The Head of Legal will build and lead the organization's legal function, serving as the primary decision-maker for legal strategy and compliance. This role also involves managing the Grants Administration function and acting as a strategic partner to the executive leadership team.
The Cause Prioritization Lead will own and improve the cause prioritization process while building and managing a sub-team to identify and investigate emerging grantmaking opportunities. They will develop research agendas, conduct rigorous evidence reviews, and oversee a portfolio of grants to maximize global impact.
Operations staff will manage critical systems and processes across finance, grants, legal, people, and technology to support GiveWell's mission. They will also provide project and administrative leverage to executive leadership to ensure organizational efficiency and growth.
Manage and advise a portfolio of the largest donors to deepen their understanding of GiveWell's research and impact. Lead team-wide initiatives to improve philanthropy systems and translate complex research into accessible content for sophisticated donors.
Lead a significant grantmaking portfolio by setting strategy and deciding the allocation of hundreds of millions of dollars to high-impact programs. Combine empirical evidence and cost-effectiveness modeling with stakeholder relationships to optimize global health and well-being outcomes.
Manage accounts payable, employee expenses, and monthly bank reconciliations to ensure accurate financial records. Support the Controller with month-end close, quarterly close, and annual compliance processes including audit and 990 preparation.
The Senior Accountant will own complex accounting areas, specifically focusing on revenue reconciliation and grants recognition. They will also support audit and tax compliance, drive process improvements, and mentor junior staff.
The Program Officer is responsible for investigating and recommending cost-effective grants and managing a portfolio of global health and poverty alleviation programs. This includes building cost-effectiveness models, conducting evidence reviews, and maintaining relationships with grantees and subject matter experts.
Lead research agendas to identify cost-effective nutrition interventions and inform grantmaking decisions. This includes conducting empirical evidence reviews, designing impact evaluations, and managing portfolios in areas like Vitamin A and iron supplementation.
Lead ambitious research agendas to identify and evaluate cost-effective global health interventions for grantmaking. This involves combining empirical evidence review, cost-effectiveness modeling, and expert consultation to inform funding decisions.
Lead ambitious research agendas to identify and fund the most cost-effective vaccination programs globally. This involves conducting empirical evidence reviews, cost-effectiveness modeling, and managing grant investigations from research to recommendation.
The Senior Cross-Cutting Researcher tackles complex methodological questions and ensures research quality across all grantmaking areas. They develop frameworks for cost-effectiveness, conduct lookback studies to assess impact, and build research infrastructure to scale the organization.
Lead ambitious research agendas to identify and fund the most cost-effective water interventions globally. Own grant investigations end-to-end, combining evidence review and cost-effectiveness modeling to inform funding decisions.
Lead ambitious research agendas to identify cost-effective ways to improve living standards for the global poor. Combine evidence review and cost-effectiveness modeling to inform GiveWell's grantmaking decisions.
The Senior Malaria Researcher will create and lead ambitious research agendas related to malaria portfolios, answering complex questions to inform grantmaking decisions, which involves empirical evidence review, critical synthesis, and cost-effectiveness modeling. This role also includes communicating externally about the work and mentoring/advising other researchers on the team.
The Senior Recruiter will own recruiting for Researcher, Program Officer, Senior Researcher, and Senior Program Officer roles, working closely with research team leaders to improve assessment effectiveness and identify new candidate sourcing channels. This involves hands-on sourcing, screening, closing offers, and using data to drive evidence-based decisions about the hiring process.
Researchers will execute ambitious research agendas by combining rigorous evidence review, cost-effectiveness modeling, and expert judgment to inform high-impact grantmaking decisions. Responsibilities include analyzing interventions, building cost-effectiveness models, reviewing grant opportunities, tackling complex research questions, building expert relationships, and publishing findings.
