Research Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to contribute to a project - LEACAN project - working with the Principal Investigator (PI) / Director of DASG Professor Rob Ó Maolalaigh in Celtic & Gaelic.  The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to Gaelic corpus linguistic research and the publication of online grammatical and orthographical guidance and submission of research proposals as well as help manage and direct this exciting project as opportunities allow.

Candidates should have specialist and practical knowledge of Scottish Gaelic, as well as comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of Gaelic grammar and orthography.

This post is part time (10.5 hours per week) and open ended with funding available up to 23^rd August 2028.

Please contact Professor Rob O Maolalaigh, roibeard.omaolalaigh@glasgow.ac.uk, with any informal enquiries relating to the post.

For further information on the College of Arts & Humanities, School of Humanities, please visit https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/

For more information and to apply online: https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-assistant-64

Closing date: 26^th October 2025 at 23:45

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/.

In line with the commitments in the University of Glasgow’s Gaelic Language Plan, we also welcome and value skills in Gaelic language for anyone working within areas where key Gaelic services are delivered, in particular within the School of Humanities / Sgoil nan Daonnachdan and the College of Arts.

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