28.4728, Jobs: English; German; Swiss German; Spanish; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics: Sociolinguist / Discourse Analyst, Treato

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Subject: 28.4728, Jobs: English; German; Swiss German; Spanish; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics: Sociolinguist / Discourse Analyst, Treato

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Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:54:46
From: Pamela Batzel [pamelabatzel at hotmail.com]
Subject: English; German; Swiss German; Spanish; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics: Sociolinguist / Discourse Analyst, Treato

University or Organization: Treato 
Department: Consulting Services
Job Location: , USA (Telecommute)
Web Address: http://treato.com
Job Title: Sociolinguist, Discourse Analyst
Job Rank: Consultant; Researcher

Specialty Areas: Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Required Language(s): German (deu)
                      German, Swiss (gsw) 
                      Spanish (spa) 

Description:

Treato is seeking:

- German sociolinguists, Discourse analysts from Germany 
- Spanish sociolinguists, Discourse analysts from Spain

Applicants must be fluent in English. Applicants must also demonstrate how
their studies and their work fits within the realms of sociolinguistics and
discourse analysis. Please review the ad details below to further speak to how
your prior work and studies supports this work in submitting for this
consultative research position. 

A company that conducts discourse analyses of social media healthcare
discussions among patients and caregivers is looking for master’s and PhD
level linguists and rhetoricians with academic knowledge in sociolinguistics
and rhetorics to surface deep insights about patients’ experiences with their
illness, treatments, physicians and identity. Applicants should have knowledge
of the theories, tools and practices developed and used in discourse analysis.

Do you naturally attend to cognitive metaphors to discern relationship of
speaker to object? Do you find verb tenses ripe, providing insight into how a
person relates to time and why that’s important to understand their
relationship to time given their context? What does a specific in-use anaphora
reveal about the complex relationship between a person and their disease,
their symptoms or overall experience? What are your linguistic tools for
identifying agency? Who has agency? What has agency? What are the markers of
interagency relationships? Are you familiar with dialogism or concepts of a
speaker imagining even non-present listeners or projecting more than one type
of listener? How does this help you understand the complexity of a patient’s
experience?

We are looking for consultants who are interested in joining a team that
produces insightful reports for pharmaceutical partners in relatively short
runs (~ 6 weeks) and over months for longer engagements with multiple report
deliveries over time. The depth of insight requires expertise and our
timelines require flexibility and efficiency. Teamwork is a critical part of
our approach but having the ability to work independently is also an essential
attribute. 

While the depth of insights are founded on academic principles, the findings
must be geared towards clients who can take these insights and our
recommendations into the marketplace. That is, deep insights reported in plain
language. 

Analysis is comprised of both qualitative review but also ‘coding’ data in
Excel to ensure that the findings are supported by quantified findings.

Working with corpus-based software, such as concordance software, is
increasingly part of our approach and familiarity with such software is a plus
but not essential. 

As a consulting position, this project-by-project based engagement is an
opportunity to build your own consulting ‘gig’ as you work with us and other
non-competitive agencies or to build a resume with the potential for a
recommendation for full-time positions at other companies based on your
consulting work with us. 

Because projects must be completed in relatively short time periods,
consultants need to have at least 20-25 hours per week available for the
duration of a project.

Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: pamelab at treato.com 
Contact Information:
	VP, Consulting Services Pamela Batzel 
	Email: pamelab at treato.com 
	Phone: 2679072124 

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