LINGUIST List 22.3653 Mon Sep 19 2011 Jobs: Language Endangerment: Manager, Nat'l Museum of Natural History Editor for this issue: Christy Bird <christylinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Laurie Burgess , Language Endangerment: Program Manager, National Museum of Natural History, DC, USA Message 1: Language Endangerment: Program Manager, National Museum of Natural History, DC, USA Date: 19-Sep-2011 From: Laurie Burgess <burgessLsi.edu> Subject: Language Endangerment: Program Manager, National Museum of Natural History, DC, USA E-mail this message to a friend 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: burgessLsi.edu Contact Information: Associate Chair Laurie Burgess Email: burgessLsi.edu Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 19-Sep-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.