Job Title
Ethnoarts SpecialistLocation
TanzaniaPosition Type
MemberJob Description
Works hands-on in a language community or cluster of language communities to encourage the useof local arts as part of language and community development programs.
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
● Survey and research the meanings and forms of a community's local arts.
● Help communities integrate their local arts into language and community development
programs.
● With local communities and other stakeholders, facilitate the creation and evaluation of
indigenous Christian songs, dances, drama, stories and other performances and visual arts,
in response to community goals and needs.
● Share what is learned with academic and other communities.
Education and Experience:
● Training by approved programs at Dallas International University (Center for Excellence in
World Arts) or Payap University, described at https://www.sil.org/training/arts-and-
ethnomusicology.
● Has experience working with a wide range of artistic disciplines, with special competence in
at least one.
● Previous multicultural experience helpful
● Further training to be determined
● Applicants must be able to communicate effectively in Swahili
Weekly Hours
40Skills Required
- Training through an approved program at Dallas International University or Payap University in arts and ethnomusicology
- Experience working across a wide range of artistic disciplines, with special competence in at least one
- Ability to communicate effectively in Swahili
- Previous multicultural experience
What We Do
An interdenominational, nonsectarian, 501(c)(3) tax‑exempt, nonprofit mission organization focused on Bible translation, serving as a catalyst in this movement.
