Postdoctoral Research Associate in Natural Language Processing

# About you
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: **Essential criteria** 1. PhD in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Artificial Intelligence or a very closely related discipline. 2. Strong research tracked record in NLP and LLMs as evidenced by publications in high quality journals and top tier conferences. 3. Sufficient breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes. 4. Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research. 5. Good effective communication (both oral and written) skills. 6. Ability to write research reports and papers accessible to both academic and lay audiences. 7. Ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary research environment. 8. Ability to initiate, plan, organise, implement and deliver programmes of work to tight deadlines. **Desirable criteria** 1. Experience with LLM alignment, reasoning, interpretability, or continual learning. 2. Experience in human-in-the-loop AI or evaluation of AI systems in real-world settings. 3. Ability or potential to contribute to the development of funding proposals in order to generate external funding to support research projects **Downloading a copy of our Job Description** Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process. ***\**** Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6. ## Further Information At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. The Equality Act of protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination. When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible. We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application. To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ [How we Recruit]( pages.