Research Assistant (Polish Speaker)

Closing date: 04/03/2015

Reference: M&HS-07698

Faculty / Organisational unit: Medical & Human Sciences 

School / Directorate: School of Psychological Sciences 

Employment type: Fixed Term

Duration: Available from 01/04/2016 to 31/03/2018

Location: Oxford Road, Manchester

Salary: £25,769 to £29,847 per annum

Hours per week: Full time

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant position working on children’s acquisition of morphology and word order in Polish.

Based in the UK, you – a native or near native speaker of Polish – will regularly visit Poland in order to recruit and test children (aged 2-5 years) as part of a study investigating the acquisition of syntax and morphology.

You should have a first class or 2;1 honours degree or equivalent in psychology, cognitive science, linguistics or a related discipline and experience of working with 2-5 year old children, ideally in a research setting. An understanding of how word order and case marking operate in Polish is desirable.

This post offers the opportunity to join a thriving research group at the University of Manchester, and become a member of the new ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LuCiD), a multi-million pound collaboration between the Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Lancaster.

The aim of the project is to develop a better understanding of how children develop morphological productivity cross-linguistically. The post will involve constructing and carrying out experimental studies to test Polish children’s comprehension and production of morphology and word order to determine the effect of different kinds of language input on the process of developing productivity.

You will be based at the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester working with Prof. Elena Lieven and Dr. Anna Theakston, but the project involves collaboration with researchers across the LuCiD Centre.

Please note that if you do not have permission to work in the UK, the University of Manchester will not be able to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship for you to take up this position. All non EU/EEA candidates must have valid immigration status and/or a UK visa valid for the duration of the contract in order to be considered for this appointment.

The School of Psychological Sciences is committed to promoting equality and diversity, including the Athena SWAN charter for promoting women’s careers in STEMM subjects (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine) in higher education. The School received a Silver Award in 2015 for their commitment to the representation of women in the workplace and we particularly welcome applications from women for this post. Appointment will always be made on merit. For further information, please visit http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/about-us/athena/

Enquiries

Professor Elena Lieven, Professor of Psychology

Email: elena.lieven@manchester.ac.uk

Tel: 0161 275 2580

Or

Dr. Anna Theakston, Reader in Psychology

Email: anna.theakston@manchester.ac.uk

Tel: 0161 275 2600

Date of external posting: Wednesday 3 February 2016

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Further particulars

Further particulars including job description and person specification are available on the University of Manchester website – click on the ‘Apply’ button below to find out more.