Operations Generalist
Operations Generalist
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22-04-2025
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Yearly Salary
$ 90000 - 140000
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
22-04-2025
Job Description
About Constellation
Constellation is an independent research center that brings together people throughout the AI safety ecosystem to accelerate insight research and talent through better cooperation. Unlike a conference or summit Constellation operates continuously in the form of a physical workspace as well as conferencestyle talks workshops and training bootcamps. Continuous operation allows for relationships and conversations to develop over time meaningfully fostering trust collaboration and shared insight. It also makes Constellation a natural fieldbuilding hub by rapidly inspiring orienting and connecting people who are newer to the field.
Based in Berkeley CA our shared workspace hosts over 100 people per week across dozens of AI safety organizations in nonprofits academia industry and government. Hundreds of other researchers spend time at Constellation for shorter visits each year. We believe this is the strongest and highestoutput network of AI safety researchers in the world; dozens of participants in past Constellation programs have gone on to safetyfocused roles at companies such as METR Redwood Research Anthropic Google DeepMind OpenAI and the US and UK Safety Institutes.
For more information see our research focus areas and selected publications from Constellation fellows.
About the role
Were seeking a Operations Generalist to increase our teams capacity and scale up our impact. Reporting to the Director of Operations you will be responsible for a flexible portfolio of operations projects to support and enable our AI safety research center and programming.
The exact scope of responsibilities will depend on your experience and areas of expertise. It will include some combination of: workspace design IT operations/support and/or facilities management.
The ideal candidate has significant professional experience in 12 of these domains in a fastpaced and dynamic work environment. (The vibe and pace is much closer to a growing startup than a traditional nonprofit. In this crossfunctional role youll work closely with both our Operations and Programs teams. Youll also get to interact with and support many of the worlds top AI safety experts.
This is an inperson fulltime position. This role requires being onsite from 9am5pm on weekdays. Periodic work is required on evenings and weekends e.g. when handling urgent issues.
Example responsibilities
The scope can be tuned to focus on particular areas of expertise or to accommodate a generalist who thrives on variety. Potential responsibilities could include:
Facilities Operations
Managing vendor and contractor relationships
Identifying and scoping potential improvements to our collaborative workspace
Planning and scheduling repairs
Monitoring desk office and meeting room utilization
Managing storage and inventory
Workspace Design
Designing new room layouts and workspaces
Researching and purchasing furniture equipment and decor
Identifying and testing user experience improvements
Coordinating room configuration and setup
IT Operations / Support
Providing enduser support
Configuring and troubleshooting A/V equipment
Developing a roadmap for IT improvements and upgrades
Planning and/or supporting IT projects (for example upgrading our guest signin kiosks)
Skills Needed
Experience owning one or more of the above operations domains at a fastgrowing organization
Able to reliably track manage and prioritize a high volume of tasks threads and deadlines
Experience balancing urgent daytoday requests with longerterm initiatives
Skilled at synthesizing complex and ambiguous situations into concrete cohesive plans
Excellent at tracking project progress and consistently hitting key milestones
Able to gracefully set and maintain clear expectations
Can drive partially scoped projects to the finish line
Enjoy handson operations work
Clear concise written communication
Experience managing relationships with external vendors and partners (preferred not required)
You might be a good fit for this role if you:
Care about AI safety and improving researcher productivity
Enjoy working in a fastpaced office environment
Love creating todo lists and crossing tasks off your list
Can effectively prioritize and juggle a variety of competing requests
Care a lot about improving the user/customer experience
Are entrepreneurial and like learning new skills
Like taking responsibility for and owning your portfolio of work
$90000 $140000 a year
Compensation will depend on experience and will likely be in the range of $/year.
Our benefits include:
Generous vacation policy
401(k) with employer match
Employerpaid commuter benefits
PPO health dental and vision insurance
Catered lunches and dinners plus unlimited snacks & drinks
Regular interaction with AI safety researchers and thought leaders
A friendly missiondriven team
This is a full time onsite role. Our Berkeley office is a few steps from the nearest BART (metro) and bus stop. Onsite parking is also available.
The ideal candidate for this role will have some combination of the skills and experiences described above. If you are not sure if you are qualified we strongly encourage you to apply anyway. Beyond the qualifications outlined our priority is building a team that will help humanity safely navigate the development of transformative AI. If you would be excited to do this work wed love to consider you.
We value diversity in all respects and base our hiring decisions on the needs of the organization and individual qualifications. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age or disability.
Employment Type
Full-Time
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