AI-Bio Policy Strategist

6 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Full time
Job Summary

We accelerate innovation, investment, and productivity through world-class science, research, and development.

We use technology for good by ensuring new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared.

We are driving forward a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back.

We do all this to enable the Government's 5 national missions: kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, taking back our streets, breaking down barriers to opportunity, and building an NHS fit for the future.

Above all, we focus on improving people's lives. Whether it's researching new treatments for disease, developing better batteries, reducing burdens through better public services, keeping children safe online, and much more, outcomes for citizens are at the heart of what we do.

Our Inclusive Environment

We offer flexible working benefits, employee well-being support, and a great pension. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.

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Job Description

Science and technologies are developing at an incredibly rapid pace. This is a high-profile and unique opportunity to work at the strategic centre of these developments at the cross-section of AI and biological capabilities.

Working alongside teams in other departments, this role leads on crafting HMG's strategic policies on the opportunities and risks concerning the convergence of AI and Engineering Biology. This will include:

  • Engaging across the Government, industry, academia, and internationally to understand the technological and geopolitical situation and context.
  • Deploying technical knowledge, experience, and critical thinking to create innovative solutions to the opportunities and risks.
  • Acting in a cross-Government leadership capacity to champion this work.

You will be a key part of the wider Engineering Biology team, which is a high-performing, dynamic, and inclusive team, being one of the five UK critical technologies teams. We champion openness, integrity, and inclusivity - working together to make the UK an excellent place for science, innovation, and technology and to make DSIT an excellent and supportive place to work.

Key Responsibilities

As the lead official for AI-Bio, you will:

  • Engage across Government, industry, academia, and international partners to gather, analyze, and deploy insight on the cross-section of AI and Engineering Biology.
  • Work within DSIT and wider government to plan, develop, and deploy effective and impactful policies and interventions.
  • Proactively manage short-term tasks and requirements alongside longer-term strategic work.
  • Develop and manage a forward work plan for the team that accounts for technological, geopolitical, and security developments.
  • Line manage at least one policy official and act as a leader within the wider Government Eng Bio, AI, and national security communities.
  • Embody and role model DSIT values - think big, value people, create connections, and cultivate curiosity.
Skills and Experience

We are keen to hear from applicants that possess:

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience in AI technologies that have applicability in Engineering Biology settings (such as biological design tools).

Desirable

  • Experience in effective diverse stakeholder management.
  • Wider policy development experience.
  • Experience in working within national security communities.
Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Seeing the Big Picture.
  • Leadership.
  • Communicating and Influencing.
  • Delivering at Pace.
Benefits

Alongside your salary of £52,320, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £15,157 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

The Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

  • A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking, and compressed hours.
  • Automatic enrolment into the, with an average employer contribution of 27%.
  • A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
  • An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
  • Access to a range of retail, travel, and lifestyle employee discounts.
Office Attendance

The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home-based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.

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