Effective altruism

opportunities board

Work on the world's most pressing problems. Browse jobs, fellowships, internships, courses, and more at high-impact organisations.
Add opportunity
Get notified
Add opportunity
Get notified about new roles
  • Full-time
    293
  • Part-time
    58
  • Internship
    67
  • Fellowship
    58
  • Volunteer
    47
  • Funding
    42
  • Independent project
    26
  • Contest
    8
  • Event
    7
  • Advising
    27
  • Recurring opportunity
    95
  • Course
    15
  • AI safety & policy
    179
  • Animal welfare
    47
  • Biosecurity & pandemic preparedness
    38
  • Building effective altruism
    78
  • Climate change
    15
  • Global health & development
    132
  • Global priorities research
    34
  • Information security
    24
  • Institutional decision-making
    34
  • International security & cooperation
    53
  • Mental health & wellbeing
    5
  • Nuclear security
    14
  • Other (pressing)
    6
  • Remote
    255
  • USA
    188
  • Europe (excluding UK)
    51
  • UK
    53
  • Canada
    11
  • Central America & Caribbean
    11
  • South America
    16
  • Asia
    40
  • Africa
    64
  • Australia & Oceania
    11
  • Mexico
    8
  • Middle East
    10
  • High school
    24
  • Undergraduate degree
    202
  • Graduate degree
    130
  • Doctoral degree
    72
  • Specialized degree (M.D., J.D., etc.)
    63
  • Direct high impact on an important cause
    313
  • Direct/increased engagement with EA
    111
  • Increasing awareness of institutional decision making challenges in AI safety
    26
  • Learning about important cause areas
    124
  • Networking with peers around AI governance topics
    29
  • Skill-building & building career capital
    382
  • Testing your fit for a certain career path
    71
  • AI governance understanding
    53
  • Academia
    31
  • Collaborative problem-solving
    152
  • Communication
    265
  • Community building
    87
  • Data
    86
  • Entrepreneur
    13
  • Finance
    13
  • Forecasting
    7
  • Information security
    17
  • Legal
    8
  • Management
    164
  • Operations
    211
  • Organization building, boosting & running
    186
  • Policy writing
    48
  • Political & bureaucratic
    44
  • Research
    246
  • Software engineering
    40
  • The Institute for AI Policy and Strategy
    1
  • Works in Progress
    1
  • 0Labs
    2
  • 80,000 Hours (80K)
    8
  • AI Safety Asia (AISA)
    1
  • AI Safety Awareness Project (AISAP)
    1
  • AI Safety Connect (AISC)
    2
  • AI Safety Ideas (AISI)
    1
  • AI Security Institute (AISI)
    6
  • ALLAI
    1
  • ANSER
    2
  • Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
    8
  • Active Site
    3
  • Against Malaria Foundation (AMF)
    2
  • Alignment Ecosystem Development
    1
  • Alignment Research Center
    1
  • Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator (ARENA)
    1
  • Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED)
    3
  • AltProtein.jobs
    1
  • Amazon
    1
  • Americans Responsible for Innovation
    1
  • Anima International
    1
  • Animal Advocacy Africa
    2
  • Animal Charity Evaluators
    1
  • Animal Equality
    3
  • Animal Justice Academy
    1
  • Animal Outlook
    1
  • Animal Welfare League
    1
  • Ansh
    3
  • Anthropic
    3
  • Apollo Research
    9
  • Aquatic Animal Policy Org
    1
  • Aquatic Life Institute (ALI)
    1
  • Arcadia Impact
    2
  • Artificial Intelligence Governance & Safety Canada (AIGS)
    1
  • Aspen Institute
    2
  • Authentic Memory
    1
  • Beneficial AI Foundation
    1
  • Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI)
    1
  • Blue Origin
    1
  • BlueDot Impact
    10
  • Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    1
  • CEEALAR
    2
  • CLEAR Global
    1
  • Cambridge AI Safety Hub (CAISH)
    1
  • Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
    2
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
    1
  • Carnegie Mellon University
    3
  • Center for AI Safety (CAIS)
    6
  • Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI)
    1
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    1
  • Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI)
    1
  • Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)
    1
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
    1
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
    7
  • Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
    1
  • Center on Long-Term Risk
    1
  • Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
    10
  • Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)
    1
  • Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER)
    1
  • Child Rights and You (CRY)
    1
  • Clean Air Task Force
    3
  • Clingendael Institute
    3
  • Cloudflare
    3
  • Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
    3
  • Coefficient Giving
    6
  • Constellation
    15
  • Convergent Research
    2
  • Cornell Tech
    1
  • Cosmos Institute
    1
  • DIV Fund
    1
  • Dawn Song (UC Berkeley)
    1
  • Development Innovation Lab
    3
  • Dovetail
    2
  • Dwarkesh Podcast
    1
  • EA Nigeria
    1
  • EA San Francisco
    1
  • EAGxAustralasia
    1
  • EAGxBerlin
    1
  • EAGxSingapore 2026
    1
  • ERA
    1
  • Effectief Geven
    3
  • Effective Altruism Australia
    1
  • Effective Altruism Community
    3
  • Effective Altruism Czechia
    1
  • Effective Altruism Switzerland
    1
  • Effective Altruism UK
    1
  • Effective Altruism at UC Berkeley
    1
  • Effective Thesis
    3
  • Effektiver Altruismus Deutschland
    1
  • Epoch AI
    2
  • Equistamp
    1
  • Escape the City
    1
  • Evidence Action
    9
  • Existential Risk Observatory
    1
  • FAR.AI
    7
  • Faculty
    1
  • Faunalytics
    1
  • Fish Welfare Initative
    2
  • Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
    1
  • Forecasting Research Institute (FRI)
    4
  • Foresight Institute
    1
  • Fortify Health
    5
  • Founders Pledge
    1
  • Frankfurt AI Safety
    1
  • Friends of the Earth Malta
    1
  • Fundación Igualdad Animal
    1
  • Future of Life Institute (FLI)
    3
  • Future of Privacy Forum
    1
  • Genesis Molecular AI
    1
  • GiveDirectly
    10
  • GiveWell
    3
  • Giving What We Can (GWWC)
    2
  • Good Food Institute (GFI)
    2
  • Graduate Applications International Network (GAIN)
    1
  • Haize Labs
    2
  • Happier Lives Institute
    2
  • Health Progress Hub
    2
  • High Impact Athletes
    1
  • High Impact Medicine (Hi-Med)
    1
  • High Impact Professionals (HIP)
    1
  • Hudson Institute
    13
  • INHR
    1
  • IRC Africa Inc.
    1
  • Impactful Policy Careers
    1
  • Innovate Animal Ag
    1
  • Innovations for Poverty Action
    7
  • Institute for Law & AI (LawAI)
    2
  • Institute for Progress
    1
  • International Rescue Committee (IRC)
    1
  • Irregular
    2
  • J-PAL Africa
    2
  • July AI
    1
  • Kickstarting For Good
    2
  • Kurzgesagt
    1
  • LawZero
    2
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
    3
  • Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP)
    3
  • Lens Academy
    1
  • Lila Sciences
    1
  • Living Goods
    2
  • Longview Philanthropy
    2
  • MATS Program
    1
  • MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    2
  • MLex
    1
  • Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
    1
  • Malaria Consortium
    17
  • Menlo Ventures
    1
  • Mieux Donner
    1
  • Mila
    1
  • Mirror Biology Dialogues Fund
    1
  • Mobius
    1
  • NYU Animal Welfare Program
    1
  • NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy
    1
  • National University of Singapore
    1
  • New Incentives
    3
  • New Roots Institute
    2
  • New York State Department of Financial Services
    1
  • Notify Health
    2
  • Novah
    1
  • One Acre Fund
    3
  • One for the World
    1
  • OpenAI
    6
  • Our World in Data
    1
  • Outcapped
    3
  • Partnership for Public Service
    1
  • Pause AI
    1
  • Perimeter
    5
  • Pfizer
    1
  • Pivotal Research
    1
  • Prevail Fund
    3
  • Principled Agents
    2
  • Prism Research
    1
  • ProVeg International
    1
  • Pulitzer Center
    1
  • RAND
    4
  • Rethink Priorities
    1
  • Rethink Wellbeing
    2
  • SaferAI
    1
  • Sage
    1
  • SandboxAQ
    1
  • Sandia National Laboratories
    1
  • Schmidt Sciences
    2
  • SecureBio
    1
  • Seldon Lab
    1
  • Sentient Futures
    1
  • Sightsavers
    1
  • Sinergia Animal
    5
  • Singapore AI Safety Hub (SASH)
    1
  • Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira
    2
  • Speculative Technologies
    1
  • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
    1
  • Successif
    2
  • Superlinear
    1
  • Survival and Flourishing Fund (SAF & SFF)
    1
  • Suvita
    5
  • The Collective Intelligence Project
    1
  • The Good Food Institute
    2
  • The Humane League
    4
  • The Midas Project
    1
  • The Pollination Project
    1
  • The School for Moral Ambition
    1
  • The White House
    1
  • Tien Procent Club
    1
  • Timaeus
    1
  • Transluce
    3
  • Truthful AI
    3
  • U.S Office of Personnel Management
    1
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
    2
  • UK Civil Service
    1
  • United Nations (UN)
    1
  • United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
    3
  • University of Cambridge
    1
  • University of Oxford
    2
  • University of Vienna
    1
  • ValleyDAO
    1
  • Valthos
    1
  • Vector Impact Talent
    1
  • Veterinary Association for Farm Animal Welfare (VAFAW)
    1
  • Vista Institute for AI Policy
    2
  • Welfare Matters
    1
  • Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
    1
  • WorkStream
    1
  • World Health Organization
    1
  • Zanzalu
    1
Give us feedback →
Biologist, Lead for Large Language Model Chemical-Biological Security Evaluations, Center for AI Standards and Innovation
Biologist, Lead for Large Language Model Chemical-Biological Security Evaluations, Center for AI Standards and Innovation
Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI)Washington, USA
Today
AI safety & policy
Biosecurity & pandemic preparedness
Full-time
Deadline soon
Today
Deadline
2026-05-06
Routes to impact
Direct high impact on an important cause
Skill-building & building career capital
Increasing awareness of institutional decision making challenges in AI safety
Description
NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) is seeking a biologist with national security expertise to lead chemical-biological safety evaluations of large language models and other AI systems, based in Washington, DC.
  • Salary — $121,785–$197,200 per year (ZP-4 to ZP-5), permanent full-time position with telework eligibility
  • Responsibilities — design and conduct national security-relevant evaluations of LLMs for chemical-biological risks; coordinate with interagency partners and represent CAISI at working groups with industry and academia
  • Requirements — degree in biological sciences or related field; specialized experience in biosecurity, biotechnology, or AI evaluation; active TS/SCI clearance required
  • Benefits — comprehensive federal benefits package under NIST's Alternative Personnel Management System, a pay-for-performance system with strong HR flexibilities
Apply by May 6, 2026 via USAJOBS.
This text was generated by AI. If you notice any inconsistencies, please let us know using this form
View opportunity
Related opportunities
Head of Legal
Head of Legal
Apollo ResearchLondon, United Kingdom
1 month ago
AI safety & policy
Full-time
1 month ago
Program Analyst, Chemical and Biological Weapons Elimination
Program Analyst, Chemical and Biological Weapons Elimination
ANSERAlexandria, USA
Today
Biosecurity & pandemic preparedness
International security & cooperation
Full-time
Today
Researcher, Alignment Science
Researcher, Alignment Science
OpenAISan Francisco, USA
Yesterday
AI safety & policy
Full-time
Yesterday
Associate AI Security Resident
Associate AI Security Resident
RANDWashington, USA
2 days ago
AI safety & policy
Information security
Full-time
2 days ago
Project Officer, AI and Emerging Technologies
Project Officer, AI and Emerging Technologies
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)Remote
1 week ago
AI safety & policy
International security & cooperation
Full-time
Deadline soon
1 week ago
Lead AI Applications Developer / Senior AI Developer, Safety
Lead AI Applications Developer / Senior AI Developer, Safety
MilaMontreal, Canada
1 week ago
AI safety & policy
Full-time
1 week ago
Chief Correspondent
Chief Correspondent
MLexBrussels, Belgium
1 week ago
AI safety & policy
Full-time
1 week ago
Research Engineer
Research Engineer
FAR.AIBerkeley, USA / Remote
1 week ago
AI safety & policy
Full-time
1 week ago
Join 60k subscribers and sign up for the EA Newsletter, a monthly email with the latest ideas and opportunities