Summary

Zurich AI Safety (ZAIS) is hiring a Director, with the goal of professionalizing AI Safety capacity building in Zurich and Switzerland. The Director will lead individualized career advising for promising talent, expand outreach to mid- and senior-level professionals, manage ZAIS's growing volunteer team, and explore AI Safety opportunities in the context of the 2027 AI Summit in Geneva. Funding has been secured for a full-time, 14-month position. Due to Swiss work permit regulations, we can only consider applicants who are citizens of Switzerland or an EU/EFTA member state (or who already hold a valid Swiss work permit). The deadline to apply is the 22nd of March.

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About Zurich AI Safety

ZAIS started as the Zurich AI Alignment (ZAIA) reading...

TL;DR: 
Zurich AI Safety (ZAIS) is looking for a Director or Co-Directors. As of now, ZAIS is purely volunteer-run and is applying for funding for this position in collaboration with EA Switzerland. Therefore, this is an expression of interest (EOI) rather than a secured hiring, but promising candidates will be considered first in case funding is secured.

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What is ZAIS?

ZAIS started as the Zurich AI Alignment (ZAIA) reading group and since 2022 has started to organize speaker events, community gatherings and educational programs for people interested in AI safety in the Zurich area. With AI developing rapidly, the topic has become even more important in recent years, and ZAIS has been growing fast. The recently created AI Futures event series has attracted up to 40...