Johns Hopkins University is seeking an AI Specialist to lead and shape how faculty, students, and research teams engage with artificial intelligence (AI) in research and scholarly communication, ensuring responsible, ethical, and effective use of AI.
Requirements
- Demonstrated knowledge of AI systems, such as generative AI, natural language processing, or machine learning.
- Demonstrated ability to teach or develop instructional materials on AI tools or concepts, including workshops, tutorials, or course-integrated sessions.
- Strong understanding of current conversations around responsible and ethical AI use, especially in research contexts.
- Familiarity with the ethical, legal and social implications of AI use in scholarly and public contexts, and a willingness to engage in continuing learning on these topics.
- Proficiency with relevant programming languages (e.g., Python, R) and frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn, Hugging Face, TensorFlow).
- Experience using AI methods in research or applied settings.
- Experience supporting researchers or students in the application of AI tools
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead workshops, guides, and training that foster AI literacy and encourage the thoughtful and responsible integration of AI tools into research design and academic writing.
- Develop user-facing resources such as guides, tutorials, and code notebooks to support researchers in learning and applying AI methods and using AI tools independently.
- Develop and promote guidance on ethical and responsible AI use, including best practices for ethical integration, attribution of AI-generated content, and compliance with institutional and disciplinary standards and policies.
- Collaborate with campus partners to support shared goals around research innovation and AI.
- Collaborate across the libraries to develop an AI staff training program that equips librarians with the knowledge and skills to support patrons on AI-related questions, tools, and ethical considerations.
- Conduct outreach and build relationships with researchers, faculty, and students on their evolving needs around AI.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Other
- Bachelor's Degree.
- Five years of related experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
- Degree in data science, computer science, information science, or a related field.
- Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to convey technical topics to diverse audiences across disciplines.
