RESEARCH FELLOW/ LANGUAGE RESEARCHER/ RESEARCH ASSISTANT: 2 POSTS: Swahili / Koisan

MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY

STAFF VACANCY 

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APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FROM SUITABLY QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED PERSONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSTS:

RESEARCH FELLOW/ LANGUAGE RESEARCHER/ RESEARCH ASSISTANT: 2 POSTS: Swahili / Koisan

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following or closely related fields: (Research Assistant)

• Swahili/ Koisan Language and Literature
• Swahili/ Koisan Linguistics
• Applied Linguistics (with a focus on Swahili or Koisan)
• Swahili/ Koisan Studies
• Translation and Interpreting (with Swahili or Koisan)

Master’s Degree in: (Language Researcher)

• Swahili/ Koisan Linguistics
• Applied Linguistics (with focus on Swahili or Koisan)
• Comparative Linguistics
• Translation Studies (Swahili-English or Swahili-Indigenous Languages/ Koisan-English or Koisan-Indigenous Languages).

Language Proficiency:

• The candidates must demonstrate fluency in both spoken and written Swahili or Koisan.

For Research Fellows: A PhD in any of the above areas, especially with a focus on:

• Language Documentation
• Corpus Linguistics
• Language Policy or Planning
• Educational Technology for Language Learning

JOB DESCRIPTION

•  A Research Fellow/ Language Researcher/ Research Assistant/ carries out language consultancy and research for a particular language or portfolio in the Institute 
• Apart from research and consultancy, a Language Researcher/Research Assistant/Research Fellow is actively involved in the designing of innovative research proposals for submission to granting agencies to secure funds for the Institute. 
• A Research Fellow also supervises researchers and research assistants under his/her portfolio.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Carries out language research;
• Engages in language consultancy work in his/her portfolio;
• Recruits clients for tutorials and other language services in his/her area of specialisation;
• A Language Researcher supervises undergraduate research while a Research Fellow additionally supervises post-graduate research;
• Attends project, Institute or University committee meetings; and
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned by the Research Fellow in the respective portfolio or the Executive Director of the Institute in the case of a Research Fellow.

NB: Midlands State University is an equal opportunities employer.  In the interest of promoting gender parity, female candidates are encouraged to apply.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants must submit an application letter, certified copies of certificates, transcripts, national identification and Curriculum Vitae giving full personal particulars including full names, date of birth, qualifications, experience, present salary, date of availability, contact details, names and addresses of three referees addressed to the Deputy Registrar – Human Resource.

The application pack should be sent as a single merged pdf file to email address: academicrecruitment@staff.msu.ac.zw. The subject line should be labelled with the post being applied for.

The advert will remain open until the positions are filled. Note that only short-listed candidates will be communicated to. 

NB: Candidates who hold international qualifications are required to provide a ZIMCHE qualifications assessment report.