AI Researcher - Data-Centric AI & Benchmarking

Livevacancies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% contributory pension

Life assurance

Long-term disability cover

Critical illness cover

Coaching and mentoring for skills

Job summary

The Open Data Institute (ODI) is seeking a researcher to advance data-centric AI methodologies and benchmarking across projects. You will develop and evaluate models, curate datasets, and communicate findings through reports, blogs and policy briefings. Collaboration with clients and partners will shape ODI’s research agenda and services.

Based in the UK, you will contribute to cross-disciplinary teams, publish technical annexes, and mentor colleagues while supporting fundraising and proposals.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in scoping and planning research projects.
• Execution of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research.
• Understanding of research impact, integrity and open science principles.
• Experience applying rigorous evaluation methods for qualitative and quantitative work.
• Privacy/GDPR considerations in research practice.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and manage research activities within projects in tight timeframes.
• Lead work packages covering corpus construction and benchmarking reproducibility.
• Engage with stakeholders to reflect needs in benchmarks and evaluations.
• Assess AI-readiness of datasets using ODI frameworks.
• Publish technical outputs and reproducible code alongside policy briefings.
• Coordinate with partners and clients in scoping and delivering work.
• Support business development through research design and proposals.

Skills

Research design

Quantitative analysis

Qualitative analysis

Statistical modeling

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

LLM/RAG knowledge

Job description

The Open Data Institute (ODI) is seeking a researcher to advance data-centric AI methodologies and benchmarking across projects. You will develop and evaluate models, curate datasets, and communicate findings through reports, blogs and policy briefings. Collaboration with clients and partners will shape ODI’s research agenda and services.

Based in the UK, you will contribute to cross-disciplinary teams, publish technical annexes, and mentor colleagues while supporting fundraising and proposals.