Operations Lead at Truthful AI

• Recruiting and on-boarding new staff and interns
• Overseeing our website and social media
• Working with Owain Evans (director of Truthful AI) to prioritize and arrange media requests, event invitations, and external advising
• Help manage our research projects in AI Safety
• Budget and fundraising
• Interfacing with our fiscal sponsor (Rethink Priorities), which handles some of our operations (e.g. accounts, payroll, benefits, visas).

We are looking for a generalist who can carry out a range of tasks to support our technical AI Safety research, communicate our findings widely, grow the team, and enable ambitious projects.

• Work experience in any of the following: operations, research management, executive support, or similar areas.
• Independent and pro‑active
• Genuine interest in AI Safety and in Truthful AI’s approach and mission
• Ability to execute on a wide range of tasks (whatever needs to be done)
• Verbal and written communication: ability to communicate our key research findings
• Proficient with traditional software and recent AI tools

Truthful AI is fiscally sponsored by Rethink Priorities. If based in the USA, you will be an employee of Rethink Priorities, a 501(c)(3) research non‑profit.

• You would report to Owain Evans (director of Truthful AI)
• Location:
  
  We prefer candidates who can work in person in Berkeley but we will also consider remote (US or international).
• Hours:
  
  Full‑time (40 hours/week) preferred but we will consider part‑time.
• Compensation: $,000 depending on experience and location. Benefits provided. For onsite employees, lunch and dinner is provided.
• We sponsor visas and are cap‑exempt for H1B.
• This role has the potential to increase our impact significantly. You would play a crucial role in growing our team and building up our infrastructure and ability to run ambitious projects. This will involve fundraising, hiring, and coordinating our projects at a larger scale than previously. You would also help communicate our research both to specific parties (AI labs, governments, etc) and to the broad research community.

• We are a small organization and you would be the first non‑technical hire. The impact of your work will be tangible from Day 1
• You will develop a range of skills including: generalist operations, supporting and communicating AI safety research, automating workflows using AI tools, technical recruiting and on‑boarding, and strategic planning
• While we are small, there are good opportunities for learning from others:
  • Owain Evans has long experience both in doing research and in management of research teams and non‑profits. Our other team members (Jan Betley, Johannes Treutlein, Anna Sztyber‑Betley, Jorio Cocola) have experience from working in academic research, software companies, and frontier AI labs.
  • You will work closely with Rethink Priorities on operations and Constellation’s team (on the Astra Fellowship)
• AI safety research is inherently fast moving and is currently being transformed by AI automation. We need to learn and adapt quickly and you will be part of this process.

• We expect a high degree of autonomy and ability to get things done on your own. You’ll be the main person responsible for various functions and will need to take initiative and solve problems yourself
• Owain Evans (the director) will have ultimate responsibility for most of the key strategic decisions for the organization (e.g. what projects to take on, who to hire). If you are looking for this kind of responsibility yourself, this is probably not a good fit.
• You will be responsible for a wide range of tasks, including some mundane every‑day tasks. You would be encouraged to find ways to automate or outsource these tasks where possible, but there will still be some mundane tasks left over.
• You want to work in AI Safety but are not sold on the particular value of Truthful AI