Freelance Business Analyst - AI Trainer

Mindrift; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Part time

Job summary

A cutting-edge AI company is seeking a remote freelance business analyst to help reverse-engineer industry processes and workflows. You will analyze various tasks, conduct interviews, and create structured maps for AI evaluation. This opportunity allows for flexible, part-time work aligned with your professional schedule, enhancing your portfolio while contributing to groundbreaking AI projects.

Benefits

Flexible work schedule

Experience with advanced AI projects

Improvement of your professional portfolio

Qualifications

• 3 years of professional experience ideally as an analyst or in a relevant field.
• Advanced English (C1) or above.
• Ability to learn new methods and switch between tasks quickly.

Responsibilities

• Analyze procurement processes and detail key steps.
• Research and structure daily tasks of customer support agents.
• Create evaluation scenarios for HR workflows.

Skills

Analytical skills

Research skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in relevant field

Job description

This opportunity is only for candidates currently residing in the specified country. Your location may affect eligibility and rates.

At Mindrift, innovation meets opportunity. We believe in using the power of collective intelligence to ethically shape the future of AI.

What We Do

The Mindrift platform connects specialists with AI projects from major tech innovators. Our mission is to unlock the potential of Generative AI by tapping into real-world expertise from across the globe.

About The Role

We are looking for a sharp, structured, and intellectually curious business analyst who can dive into a specific industry or problem area and extract a clear, structured understanding of its processes, roles, and task landscape. Your mission: help us reverse-engineer how work is done in a particular domain - who does what, what decisions are made, what edge cases exist, and how workflows are structured. Your output will be used to build high-quality evaluation tasks and agent simulations.

Although every project is unique, you might typically:

• Analyze how a procurement department handles vendor onboarding, and list all key steps, documents, decisions, and failure points
• Research the typical day of a customer support agent in fintech and structure it into reproducible tasks
• Create a list of evaluation scenarios based on how HR departments handle leave requests, performance reviews, and conflict resolution
• Interview an industry SME (or use online materials) to produce a structured map of compliance workflows in healthcare
  
  

How To Get Started

Simply apply to this post, qualify, and get the chance to contribute to projects aligned with your skills, on your own schedule. From creating training prompts to refining model responses, you'll help shape the future of AI while ensuring technology benefits everyone.

Requirements

• You have a Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree or PhD in Business Administration, Information Systems or Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering or in relevant area is required
• You have a 3 years of professional experience ideally as analyst or in a relevant fields
• Your level of English is advanced (C1) or above.
• You are ready to learn new methods, able to switch between tasks and topics quickly and sometimes work with challenging, complex guidelines.
• Our freelance role is fully remote so, you just need a laptop, internet connection, time available and enthusiasm to take on a challenge
  
  

Benefits

Why this freelance opportunity might be a great fit for you?

• Take part in a part-time, remote, freelance project that fits around your primary professional or academic commitments
• Work on advanced AI projects and gain valuable experience that enhances your portfolio
• Influence how future AI models understand and communicate in your field of expertise