22.3653, Jobs: Language Endangerment: Manager, Nat'l Museum of Natural History

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Subject: 22.3653, Jobs: Language Endangerment: Manager, Nat'l Museum of Natural History

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Date: 19-Sep-2011
From: Laurie Burgess [burgessL at si.edu]
Subject: Language Endangerment: Program Manager, National Museum of Natural History, DC, USA
 

	
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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:00:57
From: Laurie Burgess [burgessL at si.edu]
Subject: Language Endangerment: Program Manager, National Museum of Natural History, DC, USA

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University or Organization: National Museum of Natural History 
Department: Department of Anthropology
Job Location: District of Columbia, USA 
Web Address: http://www.mnh.si.edu/
Job Rank: Program Manager  

Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics; Language Endangerment


Description:

Recovering Voices Program Manager (IS-301-12, $74,872)
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, 
Smithsonian Institution 

We are seeking a program manager for Recovering Voices, an 
interdisciplinary Smithsonian program that is working with communities to 
document and sustain endangered languages and knowledge. 

The Recovering Voices program manager, based at the National Museum of 
Natural History in Washington, DC, will be responsible for the overall 
management and administration of the program through planning projects, 
workshops, symposia, conferences, outreach (including website 
development), budget and fundraising/ development activities. In tandem with 
the Recovering Voices team, the program manager will create long-term 
partnerships with communities world-wide and will foster collaborations built 
upon community engagement. The Smithsonian's linguistic, pictorial, 
photographic, and film holdings of the National Anthropological Archives, the 
Film Archives and the museum's object collections are essential to this 
endeavor

The ideal candidate will have a background (Ph.D. preferred) in anthropology, 
linguistics, human geography or related fields, with an emphasis on 
interdisciplinary approaches to language endangerment or endangered 
knowledge systems. Experience in successful grant writing and/or fundraising 
is sought. Frequent domestic and international travel will be necessary. This 
position is a non-federal, two-year term, trust-funded position with benefits. In 
addition to the standard CV/resume data, please include three writing 
samples (e.g., grant proposals, journal articles), supervisor's name/phone 
number, starting/ending dates of jobs (mo./yr.), average number of hours 
worked per week, salary, country of citizenship, transcripts and whether we 
may contact your current supervisor.

Send your CV/resume to the application address or email address below.


Application Deadline: 14-Oct-2011 
Mailing Address for Applications: 
	Laurie Burgess, Associate Chair 
	Department of Anthropology 
	National Museum of Natural History 
	MRC 112, PO Box 37012 
	Washington, DC 20013-7012 
	USA  
Email Address for Applications: burgessL at si.edu 
Contact Information:
	Associate Chair Laurie Burgess 
	Email: burgessL at si.edu 






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