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Senior Nutrition Researcher

2 months ago
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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
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Description

  • Create and lead research agendas for GiveWell’s nutrition portfolios, focusing on the questions most likely to affect grantmaking decisions.
  • Conduct evidence reviews, synthesize research, and apply cost-effectiveness modeling to complex nutrition questions.
  • Tackle thorny research questions in existing portfolios, including program coverage, quality, and real-world performance.
  • Design and oversee learning grants and impact evaluations for new and existing programs.
  • Supervise researchers executing learning-grant work from scoping through interpreting results and integrating findings into models.
  • Build the evidence base for new programmatic areas through research synthesis, commissioning studies, and occasional primary data collection.
  • Provide research support to grantmakers by stress-testing assumptions, incorporating new data, and flagging high-uncertainty areas.
  • Own grant investigations end-to-end, from initial research question through grant recommendation.
  • Communicate externally about research findings and represent GiveWell to external counterparts.
  • Mentor and advise other researchers on the team.

Requirements

  • A quantitatively oriented advanced degree, such as in epidemiology, statistics, economics, public health, nutrition, or a related field.
  • Substantial professional experience relevant to nutrition.
  • Relevant experience in research roles, such as clinical nutrition research or epidemiological/health economics modeling.
  • Relevant experience in program roles, such as design and implementation or monitoring and evaluation.
  • Relevant experience in funding roles, such as grantmaking or impact investing.
  • Experience in public sector, private sector, or nonprofit roles that address malnutrition and improve lives.
  • Strong curiosity and comfort questioning others’ work and your own.
  • Ability to communicate confidence levels clearly and legibly.
  • Ability to maintain strong external relationships and moderate directness when needed.
  • Interest in working on a highly mission-driven research team and willingness to focus on the highest-priority questions.

Benefits

  • Salary of $308,000 for NYC or the San Francisco Bay Area roles.
  • Salary of $280,000 for all other U.S. locations, with a similar salary for international hires paid in local currency.
  • Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance for you and your dependents in the U.S.
  • Four weeks of paid time off per year plus a one-week organization-wide summer break.
  • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
  • Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships.
  • Automatic employer contribution equal to 5% of gross salary into a 403(b) retirement plan for U.S.-based staff.
  • Fully remote work eligibility, with flexible hours and office use optional.

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