Academic Researcher - AI Training

YO IT Consulting; Dubai; On-site; AED 367,242 - 514,138; Full time

Job summary

YO IT Consulting, based in Dubai, UAE, seeks an Academic Researcher to support AI training and evaluation projects. You will review academic studies, policy documents, and professional reports, extracting evidence and producing clear, well-structured deliverables for senior and Fortune 500 audiences.

This remote, contract opportunity emphasizes rigorous source evaluation, meticulous writing, and adapting outputs to diverse client standards across legal, healthcare, finance, and policy domains.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in a relevant field with strong research training.
• Minimum 3 years of professional academic research or related work.
• Proven ability to evaluate sources and synthesize evidence.
• Experience producing professional reports for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed academic, legal, policy, healthcare, industry, or interdisciplinary research.
• Identify credible sources and evaluate their authority, relevance, methodology, and limitations.
• Analyze complex information and produce evidence-based findings addressing project requirements.
• Prepare polished reports, research summaries, briefing documents, and presentations.
• Translate findings into language suitable for professional and non-specialist audiences.
• Check citations and source references for accuracy before submission.

Skills

Academic research

Literature review

Evidence synthesis

Source evaluation

Research methodology

Qualitative analysis

Data extraction

Report writing

Executive summaries

Research presentations

Education

Master's degree or higher (PhD/JD)

Tools

Microsoft Word

PDF review/editing tools

PDF form filling

Job description

Role Context

The Academic Researcher will provide high-quality domain input that helps AI systems improve their ability to interpret evidence, compare sources, reason across complex information, and produce reliable professional content. Assignments may involve reviewing academic studies, analyzing legal or policy documents, extracting information from structured files, and converting technical findings into clear reports. The role requires more than information collection. Each deliverable must demonstrate sound research judgment, careful source evaluation, logical synthesis, consistent formatting, and an understanding of the intended audience. Work may support projects involving legal, healthcare, policy, finance, and other specialist domains.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed academic, legal, policy, healthcare, industry, or interdisciplinary research.
• Identify credible sources and evaluate their authority, relevance, methodology, and limitations.
• Analyze complex information and produce evidence-based findings that directly address project requirements.
• Review academic literature, professional reports, legal documents, policy materials, and industry datasets.
• Compare multiple sources to identify agreements, contradictions, knowledge gaps, and important contextual differences.
• Synthesize large volumes of information into concise and logically structured conclusions.
• Prepare polished reports, research summaries, briefing documents, and presentation content.
• Translate specialist findings into language suitable for professional and non-specialist audiences.
• Create and review Microsoft Word documents using styles, tables, references, comments, and tracked changes.
• Format and examine PDF files, complete document forms, extract relevant data, and verify converted content.
• Check citations, quotations, factual claims, calculations, and source references before submission.
• Collaborate with professionals from legal, healthcare, policy, finance, and other specialist backgrounds.
• Adapt research methods and deliverables to different project objectives and client standards.
• Apply designated instructions, templates, rubrics, and quality requirements consistently.
• Identify incomplete evidence, unsupported conclusions, conflicting instructions, or unreliable source material.
• Maintain accurate records of sources, assumptions, revisions, and research decisions.
• Respond constructively to reviewer feedback and revise outputs without weakening factual accuracy.
• Manage multiple research assignments within agreed deadlines in a remote environment.
• Communicate progress, questions, risks, and findings clearly to project stakeholders.
• Contribute expert input that improves AI model reasoning, document understanding, and research performance.

Ideal Profile

• Master 's degree, PhD, or JD from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in academic research, law, public policy, healthcare, finance, or a related sector.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct independent, evidence-based research.
• Strong knowledge of academic and professional source evaluation.
• Proven experience synthesizing complex literature, documents, or industry information.
• Advanced written English with excellent grammar, structure, and analytical clarity.
• Confident verbal communication for multidisciplinary remote collaboration.
• Strong command of Microsoft Word, including tracked changes, comments, document formatting, tables, styles, and review tools.
• Practical experience reviewing, completing, converting, and extracting information from PDF files.
• Ability to produce concise reports and presentations suitable for senior or Fortune 500 audiences.
• Meticulous attention to factual accuracy, citations, terminology, and formatting.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams on complex deliverables.
• Ability to distinguish evidence-supported conclusions from interpretation or assumption.
• Strong organizational skills with the capacity to manage competing priorities.
• Self-directed working style with dependable deadline management.
• Ability to handle confidential or sensitive project material responsibly.
• Previous exposure to AI training, large language model evaluation, data annotation, or rubric-based review is beneficial but not required.

Skills Set

• Academic research
• Literature review
• Evidence synthesis
• Source evaluation
• Research methodology
• Qualitative analysis
• Quantitative research literacy
• Legal document review
• Policy research
• Healthcare research
• Industry analysis
• Critical reasoning
• Fact verification
• Citation checking
• Report writing
• Executive summaries
• Research presentations
• Microsoft Word
• Tracked changes
• Advanced document formatting
• PDF document review
• PDF form filling
• Data extraction
• Document quality assurance
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Instruction compliance
• Deadline management
• AI training data
• Large language model evaluation
• Remote research workflows

Why Join Us

This contract opportunity allows experienced researchers to apply advanced academic and professional skills within the expanding AI industry. The work directly influences how next-generation AI systems interpret sources, evaluate evidence, reason across disciplines, and produce accurate professional documents. The remote structure provides flexibility while offering exposure to international projects, multidisciplinary experts, and emerging AI evaluation methods. It is particularly valuable for researchers who enjoy complex analysis, precise writing, document-based problem-solving, and producing work that meets demanding professional standards.

About the Company

YO IT Consulting connects qualified researchers and domain experts with remote AI training and evaluation projects. Operating from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the company supports global technology teams by recruiting specialists whose research expertise helps improve the accuracy, reasoning, document understanding, and practical reliability of modern artificial intelligence systems.