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Research Associate (Data Engineer)

Cardiff University – School of Computer Science & Informatics - College of Physical Sciences and Engineering

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the School of Computer Science and Informatics. You will be joining Cardiff University, one of the UK’s leading research led universities, as a Research Associate (Data Engineer) for the TweetNLP Project, which is funded by EPSRC.

The selected candidate will work on the TweetNLP project (tweetnlp.org), which is a recently launched platform focused on NLP and its application on social media. The selected candidate will help develop its vision and extend its reach. Depending on expertise, the selected candidate will help develop one or more of the following: new NLP models and integrate them into the platform, maintenance of the website and/or the platform through quality benchmarking/evaluation, establishing and maintaining our collaborations with industry, and involvement in multi-disciplinary project involving NLP and social media.

The selected candidate will have prior experience in NLP and, ideally, interested in multi-disciplinary collaborations and partnerships with industry. The selected candidate will join the Cardiff NLP group, a growing and dynamic group working on all aspects of natural language processing.

The shortlisting process will look to see how candidates are able provide evidence of meeting the essential (and desirable) criteria in their application. As described in more detail later in this advert, please ensure you attach a supporting statement highlighting how you match the person specification, or the appropriate transferable skills for you to work within this role.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jose Camacho Collados, Senior Lecturer – camachocollados@cardiff.ac.uk.

Informal enquiries in relation to the recruitment / application process can be sent to Amy Williams, HR Administrator – COMSC-HR@Cardiff.ac.uk.

Cardiff University has a successful School of Computer Science & Informatics with an international reputation for its teaching and research activities. We have seen a transformation of our research environment with the School almost doubling in size. We have moved into a new £39 million purpose-built facility shared with the School of Mathematics called Abacws, designed to facilitate interaction between disciplines and give our research groups new freedom to develop research culture and build identity. We are a research-led School with a longstanding, international reputation for applied research activities, and collaborate with more than 100 UK and international academic and industrial partners. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) 96% of our submitted research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. The School delivers a stimulating portfolio of BSc and MSc degrees and offers research degrees leading to MPhil and PhD qualifications.

For more information on the School please visit our website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/computer-science.

Internal candidates are welcome to apply for this role as a secondment with their current line managers approval.

The shortlisting process will look to see how candidates are able provide evidence of meeting the essential (and desirable) criteria in their application. As described in more detail later in this advert, please ensure you attach a supporting statement highlighting how you match the person specification, or the appropriate transferable skills for you to work within this role.

Us

We want to make Cardiff University an institution that is respected the world over. Our vision is to be a world-leading, research-excellent, educationally outstanding university, driven by creativity and curiosity, which fulfils its social, cultural and economic obligations to Cardiff, Wales, the UK and the world. We expect to improve our standing as one of the top 100 universities in the world and the top 20 in the UK.

What we offer

Cardiff University can offer many attractive benefits to its employees, including a competitive salary, 37 days annual leave per annum and a generous pension scheme. More information on what we can offer can be found at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/what-we-can-offer.

This position is full-time (35 hours per week) for eight months, and immediately available from 1 June 2023 (or soon afterwards).

Salary: £36,333 - £43,155 per annum (Grade 6)

Closing date: Thursday, 27 April 2023

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. [Applications for posts on a part-time or job-share arrangement would also be considered].

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

“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: 
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/our-research-environment/integrity-and-ethics/responsible-research-assessment”

Location: Cardiff
Salary: £36,333 to £43,155 per annum (Grade 6)
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 6th April 2023
Closes: 27th April 2023
Job Ref: 16342BR
   
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