Jobs: Contract Opportunity - Indigenous Language Annotation Specialist (ELAN)

LINGUIST List 37.2533 Fri Jul 31 2026 Jobs: Cherokee; General Linguistics: Contract Opportunity – Indigenous Language Annotation Specialist, Kiwa Digital Ltd Editor for this issue: Valeriia Vyshnevetska Job Location: New Zealand Web Address: https://kiwadigital.com Job Title: Contract Opportunity – Indigenous Language Annotation Specialist (ELAN) Job Rank: Other Salary: Please quote contract rate Specialty Areas: General Linguistics Specialty Language(s): Cherokee (chr, cher1273) Other Specialties: Demonstrated experience using ELAN Experience annotating spoken language recordings Experience in language documentation, corpus development or linguistic research Description: We are an Indigenous-owned technology company working with Indigenous communities globally to support significant Indigenous language revitalisation initiatives. This project involves preparing, annotating and publishing a major archive of interviews with first-language speakers from one North American Indigenous group. These recordings will become enduring language resources that support teaching, learning, research and community access. We are seeking an experienced Language Annotation Specialist to join the pilot phase of this important work. Using ELAN, you will create high-quality, time-aligned annotations from recorded interviews with first language speakers. Your work will contribute directly to the preservation, accessibility and revitalisation of the language. The initial contract covers a pilot of twenty interviews and includes helping establish annotation conventions and workflows that will scale to a much larger archive. Creating time-aligned annotations using ELAN. Segmenting and annotating spoken language recordings. Working with translations already completed manually. Applying consistent annotation standards and conventions. Preparing metadata and undertaking quality assurance. Collaborating with linguists, language experts and the project team. Helping develop efficient, repeatable annotation workflows for a large-scale language documentation programme. Immediate availability required. Application Deadline: (Open until filled) Mailing Address for Applications: By email: [email protected] New Zealand Email Address for Applications: [email protected] Web Address for Applications: https://kiwadigital.com/ Contact Information: Jillian Rae Tattersall Email: [email protected] Phone: 0064 274789495 #J-18808-Ljbffr