Research Associate

We are looking for a Research Associate to join the Cardiff NLP team in the School of Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University.

In this role, you will:

• Be actively involved and leading Natural Language Processing (NLP) research projects, particularly related to language understanding or in the intersection of computational social science and NLP.
• Be involved in the Cardiff NLP group (https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/explore/research-units/natural-language-processing) and be part of the community.
• Be part of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project led by Jose Camacho-Collados, and benefit from funding to attend conferences and optionally to have research visits in partner institutions.

We’d like to hear from you if you:

• Have experience in NLP or related areas, with a strong research portfolio or relevant experience in practical projects outside academia.
• Are interested in multi-disciplinary collaborations around NLP and language models.
• Have experience in one of the topics relevant to the project, including, but not limited to, language understanding, machine learning or computational social science.

We can offer you the chance to work in a vibrant organisation, with great benefits and opportunities for progression. We are a proud Living Wage supporter.

This role is eligible to be offered on a blended working basis, meaning that as well as spending time working on campus you may spend some time working from another location, e.g. your home. The University is committed to offering this flexibility, wherever the role and business need allows, supporting work-life balance.

Please contact Jose Camacho Collados (camachocolladosj@cardiff.ac.uk) for an informal, confidential discussion about the role. Or for more info about the school please contact Charlie Balcombe (balcombec@cardiff.ac.uk).

This post is fixed-term for a period of 15 months, full-time (part-time options can also be considered).

Salary: £40,247 per annum, with 4 annual increments up to £45,163 per annum, pro-rata if part-time (Grade 6)

Closing Date: Friday, 3 January 2025

Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

Cardiff University is committed to supporting all its employees in achieving the necessary balance between their work and their personal lives. As part of this commitment, the University has developed a flexible and responsive framework of support for staff in managing their work and personal commitments wherever possible. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity. Our inclusive environment welcomes applications from talented people from diverse backgrounds. Cardiff University positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: Responsible research assessment - Research - Cardiff University

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