Senior Project Officer – NLP/AI Engineer – The Kirby Institute

Job Description:

Senior Project Officer – NLP/AI Engineer – The Kirby Institute

• Employment Type: Full-time (35 hour week)
• Duration: 12 month fixed term contract (strong possibility of extension)
• Remuneration: $100k - $108k + 17% Super and leave loading
• Location: Kensington, NSW (Hybrid working, work from home and at the UNSW Sydney campus)

About The Kirby Institute:

The Kirby Institute is a world-leading health research institute at UNSW Sydney. We focus on detection and early response to infectious diseases, globally. Our specialisation is in developing health solutions for the most at-risk communities. Putting communities at the heart of our research, we develop tests, treatments, cures and prevention strategies that have the greatest chance of success.

Why Your Role Matters:

As the Senior Project Officer (Natural Language Processing), you will play a key role in the multidisciplinary research team supporting the Shiba Inu OSEINT initiative. You will work on developing the Natural Language Processing functionality of the EPIWATCH system, a rapid epidemic intelligence observatory, using open-source data and software for detection of epidemic signals. You will be responsible for working in the software development team to develop the EPIWATCH system’s NLP/AI functionality including prioritisation of reports, translation from low-resource languages, and named entity recognition for data extraction.

The role of Senior Project Officer reports to the EPIWATCH AI development Team lead (Associate Professor) and has no direct reports.

Who You Are:

• Tertiary qualifications in software engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, machine learning, or other quantitative discipline. Equivalent competence gained through any combination of education, training and experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated experience in Linux, Git, Python, Pytorch, Tensorflow or Keras
• Experience with Natural Language Processing or machine learning
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and a proven ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently in a research environment with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to communicate with and influence diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, and meticulous attention to detail.

Benefits and Culture:

UNSW offer a competitive salary and access to a plethora of UNSW-perks including:​

• 17% Superannuation and leave loading​
• Flexible working ​
• Additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas Period​
• Access to lifelong learning and career development ​
• Progressive HR practices​

More information on the great staff benefits and culture can be found here.

How to Apply:

Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. Submit your application online before the 13^th June at 11:55pm. Your application should include a document addressing the Selection Criteria (skills and experience on the position description). A copy of the Position Description can be found on [email protected].

Get in Touch (for job related queries only – applications will not be accepted if sent to the contact listed):

Jamie Cutler: Talent Acquisition Consultant

E: [email protected]

UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly, in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender, sexual orientation, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.