ELDP Director job

[Peter Austin]

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ELDP Programme Director job

The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) in the 
Department of Linguistics at SOAS is seeking to appoint a Programme Director 
to take responsibility for leadership of the documentation programme. ELDP 
provides grants to fund projects, fellowships and field trips on a global basis. 
ELDP is part of the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project (HRELP) funded 
by Arcadia Trust, and is managed by SOAS. Decisions about ELDP grant 
applications are made by an independent international review panel which 
typically meets once a year.

The successful applicant will have overall responsibility for ELDP, including:

– strategic planning
– day-to-day administration
– working with the programme administrator, independent panel chair and panel 
members
– managing the award of grants with a budget of up to £1.5 million each year
– maintaining and developing relationships with grant awardees

As part of the mission of HRELP, the successful applicant will be expected to 
engage in and promote outreach, community-building and training activities in 
language documentation throughout the world, and to work together with the 
Director of the Endangered Languages Academic Programme and the Director of 
the Endangered Languages Archive.

The position is for a fixed term until September 2016, starting in summer 2010, 
no later than September 2010. The salary range is £47,064 - £54,086 p.a. 
inclusive of London Allowance, and the closing date for applications is 7 
December 2009 (SOAS Vacancy 000107).

Enquiries about the position may be made to the Interim Programme Director, 
Peter Sells (sells at soas.ac.uk). For further information see the ELDP job web 
page (http://www.hrelp.org/jobs/), which has links to the SOAS jobs page 
where instructions to apply and a downloadable job description can be found. 
Interviews are provisionally scheduled for the week of 18 January 2010.

SOAS values diversity and aims to be an equal opportunities employer.