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Research Associate in Materiality of Artificial Intelligence

UNSW · Philadelphia, PA · 4 wk ago
Research$118k–$127k/yrFull-time
We need to output only HTML fragment, using

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, no invention, no summarizing away detail. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, scam warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also must not include sections like "About UNSW" unless it's a heading? The instruction says use headings for those specific section names; we can include other headings? It says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but likely we should stick to those. However we need to convey the content: The opportunity description (About the role), responsibilities, qualifications/skills, etc. Also we have Salary, Level A: AUD $118,467 to $126,711 per annum + 17% superannuation. Employment type: Full time. Appointment type: Fixed-term contract – 6-months. Location: Kensington – Sydney, Australia. Also mention reporting to Professor Saleem Ali, no direct reports. We need to decide which sections to include: About the role (description), Responsibilities (list of duties), Requirements/Qualifications/Skills (maybe combine?), Benefits (maybe superannuation?), Pay (salary), Schedule (maybe full-time? but schedule not given). The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Pay is stated (salary). Benefits: superannuation mentioned (17% superannuation). Could be considered benefit. Schedule: not explicitly stated besides full-time; but "Full time" is employment type, not schedule. Could we include Schedule? Probably not, because no specific schedule like hours. So we omit Schedule. We also have location, contract length, reporting line. Those could be placed in About the role or maybe a separate section like "Details". But we only allowed headings from list; we could embed those details in About the role paragraph. We must not include application instructions, contact info, closing date, pre-employment screening, EEO statements, etc. Must remove those. We must preserve all substantive information: The opportunity description, responsibilities list, qualifications/skills list, salary, superannuation, employment type, contract length, location, reporting line. We need to format using

headings,
  • for lists,

    for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is "Research Associate". Not to be used as heading. We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers. We must not include cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Thus we will produce something like:

    About the role

    The School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering has an opportunity for a Research Associate to investigate the mineral demand implications of scaling artificial intelligence hardware. Through scenario development, you will examine the mineral requirements of AI technologies and the geological constraints affecting mineral supply, while considering opportunities for resource efficiency and a circular economy. You will apply research methods such as material flow analysis and industrial ecology to contribute to a better understanding of the environmental and resource implications of the continued expansion of artificial intelligence. This position will provide you with the opportunity to further develop your research expertise while contributing to high-quality research outcomes. You will work independently and collaboratively, contribute to scholarly publications and research activities, engage with relevant stakeholders and research partners, participate in conferences and workshops, and assist with the supervision of research students where required. This role reports to Professor Saleem Ali and has no direct reports. The position is based in Kensington – Sydney, Australia, is full‑time, and is a fixed‑term contract for 6 months.

    Responsibilities

    • Investigate mineral demand implications of scaling AI hardware.
    • Develop scenarios to examine mineral requirements of AI technologies.
    • Assess geological constraints affecting mineral supply.
    • Consider opportunities for resource efficiency and circular economy.
    • Apply material flow analysis and industrial ecology methods.
    • Contribute to understanding environmental and resource implications of AI expansion.
    • Produce high‑quality research outcomes and scholarly publications.
    • Engage with stakeholders, research partners, and participate in conferences/workshops.
    • Assist with supervision of research students as required.

    Requirements

    • PhD in a related discipline and/or relevant work experience.
    • Proven commitment to staying current with discipline knowledge.
    • Demonstrated ability to undertake high‑quality academic research and conduct independent research with limited supervision.
    • Track record of publications and conference presentations relative to opportunity.
    • Ability to work in a team, collaborate across disciplines, and build effective relationships.
    • Highly developed interpersonal skills.
    • Ability to communicate and interact with a diverse range of stakeholders and students.
    • Understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values, and relevant policies.
    • Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attend relevant training.
    We could also have a Skills section but the above covers skills. The instruction says we can have Skills heading; but we already have Requirements. Might combine? Better to separate Requirements (qualifications) and Skills (abilities). However the list we have includes both qualifications and skills. Could split: Requirements (PhD, experience) and Skills (research ability, communication, teamwork, etc.). But we must not create thin sections; we need substantive content. We could have Requirements for PhD and experience, and Skills for the rest. Let's do that. Thus:

    Requirements

    • PhD in a related discipline and/or relevant work experience.

    Skills

    • Proven commitment to keeping up to date with discipline knowledge.
    • Demonstrated ability to undertake high‑quality academic research and conduct independent research with limited supervision.
    • Track record of publications and conference presentations relative to opportunity.
    • Ability to work in a team, collaborate across disciplines, and build effective relationships.
    • Highly developed interpersonal skills.
    • Ability to communicate and interact with a diverse range of stakeholders and students.
    • Understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values, and relevant policies.
    • Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attend relevant training.
    Now Benefits: superannuation 17% could be a benefit. Also maybe mention employment type full-time, fixed-term 6 months. But those are not benefits exactly. Benefits could be superannuation. We'll create Benefits section.

    Benefits

    • 17% superannuation contribution.
    Pay: salary range.

    Pay

    AUD $118,467 to $126,711 per annum.

    We should not include Schedule. We must not include any boilerplate like "As part of our recruitment process..." etc. Now ensure we preserve all substantive info: we have included opportunity description, responsibilities, requirements (PhD), skills, benefits (superannuation), pay. We omitted location, contract length, employment type, reporting line. Those are substantive; we need to include them somewhere. Could add them to About the role paragraph (we already included location, full-time, fixed-term 6 months, reports to Professor Saleem Ali). Good. Check that we didn't duplicate lines. The About the role paragraph includes the description plus those details. Ensure we didn't miss any other substantive info: The opportunity to develop research expertise, contribute to high-quality research outcomes, work independently and collaboratively, contribute to scholarly publications, engage with stakeholders, participate in conferences/workshops, assist with supervision of research students where required. Those are in responsibilities list. Good. We also have "This position will provide you with the opportunity to further develop your research expertise while contributing to high-quality research outcomes." That's covered in responsibilities maybe as a bullet? Not exactly; we have bullet "Produce high‑quality research outcomes and scholarly publications." Could add bullet "Further develop research expertise". But we can keep as is; it's covered implicitly. We also have "You will apply research methods such as material flow analysis and industrial ecology". That's a bullet. We have "Through scenario development, you will examine the mineral requirements of AI technologies and the geological constraints affecting mineral supply, while considering opportunities for resource efficiency and a circular economy." That's covered in bullets. Now check for any mention of "The School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering is a global leader..." That's about UNSW, which is boilerplate? It's descriptive of the school but could be considered substantive? However it's more about the institution, not the role. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The description of UNSW and school ranking might be considered boilerplate? It's not explicitly listed as boilerplate to remove, but it's more about the institution. The instruction says "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." The school ranking is substantive info about the school. However the instruction about sections: we could include an "About UNSW" section but not in allowed headings. But we could embed that info in About the role? It might be considered relevant but not directly about the role. The instruction says to remove duplicated lines, but not to remove general info about the employer unless it's boilerplate. However the example of boilerplate includes cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning. The description of UNSW is not that. But the instruction also says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could include a short paragraph about UNSW in About the role or maybe a separate section "About UNSW". But the allowed headings list does not include About UNSW; but it says "use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The "e.g." suggests those are examples, not exclusive. So we could add other headings if needed. However to be safe, we could incorporate the UNSW description into About the role paragraph as a brief sentence. But we must preserve all substantive info; we can add a sentence: "UNSW is a world-leading institution..." etc. That is substantive. Let's add it to About the role after the description. Thus About the role paragraph will be longer, containing the opportunity description, plus UNSW description, plus details about location, contract, reporting. We must ensure not to include any application instructions, contact info, closing date, pre-employment screening, EEO statements, etc. We'll remove those. Now check for any duplicated lines: we have not repeated. Now produce final HTML fragment. Let's craft:

    About the role

    The School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering has an opportunity for a Research Associate to investigate the mineral demand implications of scaling artificial intelligence hardware. Through scenario development, you will examine the mineral requirements of AI technologies and the geological constraints affecting mineral supply, while considering opportunities for resource efficiency and a circular economy. You will apply research methods such as material flow analysis and industrial ecology to contribute to a better understanding of the environmental and resource implications of the continued expansion of artificial intelligence. This position will provide you with the opportunity to further develop your research expertise while contributing to high-quality research outcomes. You will work independently and collaboratively, contribute to scholarly publications and research activities, engage with relevant stakeholders and research partners,

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