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CLOSED - Research Support Assistants for transcription-checking and enhancement (Role 1) and support with annotation and collection-building (Role 2)
CLOSED - Research Support Assistants for transcription-checking and enhancement (Role 1) and support with annotation and collection-building (Role 2)
Role 1: Research Assistant - Transcription checking and enhancement - NOW CLOSED
Role 1: Research Assistant - Transcription checking and enhancement
Deadline: October 22nd
We are looking to recruit Research Assistants for our Brevit project (Breathing behaviour and non-lexical vocalisations in talk-in-interaction) to assist actively in our transcription checking and adjustment processes.
What we are looking for
What we are looking for
(E: essential, D: desirable)
First language speaker of English (E)
Experience with Praat (E)
Good ear for phonetic and sociolinguistic phenomena (E)
Familiarity with Jeffersonian transcription conventions (D)
Attention to detail (E)
Good organisational and communication skills (E)
An understanding of research ethics (E)
Willingness to learn (E)
Being proactive (E)
We welcome applications from current and recent PhD and Masters students; if you’re a current student please discuss your intention to apply with your supervisor first.
Timing and responsibilities
Timing and responsibilities
The role will involve:
Listening to 7 hours of audio-recorded data in detail
Checking and correcting existing automatic transcriptions in Praat
Adding missing non-lexical vocalisations (clicks, in/out-breaths, swallowing, particles, laughter) and silence duration to existing TextGrids, following a predetermined set of conventions.
Amending TextGrid boundaries
Identifying information to be anonymised
These duties are expected to run between late-October and mid-December 2026. Training will be provided. The role can be done remotely.
The candidates need to be registered with the University of York casual worker system (Dashboard).
The total number of hours estimated for the role will be 42, but the job can be shared between two or more RAs.
The rate will be £16.63/hour, plus holiday pay.
How to apply
How to apply
Please submit an updated CV (2 pages maximum) and a 250-word statement explaining your motivation to apply and how you meet the requirements of the role. Upload your documents on the form found in the “Join our team” section of the Brevit website, specifying which role you’re applying to, and ticking off the relevant boxes in the Skills and Experience section.
Role 2: Research Assistant - Annotation and support for collection-building
Role 2: Research Assistant - Annotation and support forcollection-building
Deadline 1: October 22nd
Deadline 2: tbc - later in the Autumn
We are looking to recruit Research Assistants for our Brevit project (Breathing behaviour and non-lexical vocalisations in talk-in-interaction) to assist actively in our annotation and collection-building processes.
What we are looking for
What we are looking for
(E: essential, D: desirable)
Knowledge of Conversation Analysis (E)
Experience with Praat and ELAN (E)
Good ear for phonetic phenomena (D)
Familiarity with Jeffersonian transcription conventions (E)
Attention to detail (E)
Good organisational and communication skills (E)
An understanding of research ethics (El)
Willingness to learn (E)
Being proactive (E)
We welcome applications from current and recent PhD and Masters students; if you’re a current student please discuss your intention to apply with your supervisor first.
Timing and responsibilities
Timing and responsibilities
The role will involve:
Working on 7 hours of video-recorded data in detail
Identifying specific conversation-analytic phenomena (e.g. breathing practices in pre-beginning, mid-turn, and post-completion position; laughter, sighs, gasps; types of overlap, types of repair; types of action sequences)
Using a pre-determined scheme on ELAN to annotate and signpost phenomena
These duties are expected to run between December 2026 and February 2027. Training will be provided. The role can be done remotely.
The candidates need to be registered with the University of York casual worker system.
The weekly average number of hours estimated for the role will be 8-10, but the job can be shared.
The rate will be £16.63/hour, plus holiday pay.
How to apply
How to apply
Please submit an updated CV (2 pages maximum) and a 250-word statement explaining your motivation to apply and how you meet the requirements of the role. Upload your documents on the form found in the “Join our team” section of the Brevit website, specifying which role you’re applying to, and ticking off the relevant boxes in the Skills and Experience section.
Application Form
Application Form
CLOSED - Research Support Assistant for data collection
CLOSED - Research Support Assistant for data collection
(Deadline: June 1st, 2026)
(Deadline: June 1st, 2026)
CLOSED - Research Support Assistant for data collection
CLOSED - Research Support Assistant for data collection
Role description
Role description
We are looking to recruit three Research Assistants for our Brevit project (Breathing behaviour and non-lexical vocalisations in talk-in-interaction) to assist actively in our data collection process at York. RAs will be expected to engage in the following tasks:
Help to recruit participants and to communicate with them once recruited
Manage administrative processes during and after the data collection sessions (consent forms, checklists, appointments)
Help with setting up the experiment (cameras, microphones, breathing belts, tracking software, furniture)
Help with managing the data after collection
What we are looking for
What we are looking for
You will have:
Good organisational and communication skills (essential)
An understanding of research ethics (essential)
Willingness to learn (essential)
Being proactive (essential)
Ability to work in a small team (essential)
Experience of following experimental protocols closely, setting up audio and video equipment are not essential, but desirable. We welcome applications from PhD and Masters students; please discuss your intention to apply with your supervisor first.
Depending on experience, the appointed RAs may be considered for roles in data management and transcription and annotation later in the project.
Timing and responsibilities
Timing and responsibilities
The data collection duties are expected to run between June and September. The exact data collection dates and shifts will be arranged according to participant availability, but we will need RAs to collect data between July 6th and August 14th, and then from August 24th to September 4th in the first instance. Training for the experimental set-up will be provided in the second half of June.
You will need to work in person on campus, i.e. remote working is not possible.
The minimum number of hours estimated for the role will be 30.
The rate will be £16.63/hour, plus holiday pay.
How to apply
How to apply
Please submit an updated CV (2 pages maximum) and a 250-word statement explaining your motivation to apply and how you meet the requirements of the role. Please also specify in your application if you will be away on any specific period between June and October. Upload your documents on the form found in this section of our website. Deadline: June 1st, noon.
If shortlisted, you will be invited to attend a short interview on Zoom.
Questions
Questions
For any informal queries, please contact lls-brevit-project@york.ac.uk
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