Trainee for FIN-CLARIAH project

at  Helsingin Yliopisto

The University of Helsinki International trainee programme is open to all international students enrolled in a University of Helsinki master’s programme.
We are now looking for a TRAINEE for FIN-CLARIAH project.
The duration of a traineeship is from 1 September to 31 December 2024 (four months) of part-time (50%) work, leaving time for studies as well. The salary of a trainee is €700 per month for a part-time (50%) trainee.

THE PERSON WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We seek for a motivated junior person to participate in this development effort, a keen interest in social science research and wish to develop it further is a must. Similarly, we hope expect skills for working independently. We are particularly looking for candidates with

• Basic level knowledge of Python and/or R (including operations of libraries).
• Basic level knowledge of website publishing technologies (HTML, Javascript).
• Willingness to receive feedback through regular code reviews.
• Good command of English language (no need to master Finnish language)

In your application material, please also explain your experience in Python or R, software development and website publishing technologies.

• Writing code to scraping content from Finnish online forums (no Finnish skills required)
• Wrangling the data into a format compatible with social science research
• Develping automated testing tools for code to indicate when its is broke