Linguist Position – Northern Territory Department of Education and Training, Central Australia 6 month contract July-Dec 2011
The NT DET linguist is responsible for supporting Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachers working in Indigenous Language and Culture programs in remote and urban Central Australian schools. This involves travel to remote communities, organising and facilitating professional learning workshops, developing and managing language resources.
Applicants should have at least an honours degree in linguistics, sound understanding of the language situation in Central Australia and experience working with Indigenous people. Knowledge of one or more Central Australian language (Warlpiri, a Western Desert or Arandic language), experience supporting language in schools programs and/or EAL/D experience are desirable.
The position is Public Service Professional 3 level, the salary is above $90,000 pa.
Expressions of interest for the linguist position with NT DET, which will be advertised later in the term, can be sent to Samantha Disbray, samantha.disbray AT nt.gov.au
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