Sanakirjatoimittaja, ruotsin kielenhuolto- ja sanakirjayksikkö - Opetushallitus - Helsinki, Suomi

The National Board of Education's department, the Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotus), is responsible for promoting the use of Finnish and Swedish in society by producing and disseminating information about these languages and their variation in Finnish culture and society. Kotus handles the maintenance of national languages, provides advice, and works on dictionary projects, conducting related research and monitoring the use and revitalization efforts of indigenous minority languages. We are seeking an expert, a dictionary editor, for the Swedish dialects dictionary (Ordbok över Finlands svenska folkmål). The position is fixed-term and is located within the Swedish language maintenance and dictionary unit. The fixed-term is based on external funding. The position begins on 1 July 2026 or as agreed and ends on 31 December 2036. The probation period is six months. Ordbok över Finlands svenska folkmål is a dialect dictionary primarily based on data collected between 1860 and 1970. The editorial work on the dictionary began in the early 1960s. Four printed volumes have been published. Since 2013, the dictionary has been available online at kaino.kotus.fi/fo. As a dictionary editor, you will prepare dictionary entries and handle other tasks related to the publication of Ordbok över Finlands svenska folkmål. Some tasks may be performed remotely.