The CLARIN-CH Coordination Office is looking for a Technical Officer to strengthen our work at the intersection of language data, research infrastructure and FAIR practices. The position is based at LiRI (University of Zurich). Applications are open until 8 September 2026.
About the role
The Technical Officer will work closely with the CLARIN-CH team, our technical partners and the wider CLARIN-CH ecosystem to support researchers working with language data and to strengthen the technical foundations of our national infrastructure.
Key areas of work include:
- Providing technical advice to researchers on language data, research data management, data workflows and Data Management Plans (DMPs).
- Contributing to the CLARIN-CH FAIRification pipeline and supporting the integration of datasets and tools into CLARIN and CLARIN-CH infrastructures.
- Developing and maintaining technical solutions that support FAIR and Open Research Data (ORD) practices, in collaboration with our technical partners.
- Supporting the integration and interoperability of repositories, metadata and linguistic resources within the Swiss and European CLARIN ecosystem.
Who we are looking for
- MA/MSc or current PhD enrolment in computational/corpus linguistics, digital humanities, language technology, computer science or a related field.
- Demonstrated technical skills in language technology, data processing and/or research software development, including Python, APIs, JSON/XML, metadata schemas and GitHub/GitLab.
- Previous experience with research data management, DMP tools, data stewardship and/or research data infrastructures.
- Good knowledge of FAIR and ORD practices, preferably for language data.
- Familiarity with CLARIN infrastructures is an advantage.
- Strong technical curiosity and ability to learn new technologies quickly.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary environment.
- Good organisational and task-management skills.
Languages
- Excellent command of English required.
- Working capacity in German (native or min. B2) required.
- French and/or Italian is an advantage.
How to apply
Please send your CV, a short letter of motivation and copies of your diplomas to cristina.grisot@uzh.ch by 8 September 2026. Interviews will take place on 14 and 15 September 2026.
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