Austronesian Language Field Research Assistant

ntu; Singapore; On-site; SGD 33,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

NTU's Linguistics and Multilingual Studies programme seeks a full-time Research Assistant to support a grant project on Austronesian languages in Southeast Asia. The role involves fieldwork coordination, transcription, data curation, and preparing outputs for archiving and dissemination.

The candidate will work with collaborators and community members, supervise junior assistants, and contribute to literature reviews and the preparation of project reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Linguistics or related field.
• Proficiency in English and Malay or Indonesian (written and spoken).
• Experience with linguistic annotation or related software is a plus.
• Familiarity with qualitative data collection and data management preferred.
• Strong understanding of research ethics and collaboration experience desirable.
• Entry-level candidates are welcome to apply.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate interview scheduling and manage consent procedures according to ethics.
• Transcribe, annotate, and process audio interviews using documentation software.
• Organise and secure project data including recordings, metadata, and fieldnotes.
• Support literature reviews and baseline grammatical descriptions for Malayo‑Polynesian languages.
• Supervise junior student assistants on tasks and workflows.
• Assist in preparing reports and community-facing dissemination materials.

Skills

Bachelor's degree in Linguistics

English

Malay/Indonesian

Linguistic annotation

Qualitative data collection

Research ethics

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Linguistics

Tools

FLEx

ELAN

Job description

NTU's Linguistics and Multilingual Studies programme seeks a full-time Research Assistant to support a grant project on Austronesian languages in Southeast Asia. The role involves fieldwork coordination, transcription, data curation, and preparing outputs for archiving and dissemination.

The candidate will work with collaborators and community members, supervise junior assistants, and contribute to literature reviews and the preparation of project reports.