Technical Writer, Frontier AI Best Practice
UK government research organisation that evaluates advanced AI risks and develops and tests mitigations to inform governments.
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About The AI Security Institute (AISI)
The AI Security Institute is a research organisation within the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. It tests leading AI systems, conducts technical research on advanced-AI risks and solutions, develops evaluation infrastructure, and informs UK and allied-government policy.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will turn AISI's technical expertise into authoritative best-practice documents and clear explanations of why those practices matter. You'll work with researchers to shape and structure each piece, co-draft and edit documents so each practice is specific, testable and accurate, and write public explainers and blog posts for different audiences. You'll report to the Head of Technical Standards and Best Practice.
Requirements
- Understand nuanced technical AI safety work well enough to explain its claims and limitations accurately
- Write precise, structured documents setting out what organisations should do and why
- Explain technical topics clearly to non-technical readers
- Able to work at least 4 days per week
Responsibilities
- Work with researchers to decide the form and structure of each best-practice document
- Own delivery of best-practice documents by co-drafting and editing researchers' technical input
- Set out the technical rationale for each practice using research findings, threat models and evaluation results
- Develop a consistent style, templates and terminology and run review rounds with internal and external experts
- Write public explainers and technical blog posts on AISI's best practice
- Manage multi-stakeholder drafting processes and engage with feedback
- Adapt material for audiences from technical researchers to non-technical policy readers
Benefits
- Annual stipends for learning and development
- Funding for conferences and external collaborations
- Hybrid working
- Flexibility for occasional remote work abroad
- Stipends for work-from-home equipment
- At least 25 days' annual leave
- 8 public holidays
- Extra team-wide breaks
- 3 days off for volunteering
- Paid parental leave (36 weeks UK statutory shared plus 3 extra paid weeks plus option for unpaid time)
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of base salary
- Cycle to work, donation and retail/gym discounts
- Pre-release access to frontier models and ample compute
- 5 days off
Hiring Process
Initial interview, technical take home test, second interview and review of take home test, third interview, final interview with members of the senior team (some or all stages).