About the Team

GovAI was founded to help humanity navigate the transition to a world with advanced AI. Our first research agenda, published in 2018, helped define and shape the nascent field of AI governance. Our team and affiliate community possess expertise in a wide variety of domains, including AI regulation, responsible development and release practices, technical governance, agent governance, economics of AI, threat modelling, AI company corporate governance, US-China relations, and AI progress forecasting. GovAI researchers have closely advised decision makers in government, industry, and civil society. Our researchers have also published in top peer-reviewed journals and conferences, including Science, FAccT, and NeurIPS.

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About the Fellowship

GovAI runs two three-month fellowships a year that bring together cohorts of about thirty people at our offices, enable them to work on supervised research projects, connect them to others in the space, and run seminars and expert Q&As for them. Many fellowship alumni have gone on to high-impact roles after GovAI. This includes roles in government in the US, the UK, and the EU; top AI companies, including DeepMind and Anthropic; top think tanks, including the Centre for Security and Emerging Technology and RAND; and top universities, including the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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‍Role Description 

As Research Management Associate, you will work closely with GovAI’s Head of Talent Development, Valerie Belu, on our Seasonal Fellowship in London, UK – our flagship talent development programme. Your initial responsibilities will include:

• Supporting our Head of Talent Development with the execution of the Summer Fellowship 2025. This includes setting up events for the Fellows, providing feedback on their work, and sometimes leading on check-ins with the Fellows;

• Supporting our Head of Talent Development during the Winter Fellowship 2026 selection process, which includes participation in application grading and making candidate recommendations;

• Taking point on preparing the Winter Fellowship 2026. This includes facilitating Fellow-Supervisor pairing and topic selection, as well as engaging with guest speakers and arranging events with them; and

• Taking ownership of executing the Winter Fellowship 2026. This includes being primarily responsible for the experience of the Fellows while at GovAI, setting up and facilitating events, and regularly meeting with them to help them overcome challenges in their research or other aspects of the Fellowship. 

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Depending on your interests and skills, there is room for the role to develop further into several directions, in addition to executing subsequent iterations of the Fellowship. Options include:

• Taking on increasingly more programming and design decisions for the Seasonal Fellowships;

• Working closely with our Talent Systems Specialist to improve our outreach and hiring pipeline for the Fellowship, to reach and select even more impactful cohorts; 

• Taking responsibility for running impact evaluations and assessing the current state of our talent programmes, recommending pathways for improvement, and executing on those pathways;

• Designing and executing on initiatives for engaging with our alumni; or

• Supporting our Head of Talent Development with the design and execution of additional talent programmes. Examples could include relaunching GovAI’s online Policy Programme and/or a programme aimed at facilitating entry of mid- to late-career individuals to the field.

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Selection Criteria

‍For all candidates, we will look for:

• Impact motivation. Someone excited by GovAI’s mission and the opportunity to make our programs as impactful as they can be.

• Excellent project management skills. This role will require the ability to manage complicated and concurrent work streams and we need someone who can demonstrate highly structured work habits, confidence in prioritising between tasks, and a conscientious approach to organisation.

• A high degree of professionalism. The ability to communicate clearly and concisely with a wide range of stakeholders and competently act as GovAI's representative towards Fellows and Fellowship guests.

• Strong interpersonal skills. The ability to support our Seasonal Fellows in overcoming challenges in their work and to hold them accountable for their projects. Experience with research or research management is a strong plus here.

• A drive to excellence. Receptiveness to feedback and commitment to self-improvement.

• Proactivity and collaborativeness. The ability to work autonomously, while taking high level direction from our Head of Talent Development.  

• Some familiarity with the field of AI governance.

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Salary and location

‍This position is full-time. We require candidates to be based in London, UK, during Fellowship periods, although we are open to hiring individuals who require short periods of remote work. GovAI’s office is currently located in Oxford, UK, but we will likely have relocated to London by the time successful applicants would join us. We are able to sponsor visas.

We expect that successful candidates’ annual compensation will typically fall between £65,000 (~$80,000) and £80,000 (~$100,000). In some cases where salary considerations would prevent a candidate from accepting an offer, there may also be some flexibility in compensation.

Benefits associated with the role include health, dental, and vision insurance, a £5,000 (~$6,000) annual wellbeing budget, an annual travel budget, flexible work hours, extended parental leave, ergonomic equipment, a 10% employer pension contribution, and 33 days of paid vacation (including public holidays).

Please inquire with recruitment@governance.ai if questions or concerns regarding compensation or benefits might affect your decision to apply.

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‍How to Apply‍ and What to Expect

‍The application process consists of a written submission in the first round, a paid remote work test in the second round, and an interview in the final round. We also conduct reference checks for all candidates we interview. Please apply using the form linked below.

Please feel free to reach out to recruitment@governance.ai if you would need a decision communicated by a particular date, if you need assistance with the application due to a disability, or if you have questions about the application process.

We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and we encourage individuals with underrepresented perspectives and backgrounds to apply. We especially encourage applications from women, gender minorities, people of colour, and people from regions other than North America and Western Europe who are excited about contributing to our mission. We are an equal opportunity employer and want to make it as easy as possible for everyone who joins our team to thrive in our workplace.