Description
The AI Security Institute (AISI) is the largest team in a government dedicated to understanding AI capabilities and risks in the world.
Our mission is to equip governments with an empirical understanding of the safety of advanced AI systems. We conduct research to understand the capabilities and impacts of advanced AI, and develop and test risk mitigations. We focus on risks with security implications, including the potential of AI to assist with the development of chemical and biological weapons, how it can be used to carry out cyber-attacks, enable crimes such as fraud, and the possibility of loss of control.
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the centre of one of the UK government’s most high-profile and globally significant initiatives , the AI Security Institute (AISI).
We are recruiting two Private Secretaries: one as Private Secretary to the Director of AISI, and one as Private Secretary to the Chief Strategy Officer. Both roles carry the same core responsibilities; they differ only in which senior leader you support.
This role combines two equally important elements. First, you will deliver the core disciplines that make Private Office work well: excellent diary and logistics management, strong coordination, clear follow-through, and ensuring your principal’s office runs smoothly in a fast-paced environment. Second, you will operate as a trusted adviser to your principal, using your judgement to help manage priorities, strengthen briefing, identify issues early and lead important pieces of work on their behalf.
Responsibilities
- Strong organisational skills, with experience managing senior priorities, meetings, logistics and competing demands in a fast-paced environment
- Sound judgement and the ability to work independently, prioritise effectively and remain calm under pressure
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to understand complex issues quickly and turn them into clear advice or briefing for senior audiences
- Experience of coordinating work across teams and driving delivery or follow-through where ownership is shared or unclear
- Ability to build trusted relationships quickly and work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leaders
- Resilience, initiative and adaptability in ambiguous or rapidly changing situations
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £48,540, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £14,062 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
- A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
- Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
- An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
- Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.