Youth Safety Expert, Part-Time
Job Description:
- Roleplaying youth-facing scenarios with AI agents
- Red teaming for youth safety edge cases, age-inappropriate content, and model failure modes
- Identifying signs of distress, vulnerability, coercion, grooming, or unsafe influence
- Evaluating AI responses for age-appropriateness, tone, clarity, and harm prevention
- Rating and reviewing AI models for youth safety and policy compliance
- Developing behavioral taxonomies, personas, and evaluation rubrics specific to children and adolescents
- Conducting qualitative analysis of AI conversations involving youth users
- Providing expert feedback on internal youth safety and child protection policies
- Collaborating with engineers, researchers, and safety teams on youth-specific safeguards
- Documenting edge cases, emergent risks, and cultural trends impacting youth safety
- Maintaining strict confidentiality, QA standards, and ethical guidelines
- Participating in interdisciplinary review and calibration sessions
Requirements:
- Background in education, child development, youth services, psychology, social work, or a related field OR deep, demonstrated familiarity with youth gaming and online culture
- Experience working with children, adolescents, or teen communities (formal or informal)
- Strong understanding of age-appropriate communication, boundaries, and youth safety principles
- Familiarity with online platforms, gaming ecosystems, or youth-oriented digital spaces
- Comfort evaluating conversational content and nuanced social interactions
- Ability to work remotely using Slack, LLM tools, and Google Docs
- Strong ethical judgment and attention to safety, consent, and power dynamics
- Willingness to sign NDAs and work with sensitive or youth-related content
- Availability up to 10 hours per week and for occasional scheduled meetings
- Professional experience in K–12 education, higher education, or informal learning environments
- Fluency in English and at least one additional language
- Experience in child safety, trust & safety, moderation, or community management
- Familiarity with gaming culture, livestreaming platforms, or esports communities
- Experience working with marginalized or vulnerable youth populations
- Background in youth mental health, crisis response, or online harm prevention
- Experience with content moderation, behavioral labeling, or policy enforcement
- Interest in AI safety, online harms, or digital well-being
- Experience participating in or moderating online communities (e.g., Discord, Twitch, Reddit)
- Strong cultural awareness of evolving youth trends, slang, and social norms
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