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Are you interested in helping to preserve and revitalise our local language? The Guernsey Language Commission is recruiting to several posts. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our language, ensuring it is still alive in our community for generations.
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Language Commissioner
All Commissioners are expected to have some awareness of Guernesiais, and a commitment to its revitalisation. It is not expected that all Commissioners will be fluent speakers of the language, but some commitment to learning would be an advantage.
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The Commissioners will oversee:
- Language teaching and revitalisation
- Awareness raising
- Research, record and archive
- Fundraising
To apply, please send a covering letter, demonstrating why you would be excellent for this role, and a CV, no longer than two pages, to:
- By email: info@language.gg
- By phone: 01481 226518
- By post: Priaulx Library, Candie Road, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1UG
Deadline: Tuesday 11 April
Background
In September 2020, the States voted by a majority to support the Policy Letter 'Funding to Support the Guernsey Language' - and allocated £300,000 of additional funding to establish a Guernsey Language Commission with the mandate to 'first halt and then reverse the decline in the number of fluent speakers' and 'to sustain, develop and promote Guernesiais as a unique aspect of the island's culture, heritage and identify'.
There are four agreed core objectives:
- Raise awareness of Guernesiais and encourage participation, giving it a relevance to the present-day population and economy of the island.
- Facilitate the effective teaching of Guernesiais.
- Research, record and archive Guernesiais, ensuring that this vital piece of our heritage is not lost.
- Raise funding to enable the Commission to deliver its mandate
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