hub/resource bank for the project to curate other outputs such as blogs, discussion forums, open access research papers and teaching resources; to lead and be involved in the development of different data collection tools and methodologies to ensure quality data; to engage with policy makers and stakeholders as part of the project's activity to development policy recommendations; and to be involved in organising project workshops and contributing to the successful administration and management of the project.
A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found within the job pack.
Qualifications and Skills required
The candidate must hold a relevant doctoral level degree (PhD) in a related area of the project such as multilingualism, classroom language and literacy practices, language policy and practice or other related areas.
The appointed candidate must have an interest in working in sub-Saharan Africa and conducting research in the region jointly with collaborators. An interest in or experience of multilingual classrooms, literacy practices and language policy in any context is an ideal foundation and essential for the role. The candidate should also have experience or an interest in organising events targeted at non-academic audiences to engage wider audiences and as a way of disseminating some of the findings of the project. The project aims to develop ethnographic case studies requiring data collection in different formats including questionnaires, focus groups, interviews, participant observations in schools, and audio and video recorded data. This will directly feed into the creation a body of data which reflects language use in practice, as well as a broader narrative about the way in which speakers navigate multilingual spaces in both formal and informal contexts and how these findings can inform best practice in education and also feed into more effective dissemination of socio-economic policies of development. As such, experience with collecting and analysing varied datasets (both qualitative and quantitative) will be crucial for the successful candidate.
This could be an excellent opportunity for a recently qualified researcher, who is early in their career, looking to gain further experience in their preferred subject areas.
This is a part-time role for 25.2 hours per week, with an anticipated start date of 1 September 2019, or as soon as possible thereafter.
At the University of Essex internationalism is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally-oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries and a university where you can find the world in one place.
Please see the further detail link below for a full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role plus more information relating to the post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application. Applications should be made on-line, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please telephone the Resourcing Team (01206 876559).
*Further detail:
Senior Research Officer (ASR) job pack
*More information:
Working at the University
Job title
Post-Doctoral Researcher in Linguistics, Department of Language and Linguistics
Job reference
REQ02759
Application closing date
11/07/2019
Location
Colchester
Salary
£33,199 per annum, pro-rata (pay award pending)
Employment type
Fixed-term, part-time
Job category/type
Research
Attachments
Blank
Job description
Department
The Department of Language and Linguistics (DLL) has 37 full-time academic members of staff and provides a broad spectrum of expertise in the study of language and in the practical teaching of modern foreign languages. Its core ambition is to offer students a transformative educational experience in these areas underpinned by high quality research.
The majority of research conducted in the department is rated 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent', placing us 8th among departments in the UK for research quality (REF 2014).
Our linguistics expertise covers Theoretical and Descriptive linguistics, Applied linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, TESOL and Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling. We offer a wide range of languages including French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese that can be taken at degree level from beginners to advanced levels following the Common European Languages Framework.
The Department is now seeking to appoint a fixed-term, post-doctoral researcher in Linguistics until 31 August 2021 as part of a British Academy Global Challenges Research Fund Project recently awarded to Prof Nancy Kula, Dr Tracey Costley and Dr Hannah Gibson.
Appointment to this post will be made as Senior Research Officer and will be referred to by this title throughout the remainder of the campaign.
Duties of the Role
The appointed candidate would work as part of a project team and be central in coordinating research activity with partners in Botswana, Tanzania and Zambia. The project includes collaborators in the three countries and involves investigating the role of multilingualism in enhancing the classroom experience of primary school learners with the goal of developing proposals feeding educational policy related to mediums of instruction.
Duties will include: to produce high quality research papers as well as contribute to developing a hub/resource bank for the project to curate other outputs such as blogs, discussion forums, open access research papers and teaching resources; to lead and be involved in the development of different data collection tools and methodologies to ensure quality data; to engage with policy makers and stakeholders as part of the project's activity to development policy recommendations; and to be involved in organising project workshops and contributing to the successful administration and management of the project.
A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found within the job pack.
Qualifications and Skills required
The candidate must hold a relevant doctoral level degree (PhD) in a related area of the project such as multilingualism, classroom language and literacy practices, language policy and practice or other related areas.
The appointed candidate must have an interest in working in sub-Saharan Africa and conducting research in the region jointly with collaborators. An interest in or experience of multilingual classrooms, literacy practices and language policy in any context is an ideal foundation and essential for the role. The candidate should also have experience or an interest in organising events targeted at non-academic audiences to engage wider audiences and as a way of disseminating some of the findings of the project. The project aims to develop ethnographic case studies requiring data collection in different formats including questionnaires, focus groups, interviews, participant observations in schools, and audio and video recorded data. This will directly feed into the creation a body of data which reflects language use in practice, as well as a broader narrative about the way in which speakers navigate multilingual spaces in both formal and informal contexts and how these findings can inform best practice in education and also feed into more effective dissemination of socio-economic policies of development. As such, experience with collecting and analysing varied datasets (both qualitative and quantitative) will be crucial for the successful candidate.
This could be an excellent opportunity for a recently qualified researcher, who is early in their career, looking to gain further experience in their preferred subject areas.
This is a part-time role for 25.2 hours per week, with an anticipated start date of 1 September 2019, or as soon as possible thereafter.
At the University of Essex internationalism is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally-oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries and a university where you can find the world in one place.
Please see the further detail link below for a full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role plus more information relating to the post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application. Applications should be made on-line, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please telephone the Resourcing Team (01206 876559).
*Further detail:
Senior Research Officer (ASR) job pack
*More information:
Working at the University