[Hiring] Recruitment Associate @Impact Ops

Role Description

Impact Ops is looking for a Recruitment Associate (US) to join our team. The starting salary range is $60,000–$80,000, depending on prior experience and location. There may be flexibility in salary for exceptional candidates with significant experience.

If you’re looking for a role where you can learn quickly, take ownership of core recruitment tasks, and make a meaningful impact supporting high-impact nonprofits, particularly in AI safety, alignment, and governance, we’d love to hear from you.

The deadline to apply is 31 October 2026, although we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing, documenting, and continuously improving recruitment processes and templates across multiple clients, working closely with hiring managers and internal stakeholders
• Conducting candidate sourcing and outreach, including identifying relevant talent pools and helping build and maintain candidate pipelines
• Conducting early-stage candidate evaluation, including application reviews and screening calls, to identify high-potential candidates early in the hiring process
• Managing candidate communications throughout hiring processes to ensure a professional, timely, and positive candidate experience
• Tracking candidates, roles, and hiring progress accurately across applicant tracking systems and internal tools
• Assisting with recruitment coordination tasks, including interview scheduling and managing process logistics
• Proactively identifying gaps, inefficiencies, or failure points in recruiting systems and proposing improvements
• Maintaining and improving scoring rubrics and assessment frameworks to ensure fair, consistent evaluation
• Supporting the recruitment team with day-to-day operational and administrative tasks to ensure hiring processes run smoothly

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, or a related role
• Experience supporting end-to-end recruitment processes, including sourcing, screening, and coordination
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Comfort working with recruitment tools, ATS platforms, and documentation systems

Requirements

• Enthusiasm for adopting cutting-edge recruitment technologies and AI tools, with willingness to innovate
• An operations mindset: you enjoy improving processes and making systems run smoothly
• Ambitious growth mindset with excitement about scaling recruitment operations
• Positive, optimistic approach with strong interpersonal skills
• Experience in nonprofit, social impact, or mission-driven recruitment is a plus
• Experience recruiting for technical research roles, particularly in AI/ML or adjacent fields
• Interest in the unique challenges of recruiting for emerging, specialized cause areas
• Understanding of or an interest in the AI safety landscape

Benefits

• Your starting salary range is $60,000 to $80,000, depending on prior experience and location. There may be flexibility in salary for exceptional candidates with significant experience.
• Prioritized health & wellbeing: We provide private medical, vision, and dental insurance, and up to 2 weeks' paid sick leave. We also offer a generous allowance for you to spend on your mental health.
• Flexible working: You're generally free to set your own schedule (with some overlapping hours with colleagues as needed). We'll cover a remote workspace outside your home if you need one.
• Generous vacation: 25 days' holiday each year, plus public holidays. We encourage you to use the full allowance.
• Professional development opportunities: We offer a generous allowance each year for professional development. We build in opportunities for career growth through on-the-job learning, increasing responsibility, and role progression pathways.
• Pension: We offer a 10% employer pension contribution or equivalent salary increase (if we're unable to offer this in your country).
• Equipment to help your productivity: We'll pay for high-quality and ergonomic equipment (laptop, monitors, chair, etc.) for your remote work set up.
• Global team retreats: As a remote team we hold in-person staff retreats twice a year, to work on our plans and build strong working relationships.