Multilingual Literacy Data Scientist

Click Learning; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

An educational non-profit organization in South Africa seeks a Researcher to enhance language and literacy assessments. The role involves refining assessments, conducting quantitative analyses, and contributing to program improvements. Ideal candidates will have a Master's degree in Linguistics or a related field and experience in corpus linguistics. The position offers remote work during the first year, transitioning to a hybrid model. Join us in transforming education.

Benefits

Learning opportunities

Dynamic impact-focused team

Remote work offered in Year 1

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (advantage PhD in progress/completed) in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Measurement, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience in corpus linguistics—building or cleaning corpora.
• Highly skilled in quantitative research methods with proficiency in R or Python.

Responsibilities

• Refine literacy, language, and numeracy assessments.
• Perform quantitative analysis and measurement.
• Contribute to Click-wide dissemination and collaboration.

Skills

Quantitative research methods

Corpus linguistics

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Linguistics or related field

Tools

R

Python

Job description

An educational non-profit organization in South Africa seeks a Researcher to enhance language and literacy assessments. The role involves refining assessments, conducting quantitative analyses, and contributing to program improvements. Ideal candidates will have a Master's degree in Linguistics or a related field and experience in corpus linguistics. The position offers remote work during the first year, transitioning to a hybrid model. Join us in transforming education.