Research Fellow / Language Researcher / Research Assistant at Midlands State University – Gweru
Employer: Midlands State University | Location: Gweru | Category: Science, Research & Development
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.
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.
Requirements & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following or closely related fields (for 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 (for 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: 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
- 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 (for 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: 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
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