{"id":33298,"date":"2026-04-04T08:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/language-researcher-deputy-vice-chancellor-research-innovation-commercialisation-executive-director-student\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T00:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:24:20","slug":"language-researcher-deputy-vice-chancellor-research-innovation-commercialisation-executive-director-student","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=33298","title":{"rendered":"Language Researcher \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research, Innovation &amp; Commercialisation \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Executive Director: Student Services Five (5) Year Fixed-Term Appointment \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Executive Director: Human Resources ( 5 Year Fixed-Term) \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Dean and Head of School: School of Commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>The language Researcher shall have excellent communicative skills in both English and isiZulu. She\/he shall have excellent writing skills in both English and isiZulu.<\/p>\n<p>Job description<\/p>\n<p>She\/he will:<\/p>\n<p>\tDevelop critical research tools and manuals to enable the collection, collation and storage of data for corpus and terminology developments<br \/>\n\tProvide critical data analysis and development of reports on all ULPDO projects<br \/>\n\tDevelop research on language policy and planning within the South African context<br \/>\n\tOrganise fieldwork, workshops, seminars, colloquia on corpus and terminology development, language policy in higher education, and the intellectualisation of African indigenous languages<br \/>\n\tPublish articles on language policy and language development in DoHET accredited journals commensurate with his\/her grade<\/p>\n<p>Minimum requirements<\/p>\n<p>\tMA Degree or Equivalent: African Languages, Language Practice, Language Research and Linguistics<br \/>\n\tKnowledge in Research, Language Policy and Planning<br \/>\n\tKnowledge in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, Access, etc<br \/>\n\tMinimum of 2 years relevant work experience<\/p>\n<p>Advantages:<\/p>\n<p>\tPhD studies in African languages, Language Practice, Language Planning\/Sociolinguistics or Linguistics<\/p>\n<p>Apply by:\u00a010 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>go to method of application \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website ( N \/ A ) or<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"","_company_name":"University of Kwazulu Natal","_company_website":"http:\/\/N%20\/%20A","_company_tagline":"The University of KwaZulu-Natal is a university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville.","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[16],"job-types":[12],"class_list":["post-33298","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-expired","hentry","job_listing_region-kwazulu-natal","job-type-full-time"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/33298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=33298"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=33298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}