Operations & People Ops Associate — AI Safety

Center for Ai Safety; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K plan + 4% matching

Unlimited PTO

Lunch and dinner at the office

Annual Professional Development Stipet

Access to top AI safety researchers

Job summary

The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is seeking an Operations Associate to keep CAIS running smoothly day to day in San Francisco. You will own core operational workflows across office, systems, and people operations, moving quickly in a fast-growing nonprofit focused on AI safety.

The role offers growth as operations scale, with opportunities to shape policies, tooling, and processes and to collaborate across teams including Research, Public Engagement, and Field Building.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in nonprofit operations or a technology-focused organization is a plus.
• Comfortable learning and working across a range of tools and systems.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities with attention to detail.
• Clear, professional communication and tact in policy updates or changes.
• Willingness to perform physical tasks associated with office support.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate operations across office, systems, and People Ops.
• Triage staff inquiries and route requests across teams to resolution.
• Maintain internal documentation, guides, and tracking systems.
• Provide administrative and operational support to Ops leadership and teams.
• Ideate and implement solutions to staffing, processes and tools.
• Support onboarding and off-boarding logistics with People Ops.
• Coordinate team events, off-sites, and recognition moments.
• Assist IT, software onboarding, and inventory management.
• Support day-to-day office needs like catering and visitor access.

Skills

Multitasking

Communication

Operational judgment

Learning quickly

Discretion

People Ops knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Google Workspace

Slack

Notion

Job description

The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is seeking an Operations Associate to keep CAIS running smoothly day to day in San Francisco. You will own core operational workflows across office, systems, and people operations, moving quickly in a fast-growing nonprofit focused on AI safety.

The role offers growth as operations scale, with opportunities to shape policies, tooling, and processes and to collaborate across teams including Research, Public Engagement, and Field Building.