NLIntern, Animal Farming Monitoring and Early Warning System
Eurogroup for AnimalsRemote
Farmed animal welfareCampaigns and advocacyDataSoftware engineering
Why this is on the board
A new megafarm usually first shows up in a local permit application, and anyone who spots it in time can still object before animals are kept there for decades. You build a system that detects such signals across the EU for the dozens of member organisations of Eurogroup for Animals, a Brussels-based animal welfare umbrella organisation. How much it achieves depends on whether they actually put it to use.
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About the role
Develop a monitoring and early warning system to detect emerging intensive farming operations across the European Union. - Map information sources and design a prototype system using web scraping, NLP, and AI-assisted document classification. - Assess signal relevance and reliability; design alert-sharing workflows with validation, prioritisation, and dissemination protocols. - Requires Python or equivalent programming language; experience with web scraping, APIs, or automated monitoring tool…
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