AI Data Adventurer in Oxford

Location: Oxford OX1 1XX (hybrid options available)

Contract: Full-time (37.5 hours/week), starting as soon as possible, for an initial six months.

AI technology is opening up a massive new opportunity in data publishing, and Global Water Intelligence intends to seize it. For more than two decades, we've produced the data, forecasts and judgement that the global water sector relies on. We're now discovering that AI lets us build new datasets faster and more cheaply than ever before, and that's where we see our next chapter of growth.

The Regulations Database sits right at the centre of that opportunity. It's how we turn scattered, hard-to-track regulation into something our customers can act on. We're a small team getting to grips with what AI means for how we build products, and we want an AI Data Adventurer to get stuck in alongside us. The data you help build will be used by the utilities, investors and governments shaping how water is regulated worldwide.

About you

This is about mindset more than skillset. We are not specifically looking for a data scientist or coder, as with AI’s assistance you’ll pick up the light coding the job needs as you go. We want a resourceful problem-solver: someone who can take on a challenge, break it down, and find a way around the obstacles. You'll take ownership of your work and run with it, while coordinating closely with the project lead.

Arts graduates can be just as good at this as scientists if they're curious, creative thinkers. You should have pursued a rigorous course of study at university and have a genuine interest in what AI can do. An engagement with the issues that the world is facing as a result of climate change is also important. Fluency in a European language would be an advantage, but not a necessity.

The role

You'll work closely with the project lead, learning to use large language models to gather, check and structure regulatory data at scale. You can expect to be involved in:

• Understanding regulations: working out what rules mean on paper and in practice, who they apply to and how they change.
• Searching for sources of data: tracking down where the world’s regulations actually live, and how to extract them.
• Managing and verifying datasets: keeping regulatory records clean and structured, while catching machine errors.
• Adapting to AI: using AI to build scrapers, structure data and accelerate workflows.

About us

Global Water Intelligence is a specialist publisher of business intelligence on the global water sector, with offices in Oxford and Shanghai. Our research is used by utilities, investors, consultants, development banks and policymakers worldwide.

What you will gain

• Hands-on experience turning raw, real-world regulation into a structured dataset our customers can actually use.
• Practical skill in using AI tools to do serious primary research, quickly and at scale.
• A close-up view of how an established information business is rebuilding itself around AI.
• A genuine grounding in how water regulation is tightening across markets, and why governments and industry are watching it so closely.
• Real responsibility, regular feedback, and potential future employment for exceptional performers.

Applications close 5 August 2026. Covering letter required. As part of our recruitment process, we may use AI tools to help review and organise applications; a person always makes the final decision.