AI Safety & Policy Associate

About the Role

At TELUS Digital, safety is a continuous process. As an AI Safety & Policy Associate, you will be the primary guardian of our AI training datasets. You will join our AI Community as a specialist dedicated to identifying, labeling, and mitigating risks at the data level. Your daily work will directly prevent harmful AI behaviors before they reach a user.

Key Responsibilities

• Safety Annotation: Evaluate AI-generated responses against strict safety rubrics, flagging content that contains bias, misinformation, or prohibited topics.
• Harmful Content Classification: Categorize various types of "harm" (e.g., hate speech, self-harm, or illegal acts).
• Fact-Checking & Grounding: Verify the factual accuracy of model claims using reliable external sources.
• Guideline Application: Apply complex policy documents to "edge cases" to ensure consistent model alignment.
• Feedback Loop Participation: Report recurring model weaknesses to the Governance Leads to help refine and update global safety policies.

What You Bring (Mandatory Qualifications)

• Education: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in any field. (Preferred: Humanities, Social Sciences, Communications, or Law).
• Native Language Proficiency: Native-level proficiency in your primary language, understanding cultural "slang" and subtle context that signifies harm in your region.
• English Proficiency: Minimum B1 (Intermediate) level English.
• Detail Orientation: Exceptional ability to spot small errors and remain focused during repetitive, high-stakes analysis.

Tech Stack

N/A

Assessment

• Subject-specific qualification exam.
• ID verification.

Payment

• Pay rates for experts range from $10 - $20 USD per hour.
• Payment terms are defined for each project.

Why Join the TELUS Digital AI Community

• Community Connection: Work remotely as part of a 1M+ diverse global AI Community.
• Impactful Expertise: Use your native language and academic degree to shape real-world AI systems and products.
• Hands-on Innovation: Gain experience in the latest AI research, evaluation, and fine-tuning methodologies.
• Global Collaboration: Collaborate with specialists across 20+ domains and 500+ languages and dialects.
• Flexible Engagement: Manage your own schedule.

Relationship

• This opportunity is offered on an independent contractor basis.