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To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Joan Maling , General Linguistics: DEL Program Director, National Science Foundation, VA, USA Message 1: General Linguistics: DEL Program Director, National Science Foundation, VA, USA Date: 31-Oct-2011 From: Joan Maling <jmalingnsf.gov> Subject: General Linguistics: DEL Program Director, National Science Foundation, VA, USA E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: National Science Foundation Department: Documenting Endangered Languages Program Job Location: Virginia, USA Web Address: http://www.nsf.gov/ Job Rank: Program Director Specialty Areas: General Linguistics Description: The National Science Foundation is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as a Program Director in the Documenting Endangered Languages Program, in the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), within the Directorate for Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arlington, VA. Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) is a joint funding program of the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop and advance scientific and scholarly knowledge concerning endangered human languages. Made urgent by the imminent death of roughly half of the approximately 7000 currently used human languages, DEL seeks not only to acquire scientific data that will soon be unobtainable, but also to integrate, systemize, and make the resulting linguistic findings widely available by exploiting advances in information technology. As reflected in the new solicitation, the program focuses on language description, infrastructure, and computational methods. Candidates for this program officer position should have expertise in one or more of these areas of science. Because of this expertise, this candidate will also be expected to represent BCS in one or more cross-cutting activities that call upon cyberinfrastructure or computational approaches to science and education as appropriate to the candidates expertise. Duties: - Allocate program resources to maintain a balance of support to meet the field's needs - Take action on all proposals in a timely manner; - Maintain an effective merit review system and post-award action process - Participate in cross-cutting activities related to cyberinfrastructure, or the use of computational methods, within the Foundation and potentially across the federal government - Work cooperatively across the Division, Directorate, and Foundation, and with other agencies to accomplish the mission of NSF - Participate in interagency meetings, coordinating groups, special task groups, staff meetings, and site visits; - Assess trends and opportunities in the field with assistance of advisory panels - Pursue affirmative action and EEO goals in selection of reviewers, panelists, and grantees - Represent the program to the scientific community and the public - Establish contacts and maintain active involvement in the program field through participation in meetings and conferences and by undertaking other relevant activities; - Pursue a personal scholarly research agenda, with results presented at professional meetings and published in academic journals, as workload permits Qualifications Required: Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent experience directly related to linguistics; plus six or more years of successful research, research administration, and/or managerial experience pertinent to the program. In addition to above qualification, experience in language description, infrastructure, computational methods, cyberinfrastructure and cyber- capabilities is highly desired. How to apply: Applications and other materials should be transmitted electronically no later than midnight of the closing date to rotatornsf.gov. Please include the vacancy announcement number (BCS-2012-0004) and your country of citizenship in the subject line of the email. To see more details about the position and the application process, including the Applicant Survey Form and the NSF eRecruit Applicant Guide, please see the full announcement at: http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/301641100 Application Deadline: 30-Nov-2011 Email Address for Applications: rotatornsf.gov Contact Information: Courtney Starcher Email: cstarchensf.gov Phone: 703-292-4345 Fax: 703-292-9185 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 31-Oct-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.