Autonomous Systems Workstream Lead - London, United Kingdom - Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
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Salary:

- £105,000 - £135,000
  • Base salary of between £55,805 (L5) £68,770 (L6) which is supplemented with an allowance between £49,195 to £66,230
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Other
  • L5, L6
    Contract type:
  • Temporary (not fair and open)
  • Loan
  • Secondment
    Length of employment:
  • 12 to 18 months
    Business area:
  • AI Safety Institute
    Type of role:
  • Information Technology
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Job summary:

The AI Safety Institute is the first state-backed organisation focused on advanced AI safety for the public interest.

We launched at the AI Safety Summit because we believe taking responsible action on this extraordinary technology requires a capable and empowered group of technical experts within government.


Our staff includes senior alumni from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, start-ups and the UK government, and ML professors from Oxford and Cambridge.

We are now calling on the world's top technical talent to build the institute from the ground up. This is a truly unique opportunity to help shape AI safety at an international level.

We have ambitious goals and need to move fast.


Develop and conduct evaluations on advanced AI systems
We will characterise safety-relevant capabilities, understand the safety and security of systems, and assess their societal impacts.


Drive foundational AI safety research
We will launch moonshot research projects and convene world-class external researchers.


Facilitate information exchange
We will establish clear information-sharing channels between the Institute and other national and international actors. These include stakeholders such as policymakers and international partners.


Job description:


About the Role


We are seeking an Autonomous Systems Workstream Lead to manage a team in the new chapter in AISI's growth and play a key role in shaping the direction of our autonomous systems research and evaluations.


Responsibilities

In this role you will:
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Lead development of strategy for the
Autonomous Systems workstream taking into account the rapidly changing AI landscape
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Be responsible for delivering a set of evaluations (both in-house and externally-commissioned) and empower the team to prioritize and deliver its goals
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Build the team; identify key talent gaps that are blocking delivery; find and pitch talent to address gaps; make final hiring decision for members of technical staff on the workstream
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Identify and communicate with external partners relevant to delivery of workstream goals
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Ensure evaluations are scientifically robust, actionable, communicable and consider the current state of research

  • Ensure AISI's
    Autonomous Systems evaluations use
    cutting edge capability elicitation methods:

  • Enable the creation of a sustainable evaluation tech stack in coordination with AISI's platform team
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Work across AISI and with broader government to embed research outputs into core AISI products through government communications, research publications, and high-profile events like AI summits and conferences


Person specification:

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Work autonomously and in a self-directed way with high agency, thriving in a constantly changing environment and a steadily growing team, while figuring out the best and most efficient ways to solve a particular problem
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Bring your own voice and experience but also an eagerness to support your colleagues together with a willingness to do whatever is necessary for the team's success and find new ways of getting things done within government
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Have a sense of mission, urgency, and responsibility for success, demonstrating problem-solving abilities and preparedness to acquire any missing knowledge necessary to get the job done


Core requirements

  • You should be able to spend at least 4 days per week on working with us
  • You should be able to join us for at least 12 months
  • You should be able work from our office in London (Whitehall) for parts of the week, but we provide flexibility for remote work

Benefits:


  • Alongside your salary of £105,000, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £15,067 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:


  • A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
  • Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an average employer contribution of 27% of the base salary.
  • A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per y
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