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Founding Staff, DC Office, (Science Communications, Engagement and Policy Research)
Science Technology
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Market rate
6,000 GBP–10,000 GBP/mo (72,000 GBP–120,000 GBP/yr)
Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).
About the Company
About Apollo Research Apollo Research is a mission-driven startup committed to reducing the threats from scheming frontier AI systems. We work with and are trusted by every frontier AI lab. We do fundamental research, test their models before deployment, and collaborate with them on scheming mitigations. The Governance team conducts research and provides advice on the institutional, legal and strategic implications of AI scheming and loss of control threats, working closely alongside our Science of Scheming, Evaluations, and Monitoring teams. The Governance team works on a bet: that the national security interventions the U.S. government enacts and implements over the next 15 months, through legislation, procurement and verifiable procedures for testing, monitoring, controlling and pacing frontier AI, will be among the most significant contributions to our collective ability to stay in control of increasingly advanced AI systems. That means our DC work focuses on identifying, describing and offering policy solutions to some of the hardest open problems at the intersection of AI misalignment and national security: loss of control, evaluation-aware models that stand to undermine existing assessment regimes, and the handoff of the development of AI systems to AIs themselves. We are routinely requested to brief decision makers in the U.S. government's executive and legislative branch and across multiple intelligence agencies, as well as to provide input into relevant federal an
Requirements
- ● Have previously worked in a science communications heavy role with the U.S. Government, ideally communicating complex technological topics to a broad range of stakeholders at pace
- ● Are a strong and accurate communicator who is skilled at breaking down complex topics into accessible and implementable proposals relevant to your interlocutor
- ● Have previously developed policy communications packages and prepared senior colleagues for high stakes environments
- ● Are based in or willing to relocate to Washington DC
- ● Align with Apollo Research's mission and values
- ● Founding Staff: Relationship Management Expert
- ● Proactively seek out and build foundational relationships with individuals, groups and organisations relevant to Apollo Research's mission
- ● Manage pre-existing and new relationships with policymakers to generate opportunities for regular engagement and increase understanding of topics relevant to Apollo Research's work
- ● Convene and brief diverse stakeholders, including through hosting or attending relevant policy events such as requested meeting, discussion panels, or workshops
- ● Brief and support senior leadership ahead of exchanges and meetings with relevant audiences and decisionmakers
- ● Contribute to the development and execution of our strategic vision to ensure safe and secure AI development and deployment in accordance with Apollo Research's mission and the organisation's core priorities
- ● Are a verifiably trusted and reliable operator with a wide-reaching DC network across AI relevant groups in the U.S. government and across the intelligence community
- ● Have previously acquired and managed high stakes relationships and expanded an organisation's contact portfolio while maintaining high integrity
- ● Deeply understand political and personal dynamics across relevant stakeholder groups and enjoy navigating and bringing them together around shared topics of interest
- ● Are based in or willing to relocate to Washington DC
- ● Align with Apollo Research's mission and values
- ● Founding Staff: Policy and Legal ResearchExpert
- ● Build systems to keep on top of and engage with relevant bills and acts, governance discussions, as well as federal and state-level policy proposals
- ● Identify the most relevant policy movements and spearhead appropriate strategies to develop novel proposals or to support existing proposals aligned with Apollo's mission
- ● Work with colleagues to develop timely and accurate policy submissions, responses to requests for information, and policy memos
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