Position Title: Art Research officer
Activation Date: 01 March, 2017 Announced Date: 01 March, 2017 Expire Date: 15 March, 2017
| Job Location: | Kabul |
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| Nationality: | Afghan |
| Category: | Research |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
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| Vacancy Number: | 7 |
| No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
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| Organization: | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University (ACKU) |
| Years of Experience: | 2 years |
| Contract Duration: | 14 months |
| Gender: | Male/Female |
| Education: | • MA (Social Science and Art) with experience of textual analysis • Fluency in Pashtu and one Europe |
| Close date: | 2017-03-15 |
About Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University (ACKU):
he Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University (ACKU) is the premier library and research center in Afghanistan. ACKU was established in 1989 in Peshawar, Pakistan, as the ACBAR Resource and Information Centre (ARIC). Currently ACKU has over 130,000 books and manuscripts in Dari, Pashtu, English and other languages. ACKU is working to make as much of its collection available online as possible, through a digital repository linked to its online catalog. ACKU also runs an outreach program called ACKU Box Library Extension (ABLE) that provides libraries in a box to rural communities and high schools throughout the country. ABLE is the pioneer of box libraries in Afghanistan, aiming to enhance and encourage reading among people of all ages and abilities.
Job Description:
ACKU is the Afghan partner in an international migration research project with City University London, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). For the migrant culture strand of this project, ACKU is recruiting one researcher (Pashtu-speaking) for a period of 14 months. The researcher will be involved in all stages of the project, from finalizing the research design up through data collection to dissemination and publication. In addition to national languages, he should be fluent in one European language (English, French or German).
Job Requirements:
Job description
Refine research design
Review the literature relevant to migration and culture
Contribute to development of work plans, questionnaire, and field research guides
Data Collection:
Archival search at ACKU
Collection lyrics of popular songs and poetry
Interview poets and musicians
Conduct focus group discussions and in-depth interviews
Qualitative data analysis:
Content and Textual analysis
Writing up:
Co-author academic articles
Write and present conference papers
Prepare script for theatrical performance (in collaboration with Theatre department, Kabul University)
Co-author research monograph
Dissemination:
Organizing events and meeting with stakeholders
Present finding to media
Submission Guideline:
Candidates are requested to send a CV, a sample of written work and a cover letter explaining how they meet the requirement for the post to 15 March 2017. Incomplete or late applications will NOT be considered. Candidates will be asked to sit a written test, and if successful will be invited for interview. They will be expected to commence employment as soon as possible.
Submission Email:
applications@acku.edu.af
