Communications Officer

Faclair na Gàidhlig is an inter-university initiative, led by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig - the National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture - to produce a historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic comparable to those already available for Scots and English. The initiative is a collaboration between Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and the Universities of Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Strathclyde.
We are currently recruiting a communications officer to join the team and play a key role in supporting Faclair na Gàidhlig’s external communications and outreach.

You will have a good honours degree (at least a 2:1) in Communications or a related field, or demonstrable equivalent. You will be a team player with the ability to work on your own and you will have an analytical mindset and meticulous attention to detail. You will have work experience in a Gaelic organisation and be proficient in both written and spoken Scottish Gaelic.

Salary: £30,380 pro rata (24.5 hours per week)

Term: Immediate start available. Funding is available until 31 March 2026, with extension dependent on funding
Base: Negotiable. Occasional visits to the Centre’s base at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye will be necessary.

Closing date: Tuesday 9th September 2025 at 5pm.

Applications: For further information and an application form, please contact Sharon Pearson, Centre Manager at sp1.smo@uhi.ac.uk

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’S e iomairt nàiseanta, eadar-oilthighe a tha ann am Faclair na Gàidhlig air a stiùireadh le Sabhal Mòr Ostaig – Ionad Nàiseanta Cànan is Cultar na Gàidhlig – airson faclair eachdraidheil a chruthachadh do Ghàidhlig na h-Alba coltach riuthasan a tha ann mar-thà do dh’Albais agus do Bheurla. Tha an iomairt na com-pàirteachadh eadar Sabhal Mòr Ostaig agus Oilthighean Ghlaschu, Obar Dheathain, Dhùn Èideann agus Shrath Chluaidh.
Tha sinn an-dràsta a’ trusadh oifigear conaltraidh airson an sgioba aig am bi ròl cudromach ann a bhith a’ dèiligeadh ri conaltradh air an taobh a-muigh agus for-ruigheachd Fhaclair na Gàidhlig.

Bidh deagh cheum le urram agad (aig 2:1 co-dhiù) ann an Conaltradh no cuspair co-cheangailte ris, no bidh teisteanas/eòlas co-ionnan eile agad. Bidh thu comasach air obair ann an sgioba no gu neo-eisimeileach, agus bidh thu cleachdte ri obair sgrùdaidh agus ri dlùth-aire a thoirt air nithean mionaideach. Bidh eòlas agad air obair ann an eagrachadh Gàidhlig agus bidh thu sgileil an dà chuid ann an sgrìobhadh agus labhairt na Gàidhlig.
Tuarastal: £30,380 pro rata (24.5 uair a thìde gach seachdain)

Teirm: Faodar tòiseachadh sa bhad. Tha maoineachadh ri fhaotainn gu 31 Màrt 2026, agus sìneadh an crochadh air maoineachadh a bharrachd
Àite-obrach: Ri cho-rèiteachadh. Bidh feum air cuairt a thoirt bho àm gu àm gu Ionad an Fhaclair ann an Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, san Eilean Sgitheanach.

Ceann-là dùnaidh: Dimàirt 9 Sultain 2025 at 5f.

Iarrtasan: Airson pasgan iarrtais, a’ gabhail a-steach foirm iarrtais, cuiribh fios gu Sharon Pearson, Manaidsear an Ionaid, aig sp1.smo@uhi.ac.uk

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