Hausa NLP Data Scientist

Advancing Health for Humanitarian Support Initiative (AIDHealth Inc.), a Nigerian not-for-profit organisation focused on healthcare access and humanitarian support, is seeking a Hausa NLP Data Scientist to develop, evaluate, and maintain language models for analysing Hausa-language content

Job Details

• Work Mode: Remote
• Location: Nigeria
• Employment Type: Part-time (Expert)
• Experience: 3+ years in applied NLP or machine learning

Responsibilities

• Benchmark listening platforms to assess their coverage of relevant Hausa content
• Fine-tune African-language models, such as AfroXLMR or AfriBERTa, using project-coded Hausa data
• Automate coding categories only when models achieve a macro-F1 score of at least 0.80 against human coding
• Monitor model accuracy monthly and retrain models when performance declines
• Conduct time-series analysis and comparisons across study phases
• Maintain the secure, encrypted data warehouse and project code repository

Requirements

• MSc or higher in Computer Science, NLP, Data Science, Statistics, or Computational Linguistics
• At least 3 years of professional experience in applied NLP or machine learning
• Hands-on experience fine-tuning transformer models
• Experience with African or other low-resource languages, ideally Hausa
• Strong Python skills, including Hugging Face, pandas, and scikit-learn, plus working knowledge of SQL
• Native Hausa speaker with fluent English

Preferred Experience

• Publications or open-source contributions in Hausa NLP, such as AfriSenti or NaijaSenti
• Experience with topic modelling (BERTopic) and time-series analysis in R or Python

Skills and Attributes

• Rigorous measurement and honest reporting of model accuracy
• Ability to explain technical limitations to non-technical colleagues

How to Apply

Submit one PDF containing: CV (maximum 4 pages), one-page cover note, one work sample, and two referees

Apply below via the JobClave with your updated Resume/CV

Note: Engagement depends on the contract being awarded. AIDHealth does not charge recruitment fees