Cause Prioritization Lead

1 month ago
Full-time
Lead
Data Science and Analytics
GiveWell

GiveWell

GiveWell is an independent nonprofit charity evaluator that conducts extensive research and analysis to identify and recommend effective giving opportunities, helping donors make informed decisions about their charitable contributions.

Capital Markets
51-250
Founded 2007

Description

  • Improve the cause prioritization process to identify promising emerging areas for grantmaking.
  • Oversee a portfolio of grant investigations and grant management across the highest-priority emerging cause areas.
  • Build a research agenda that uses early grants to surface key uncertainties and inform future decisions.
  • Communicate externally and build a network of implementers, funders, and academics to source new ideas.
  • Manage a team, support teammates’ professional development, and create an agile, responsive team culture.
  • Directly investigate more complex and unusual grantmaking opportunities.
  • Lead research agendas that combine evidence review, cost-effectiveness modeling, and judgment to inform grantmaking.
  • Help identify and respond to new funding opportunities and gaps as donor priorities change.

Requirements

  • Quantitatively oriented advanced degree, or a commensurate amount of relevant experience if you do not hold one.
  • Substantial relevant experience using empirical tools to make rigorous, evidence-based decisions in the real world.
  • Typically 5-10 years of post-graduate work experience before joining GiveWell.
  • Strong strategic thinking and ability to structure broad, ambiguous problems.
  • Experience managing people and supporting professional development.
  • Ability to get up to speed quickly on new topics and pivot as priorities change.
  • Comfort making decisions under uncertainty and communicating confidence levels clearly.
  • Ability to build and maintain external relationships with implementers, funders, and academics.
  • Interest in GiveWell’s mission, truth-seeking culture, and cost-effectiveness-focused approach.

Benefits

  • Location-based salary of $308,000 in NYC or the San Francisco Bay Area, $280,000 in other U.S. locations, and a similar locally denominated salary internationally.
  • Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance for you and dependents in the U.S.
  • Four weeks of paid time off per year.
  • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
  • Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships.
  • Automatic 5% employer contribution to a U.S.-based 403(b) retirement plan.
  • Fully remote work with flexible hours and office access in Oakland, Brooklyn, or London.
  • Visa sponsorship support and relocation expense coverage on a case-by-case basis.

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