Senior Researcher in Computational Linguistics - Expiring soon!
Posted 17/04/2023 by GCHQ
At GCHQ, we unlock the complex world of data and communications to keep the UK and its citizens safe, both in the real world and online. Working closely with our British Intelligence partners in MI5 and MI6, we protect the UK from threats including serious organised crime, terrorism, and cyber-attacks. A role in GCHQ means you’ll have varied and fascinating work in a supportive and encouraging environment that puts the emphasis on teamwork.
The Role
As a Senior Researcher in Computational Linguistics, you’ll role will be to propose, develop, contribute and lead a small number of research tasks, working within a small internal team you’ll help develop solutions for National Security language analysis applications. This is a very collaborative role, tasks may be carried out by teams made up of internal research staff, academic or industry partners or a combination of both. You’ll contribute research within defined projects to further language analysis capabilities used by customers across the department and within partner agencies and may include contribution to international research efforts.
Day-to-day you’ll design and implement techniques for a language analysis (text) application, carry out experimentation and evaluation of tools and techniques, review and identify the research tasks to be carried out with academic partners , and contribute to and lead team efforts in larger research projects. Then, as research develops, you’ll share and communicate research outcomes with partners and customers, developing, and supporting prototypes where appropriate, and helping customers adopt new capabilities
You will be required to undertake line management responsibilities, and provide mentoring and guidance for junior members. You’ll be given the opportunity to develop skills through mentoring a summer internship. There is occasional travel for workshops, conferences, liaison, and training for both personal and technical development.
About You
Ideally you’ll have STEM graduate qualification, 2:2 or above, or equivalent along with programming skills in at least one of Python, C, C++ or Java. You’ll have an interest in human languages, how they vary in different contexts, and in developing computational models to capture and infer meaning. And you’ll have an aptitude and experience in research and/or development of language technologies, e.g. application of Machine Learning in Natural Language Processing or Understanding.
You’ll have a questioning mindset, an ability for critical thinking, be innovative, with a disciplined approach to developing and testing ideas. And have experience of working in a team and successfully delivering outcomes such as proof-of-techniques, system capabilities, and publications.
Training and Development
We’re invested in you, which is why we offer plenty of training, development courses and packages internally like the Data Science Development Programme and the Linguistics Analytical Pathway Programme courses and modules.
We also offer support for external technical development through courses, online learning and through opportunities to attend international academic conferences and workshops. Your training will be tailored to meet your needs as part of your continuous personal development programme.
And when you join, we’ll pair you up with a mentor and buddy to help you settle in. And our three-day induction will help you to get to know the organization.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, you must be a British Citizen. If you hold dual nationality, of which one component is British, you will nonetheless be considered (for more infomation, please click here).
If successful, you will not normally be required to give up your non-British citizenship but, as a condition of your employment or secondment, MI5, SIS and GCHQ may impose restrictions on your postings, work travel and/or general use of that nationality. Candidates must normally have been resident in the UK for seven out of the last ten years. This is particularly important if you were born outside the UK. Each case will be carefully considered on its own facts. You can apply at the age of 17 years and 6 months, if successful you will not be offered a start date prior to your 18th birthday. Discretion is vital. You should not discuss your application, other than with your partner or a close family member. Please note, you should only launch your application from within the UK. If you are based overseas, you should wait until you visit the UK to launch an application. Applying from outside of the UK will impact on our ability to progress your application. Further information on our eligibility criteria can be found on the Applying section.
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- Job ID:
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