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Research Associate / Senior Research Associate, AI Evaluation and Assurance
Research Associate / Senior Research Associate, AI Evaluation and Assurance
AI safety & policy
Full-time
AI safety & policy
Full-time
Deadline
2026-11-29
Salary
£46,415 - £52,494 for Research Associate level / £57,000 - £59,000 for Senior Research Associate
Routes to impact
Skill-building & building career capital
Direct high impact on an important cause
Description
Lead research on combining evaluation and explanation evidence for machine-learning assurance in defence and national security contexts.
  • Develop a formal account of how AI evaluation evidence can be combined into assurance-grade claims
  • Contribute to evaluation studies, assurance framework mapping, and protocols for eliciting operational requirements
  • Publish peer-reviewed research and present findings to academic, industry, and government stakeholders
  • Help design evaluation platforms, dataset handling plans, and longer-term research on AI evaluation and verification
  • Permanent role; security vetting and eligibility for Security Check (SC) clearance required
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