Hausa NLP Data Scientist

Job Type: Part-time Expert

About the Role

AIDHealth Inc., a Nigerian not-for-profit organization 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.

Key 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

📧 Apply via: info@aid-health.org

Send your application as one PDF with the subject: SL Application – [Job ID] – [Full Name].
The PDF must contain:

• CV (maximum 4 pages)
• One-page cover note
• One work sample
• Two referees

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