Operations Coordinator

Constellation is an independent research center that brings together people throughout the AI safety ecosystem to accelerate insight, research, and talent through better cooperation. Unlike a conference or summit, Constellation operates continuously, in the form of a physical workspace as well as conference-style talks, workshops, and training bootcamps. Continuous operation allows for relationships and conversations to develop over time, meaningfully fostering trust, collaboration, and shared insight.

It also makes Constellation a natural field-building hub by rapidly inspiring, orienting, and connecting people who are newer to the field.

Constellation is an independent research center that brings together people throughout the AI safety ecosystem to accelerate insight, research, and talent through better cooperation. Unlike a conference or summit, Constellation operates continuously, in the form of a physical workspace as well as conference-style talks, workshops, and training bootcamps. Continuous operation allows for relationships and conversations to develop over time, meaningfully fostering trust, collaboration, and shared insight.

It also makes Constellation a natural field-building hub by rapidly inspiring, orienting, and connecting people who are newer to the field.

Based in Berkeley, CA, our shared workspace hosts over 300 people per week across dozens of AI safety organizations in nonprofits, academia, industry, and government. Hundreds of other researchers spend time at Constellation for shorter visits each year. We believe this is the strongest and highest-output network of AI safety researchers in the world; dozens of participants in past Constellation programs have gone on to safety-focused roles at companies such as METR, Redwood Research, Anthropic, Google Deep Mind, OpenAI, and the US and UK Safety Institutes.

The Operations Coordinator role is focused on providing office, administrative, and customer support to our staff and the visitors hosted in our research center. This position will report to a member of the Shared Services team.

This role is open indefinitely, with applications reviewed quarterly.
The current review cycle closes on Sunday, October 18. Applications received after that date will be considered in the next review cycle. The next cohort of coordinators are expected to start on Monday, November 30.

This is an entry-level, operational development role. The aim is to give you skills and experience across a broad range of operational tasks, along with foundational context about AI safety. You'll start by building core operations skills, then have room to explore the operational areas that interest you most (e.g. events, comms, HR, facilities). This role is meant to up-skill and develop operations coordinators into other roles within the ecosystem, usually within one year.

Our goal is to provide training and context that can help you support Constellation as well as other organizations in our network as they scale during a period of rapid growth and rising importance for AI safety. Past coordinators have gone on to roles at Coefficient Giving, Redwood Research, and other teams at Constellation.

The ideal candidate has strong attention to detail, excellent interpersonal skills, and is excited to support AI safety research in a fast-paced and friendly work environment. (The vibe and pace of work is much closer to a growing startup than a traditional nonprofit.) Ideally, you also have a few years of office management, customer support, or administrative experience.

In this role, you’ll be the first person visitors and program participants meet when they arrive. You’ll respond to support requests, maintain…