Job: Director of the Academic Project on Endangered Languages, School of Oriental & African Studies, London - DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 5 JULY

[McGinnis, Scott]

With thanks to Louis Janus of LCTL-T at the University of Minnesota...

Dear Colleagues,
I would be grateful if you would circulate the job advertisement set out
below. A contact email address is given at the bottom of the advert for
anyone wishing to obtain the application form or further information. An
attachment to this email contains the job description, person
specification
and further particulars.
Yours,
Professor Graham Furniss
Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Cultures
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London


SOAS

DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMIC PROJECT
  ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES
(Vacancy No. 02-71)

Applications or nominations are invited for the post of Director of the
Academic Project on Endangered Languages which becomes available from 1
January 2003. The post commands a salary and benefits commensurate with
a
Senior Academic post that are competitive within Higher Education. Upon
appointment, the Director will hold a named Chair in Field Linguistics.

The Project is to be housed at SOAS, the leading European Centre for the
study of Asia and Africa. It is intended that the project will extend
the
description and documentation of endangered languages in the world
through
the establishment of research projects and through training programmes
aimed
at enhancing academic capacity to undertake such descriptions.

In addition, the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund will be providing
substantial sums over a ten-year period to an international committee
for
disbursements in the form of grants for the description and
documentation of
near extinct languages. The Director is expected to become a member of
this
committee.

Qualifications

SOAS is seeking an outstanding candidate who is:

*     an academic with an international reputation and with
relevant management
or leadership experience;

*     a first-class communicator;

*     an enthusiastic and effective researcher and leader.


The post will be on the professorial scale, commensurate with the
responsibilities.

Annual leave is 30 days per year plus statutory and bank holidays.  USS
pension scheme will be available.

An application form, further particulars and job description may be
obtained
from the Human Resources Department, School of Oriental and African
Studies,
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG (Tel: 020 7898 4134;
Fax:
020 7898 4129; E-mail address: humanresources at soas.ac.uk).  CV's will
only
be accepted when accompanied by an application form.

Closing date:   5 July 2002