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<div class="content-intro"><h2>About the AI Security Institute</h2> <p>The AI Security Institute is the world's largest and best-funded team dedicated to understanding advanced AI risks and translating that knowledge into action. We’re in the heart of the UK government with direct lines to No. 10 (the Prime Minister's office), and we work with frontier developers and governments globally.</p> <p>We’re here because governments are critical for advanced AI going well, and UK AISI is uniquely positioned to mobilise them.
With our resources, unique agility and international influence, this is the best place to shape both AI development and government action.</p></div><h2><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"></span></span></strong></h2> <h2><span class="TextRun SCXW*** *** 02 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 02 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">The deadline for applying to this role is 30</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW*** *** 02 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript CommentHighlightRest SCXW*** *** 02 BCX8" data-fontsize="12" data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW*** *** 02 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW*** *** 02 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"> September 2026</span><span class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW*** *** 02 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">, end of day, anywhere on Earth.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW*** *** 02 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 18":true,"*** *** 29":true,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></h2> <h2><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"></span></span></strong></h2> <h2><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Team Description </span></span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"> </span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 18":true,"*** *** 29":true,"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></h2> <p><span data-contrast="none">Interventions that secure a system from abuse by bad actors or misaligned AI systems will grow in importance as AI systems become more capable, autonomous, and integrated into society.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">The Misuse Red Team is a specialised </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">subteam</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0"> within AISI's wider Red Team. W</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">e </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">red</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">-</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">team </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">frontier AI safeguards</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">for dangerous capabilities</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">research </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">novel attack vectors</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">, and develop advanced automated attack tooling</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">. We share our findings with frontier AI companies</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0"> (including </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/strengthening-our-safeguards-through-collaboration-with-us-caisi-and-uk-aisi?subjects=societal-impacts" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Anthropic</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">, </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" href="https://openai.com/index/us-caisi-uk-aisi-ai-update/" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">OpenAI</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">, </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" href="https://deepmind.google/blog/deepening-our-partnership-with-the-uk-ai-security-institute/" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">DeepMind</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">)</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">, key UK officials, and other governments </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0"> inform their respective deployment, research, and policy decision-making</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW*** *** 38 BCX0">.</span></span> </p> <p><span data-contrast="none">We have published on several topics, including novel automated attack algorithms (</span><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/*** *** 01"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Boundary Point Jailbreaking</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">), </span><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/*** *** 92"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">poisoning attacks</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">,</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><a href="https://www.aisi.gov.uk/work/making-safeguard-evaluations-actionable"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">safeguards safety cases</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">,</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/*** *** 28"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">defending finetuning APIs,</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><a href="https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/technical-blog-strengthening-ai-agent-hijacking-evaluations"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">third-party attacks on agents,</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/*** *** 24"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">agent misuse</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">, and </span><a href="https://www.aisi.gov.uk/research"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">pre-training data filtering</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-contrast="none"> Some example impact cases have been advancing the benchmarking of agent misuse, identifying novel vulnerabilities and collaborating with frontier labs to mitigate them, and producing insights into the feasibility and effectiveness of attacks and defences in </span><span data-contrast="auto">data poisoning </span><span data-contrast="none">and fine-tuning APIs. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <h2><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Role Description </span></span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"> </span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 18":true,"*** *** 29":true,"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></h2> <p><span data-contrast="none">We’re looking for research scientists and research engineers for our misuse sub-team with expertise developing and analysing attacks and protections for systems based on large language models or who have broader experience with frontier LLM research and development.
An ideal candidate would have a strong track record of performing and publishing novel and impactful research in these or other areas of LLM research. We’re looking for:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><strong><span data-contrast="none">Research Scientists</span></strong><span data-contrast="none">, who</span><span data-contrast="none"> typically lead </span><em><span data-contrast="none">technical direction </span></em><span data-contrast="none"> - picking the questions, designing the experiments, and owning the conclusions (typically evidenced by a strong publication record).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></li> <li><strong><span data-contrast="none">Research Engineers</span></strong><span data-contrast="none">, who</span><span data-contrast="none"> typically lead </span><em><span data-contrast="none">execution</span></em><span data-contrast="none"> - building the systems and code that make those experiments possible at scale, and owning reliability, speed, and reproducibility.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-contrast="none">In practice, we can support staff’s work spanning or alternating between research and engineering. </span><strong><span data-contrast="none">If you have a preference, please specify this in your application.</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">The team is currently led by </span><a href="https://www.aisi.gov.uk/people/eric-winsor"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Eric Winsor</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none"> and </span><a href="https://x.com/alxndrdavies?lang=en"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Xander Davies</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">. You’ll work with incredible technical staff across AISI, including alumni from Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind, and top universities.
You may also collaborate with external teams from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Gray Swan. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">We are open to hires at junior, senior, staff and principal research scientist levels. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <h3><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3">Representative projects you might work on </span></span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3"> </span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 18":true,"*** *** 29":true,"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></h3> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Designing, building, running and evaluating methods to automatically attack and evaluate safeguards, such as LLM-automated attacking and direct optimisation approaches. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Building a benchmark for asynchronous monitoring for signs of misuse and jailbreak development across multiple model interactions. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Investigating novel attacks and defences for data poisoning LLMs with backdoors or other attacker goals. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Performing adversarial testing of frontier AI system safeguards and producing reports that are impactful and action-guiding for safeguard developers. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <h2><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3">What </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3">we’re</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3"> looking for </span></span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3"> </span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 18":true,"*** *** 29":true,"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></h2> <p><span data-contrast="none">The experiences listed below should be interpreted as examples of the expertise we're looking for, as opposed to a list of everything we expect to find in one applicant: </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">You may be a good fit if you have: </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Hands-on research experience with large language models (LLMs) - such as training, fine-tuning, evaluation, or safety research. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">A demonstrated track record of peer-reviewed publications in top-tier ML conferences or journals. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Ability and experience writing clean, documented research code for machine learning experiments, including experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch or evaluation frameworks like Inspect. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">A sense of mission, urgency, responsibility for success. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">An ability to bring your own research ideas and work in a self-directed way, while also collaborating effectively and prioritizing team efforts over extensive solo work. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-contrast="none">Strong candidates may also have: </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience working on adversarial robustness, other areas of AI security, or red teaming against any kind of system. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience working on AI alignment or AI control. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Extensive experience writing production quality code. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Desire to and experience with improving our team through mentoring and feedback. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience designing, shipping, and maintaining complex technical products. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <h2><span data-contrast="none">Selection process</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></h2> <p><span data-contrast="none">The interview process may vary candidate to candidate, however, you should expect a typical process to include some technical proficiency tests, discussions with a cross-section of our team at AISI (including non-technical staff), conversations with your team lead. The process will culminate in a conversation with members of the senior leadership team here at AISI. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Candidates should expect to go through </span><strong><span data-contrast="none">some or all</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> of the following stages once an application has been submitted: </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Initial assessment </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Initial screening call </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Research interview </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Technical assessment </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Behavioural interview </span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Final interview with members of the senior leadership team</span></li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><h2><strong><span data-contrast="none">What We Offer</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 85":0,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></h2> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Impact you couldn't have anywhere else</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 85":0,"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Incredibly talented, mission-driven and supportive colleagues.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Direct influence on how frontier AI is governed and deployed globally.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Work with the Prime Minister’s AI Advisor and leading AI companies.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Opportunity to shape the first & best-resourced public-interest research team focused on AI security.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Resources & access</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 85":0,"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Pre-release access to multiple frontier models and ample compute.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Extensive operational support so you can focus on research and ship quickly.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Work with experts across national security, policy, AI research and adjacent sciences.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Growth & autonomy</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 85":0,"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">If you’re talented and driven, you’ll own important problems early.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">5 days off and annual stipends for learning and development, and funding for conferences and external collaborations.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="10" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Freedom to pursue research bets without product pressure.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="11" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Opportunities to publish and collaborate externally.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Life & family*</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 85":0,"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="12" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Modern central London office, or where applicable, option to work in similar government offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Salford or Bristol.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="13" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Hybrid working, flexibility for occasional remote work abroad and stipends for work-from-home equipment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="14" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">At least 25 days’ annual leave, 8 public holidays, extra team-wide breaks and 3 days off for volunteering.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="15" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Generous paid parental leave (36 weeks of UK statutory leave shared between parents + 3 extra paid weeks + option for additional unpaid time).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="16" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">On top of your salary, we contribute 28.97% of your base salary to your pension.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="52" data-list-defn-props="{"*** *** 41":1,"*** *** 85":720,"*** *** 91":360,"*** *** 26":"Symbol","*** *** 42":[8226],"*** *** 03":"left","*** *** 04":"","*** *** 15":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="17" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Discounts and
Benefits
for cycling to work, donations and retail/gyms.</span> <br><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 56":16777215,"*** *** 38":0,"*** *** 39":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><em><span data-contrast="auto">*These
Benefits
apply to direct employees.
Benefits
may differ for individuals joining through other employment arrangements such as secondments.</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{"*** *** 17":false,"*** *** 18":false,"*** *** 38":240,"*** *** 39":240}"> </span></p> <h2><span data-contrast="auto">Salary</span></h2> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Annual salary is benchmarked to role scope and relevant experience. Most offers land between £65,000 and £145,000 made up of a base salary plus a technical allowance (take-home salary = base + technical allowance). An additional 28.97% employer pension contribution is paid on the base salary.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This role sits outside of the </span><a href="https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">DDaT pay framework</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> given the scope of this role requires in depth technical expertise in frontier AI safety, robustness and advanced AI architectures.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The full range of salaries are available below:</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><strong>Level 3:</strong> £65,000 - £75,000 (Base £39,850 + Technical Allowance £25,150 - £35,150)</li> <li><strong>Level 4:</strong> £85,000 - £95,000 (Base £47,355 + Technical Allowance £37,645 - £47,645)</li> <li><strong>Level 5:</strong> £105,000 - £115,000 (Base £61,620 + Technical Allowance £43,380 - £53,380)</li> <li><strong>Level 6:</strong> £125,000 - £135,000 (Base £74,605 + Technical Allowance £50,395 - £60,395)</li> <li><strong>Level 7:</strong> £145,000 (Base £74,605 + Technical Allowance £70,395)</li> </ul> <p> </p> <hr> <h4>Additional Information</h4> <div class="vac_display_field"> <div class="vac_display_nullclass"> <h3><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Use of AI in Applications</strong></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience.
Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our <u><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.civil-service-careers.gov.uk%2Fartificial-intelligence-and-recruitment%2F&data=05%7C02%7CLynn.Tan%40dsit.gov.uk%7Ccf5d753b7f19427afc8f08de4c307014%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C639031968075235036%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jCrYoy62YfXN%2FLIB%2FhtHxdLGbCOgropbkZXDyQsUMC4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" data-outlook-id="02db05e7-03ca-4ca6-bcd9-73ff8bf258f2" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1">candidate guidance </a></u>for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Internal Fraud Database</strong> </span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The Internal Fraud function of the Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants Function at the Cabinet Office processes details of civil servants who have been dismissed for committing internal fraud, or who would have been dismissed had they not resigned. The Cabinet Office receives the details from participating government organisations of civil servants who have been dismissed, or who would have been dismissed had they not resigned, for internal fraud.
In instances such as this, civil servants are then banned for 5 years from further employment in the civil service. The Cabinet Office then processes this data and discloses a limited dataset back to DLUHC as a participating government organisations. DLUHC then carry out the pre employment checks so as to detect instances where known fraudsters are attempting to reapply for roles in the civil service.
In this way, the policy is ensured and the repetition of internal fraud is prevented. </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;">For more information please see - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/internal-fraud-register-privacy-notice/internal-fraud-register-privacy-notice">Internal Fraud Register.</a></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Security</span></h3> <span style="font-size: 8pt;">Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check and get <a class="c-link" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" data-sk="tooltip_parent">baseline personnel security standard (BPSS) clearance</a> before they can be appointed. Additionally, there is a strong preference for eligibility for <a class="c-link" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-vetting-advice-for-people-who-are-being-vetted" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-vetting-advice-for-people-who-are-being-vetted" data-sk="tooltip_parent">counter-terrorist check (CTC) clearance</a>. Some roles may require higher levels of clearance, and we will state this by exception in the job advertisement. <a class="c-link" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vetting-explained-and-our-vetting-charter/the-vetting-charter" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vetting-explained-and-our-vetting-charter/the-vetting-charter" data-sk="tooltip_parent">See our vetting charter here.</a></span></div> </div> <div class="vac_display_field"> <h3><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Nationality
Requirements
</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">We may be able to offer roles to applicant from <strong>any nationality or background</strong>. As such we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet the standard <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">nationality
Requirements
(opens in a new window).</a></span></p> </div> <div class="vac_display_field"> <h3><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Working for the Civil Service</span></h3> <div class="vac_display_field"> <div class="vac_display_field_value"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/code/" target="_blank">Civil Service Code (opens in a new window)</a> sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum
Requirements
for the advertised vacancy.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vac_display_field"> <h3><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Diversity and Inclusion</span></h3> <div class="vac_display_field_value"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>. As part of the application process, we monitor statistics on D&I.
You can see how we process this data here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-service-recruitment-privacy-notice/recruitment-privacy-notice" target="_blank">Recruitment privacy notice - GOV.UK</a>.</span></div> </div></div>Find Jobs in United Kingdom on Arbeitnow
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