Odixcity Consulting is Nigeria’s leading foreign outsourcing firm, specializing in human resources and procurement. We believe in delivering business solutions to groups, entrepreneurs, and SMEs.Job Summary
We are in need of a highly skilled Language Specialist – Annotation to support the development of advanced AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems, who you will apply their linguistic expertise to annotate, review, and validate language data, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and cultural relevance.
Key Responsibilities
Annotate and review text, speech, or conversational datasets
label and text data for parts of speech, sentiment, intent, and syntax project guidelines.
Ensure cultural and contextual appropriateness of annotated data
Develop and refine annotation guidelines
Conduct quality assurance and inter-annotator agreement checks
Provide feedback to improve workflows and annotation standards
Support multilingual or domain-specific annotation projects (if applicable)
Requirements
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Languages, or related field
Native or near-native proficiency in the target language(s)
Strong understanding of grammar, syntax, and language structure.
Experience in linguistic annotation or data labeling projects.
Familiarity with NLP concepts and AI workflows.
Experience with annotation tools (e.g., Label Studio, Prodigy, ELAN).
Knowledge of corpus linguistics or discourse analysis.
Multilingual capabilities.