Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: High impact job opportunity at ARIA (UK), published by Rasool on February 12, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum.

ARIA (Advanced Research + Invention Agency) is the UK government's new research funding body based on the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

They have £800m in committed funding and are looking for a founding programme director to allocate a £50m budget. This organisation is brand new so I expect this early hire will have significant input on the direction it takes.

Quoting the job description:

Ideate, then create a programme around your own scientific/technical vision.

Direct a budget of up to £50M+

Select a portfolio of projects to fund from across the R&D landscape, decide how ARIA will fund them.

Create a new community around the vision and goals of your programme.

Shape ARIA’s DNA, working with a small peer group to define our programmes, culture and impact.

Listed cause areas include:- Genomics- AI governance- Material science- Climate change- Medical research

Some more information about the role, and a tweet blast from The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR).

They say they will be hiring more in the coming months including:

Product Lead

Product Operations Associate

Executive Associate

In-House Counsel

And I've heard that they are seconding civil servants which is maybe something @tobyj of Impactful Government Careers can advise on.

P.S.

Nukaz ARIA (couldn't resist)

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