Talent Identification Advisor

Impact Academy is looking for a Talent Identification Advisor to join their team.

Overview:

• Freelance contract: 10-12 hours per week for up to 8 weeks
• Language: English
• Location: Anywhere (Remote)
• Salary: $30 per hour
• Applications closing: until filled

Job Description

We are soon launching applications for the Global AI Safety Fellowship 2025 to help advance research on the safe and beneficial development of AI.

With this fellowship, we aim to connect world-class STEM talent with three to six-month placement and mentorship at pioneering AI safety organisations such as the Center for Human-Compatible AI (UC Berkeley), Conjecture, FAR AI, and the Mila-Quebec AI Institute. We’ll have a particular focus on talent from regions such as Singapore, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Hungary, Romania, Morocco, and South Africa, among others.

We are looking for professionals with a basic understanding of AI Safety to help us identify and connect with world-class STEM talent in their regions for advancing research on safe and aligned AI systems.

Responsibilities

Here is a set of indicative responsibilities and expectations we would have for the role:

• Medalists of prestigious STEM competitions or awards, such as the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), International Olympiad of Informatics (IOI), and International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), etc.
• First authors of ML research papers in a top publication or winners of the best paper award at a top conference.
• Working professionals in ML roles in big tech firms or quantitative trading firms (e.g. Jane Street) with >1 year of experience.
• Top rankers (99.9th percentile) of highly competitive examinations for university STEM education, such as India’s Joint Entrance Examination (JEE).
• Degree-holders from the very best technical universities in their regions.
• Apart from these, we’ll also consider current students who show particular promise (based on some of the above proxies).
• We expect potential candidates to possess at least a mild to moderate interest in technical AI Safety and Alignment research and the motivation to learn more.
• Conduct in-person and online outreach among technical talent hubs in your region– professional networks, networking events for programmers, online communities, math/CS academic societies, etc.
• Spread this information to the alumni of top STEM institutions in your region, through professors in relevant departments or alumni working in prestigious programming/ML engineering/quantitative modelling roles.
• Scan your LinkedIn network to identify primary, secondary, and tertiary connections or profiles in your region that meet the aforementioned description.
• Contact relevant online or in-person communities, such as those related to Olympiads, Python, AI Safety, Effective Altruism (EA), GenAI, and alumni of similarly competitive programs like the Atlas Fellowship and Non-trivial.
• Tap into professional communities in your regions for big tech or quantitative trading firms.

How to apply?

If you would like to collaborate with us, please complete this 20-30 minute form. We will get back to you shortly if we think you are a good fit.

For any queries, don’t hesitate to contact us at aisafety@impactacademy.org.