Job Specifications
Job Summary
The AI Security Institute:
The AI Security Institute 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.
The risks from AI are not sci-fi, they are urgent. By combining the agility of a tech start-up with the expertise and mission-driven focus of government, we’re building a unique and innovative organisation to prevent AI’s harms from impeding its potential.
Job Description
What you'll do:
The Talent team is responsible for scaling AISI from the ground up. This is not your normal civil service team – we have built a reputation for getting things done, challenging the status quo and navigating ambiguity.
The AISI talent team ensures our recruitment processes are designed to effectively assess talent whilst ensuring a positive candidate and onboarding experience for new joiners. Talent Partners work with hiring teams to guide them through the recruitment process, providing expert advice and consultation on hiring and talent attraction strategies, Talent Partners will also manage all end-to-end processes, ensuring the candidate experience is best in class, whilst navigating one of the most competitive global candidate markets.
This is a demanding role with significant opportunity for stretch in a dynamic and complex environment. Guided by the Recruitment Operations Lead, the Talent Partner is responsible for the delivery of successful hiring campaigns across both technical and non-technical domain areas.
Full cycle recruitment & onboarding: Working with hiring teams to scope out new roles, design appropriate assessments and manage the candidate experience. You will be the primary point of contact for candidates and guide them through the process, preparing them through each step and answering their queries along the way.
Expert coordination: Owning multiple vacancies and onboarding several candidates at any given time. Managing competing priorities whilst delivering a seamless experience to all stakeholders. You will be involved in complex coordination and program management, setting expectations internally and influencing key decision makers as required.
Projects: Identifying opportunities to drive process efficiency and elevate stakeholder experiences - driving these ideas forward into clear project plans with defined deliverables.
Person specification
Who you are - essential skills and experience:
A solution-oriented self-starter: you will have demonstrable evidence that you are highly inquisitive, astute and innovative in the face of complex problems and talent issues. You will have a track record of finding new ways of getting things done and an ability to do so in with an open and impartial mindset;
Excellent written and oral communication skills: you will be extremely comfortable communicating with a range of very senior officials, ministers and both expert and non-expert stakeholders, and have nuanced and sensitive influencing and handling skills to bring them along our journey, and achieve team objectives;
Recruitment knowledge: Some proven experience in recruitment is required, including writing job descriptions, partnering with hiring managers coordinating interviews and managing candidate experience. Experience in technical recruitment would be desirable.
Incredibly organised: This is a busy role with many processes and stakeholder groups, managing a busy inbox, coordinating multiple calendars and keeping on top of all stakeholder and candidate communications will be essential.
Prioritisation: a proven ability to make decisions confidently in ambiguous circumstances and effectively support a team in navigating competing priorities and remain calm and resilient under pressure.
Continuous improvement mindset: to have a proactive approach towards, and a focus on, continuous improvement of yourself, the service you provide and your team
Highly collaborative: You enjoy building relationships with others and working with colleagues towards a shared goal, our wins are shared and we face challenges together.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Delivering at Pace
Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £33,015, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £9,564 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
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