We're hiring Program Officers and Senior Program Officers to join GiveWell's research team—helping direct funding to global health and development programs we believe will do the most good.
As a Program Officer, you will:
Own complex grant investigations end-to-end
Manage a portfolio of active grants within one of our grantmaking areas
Carry out evidence review and build cost-effectiveness models, bringing together literature, grantee engagement, expert input, and independent analysis
Develop and communicate a point of view on the highest-impact opportunities in your domain
Build relationships with grantees, external experts, and other funders, and represent GiveWell at conferences and events
As a Senior Program Officer, you will:
Formulate and test hypotheses about the most promising investments in your grantmaking area
Build and lead a grantmaking portfolio
Carry out evidence review and build cost-effectiveness models, maintaining high standards for rigor across the portfolio
Lead GiveWell's external engagement in your area
Manage and develop a small team of researchers conducting world-class research
We're seeking candidates with ~7+ years of professional experience for our Program Officer role and ~10+ years for our Senior Program Officer role.
Details:
Location: Both roles are remote-friendly (US + international, case-by-case)
Salary:
Program Officer: $200,000-$220,000 (location-based; international custom)
Senior Program Officer: $280,000-$308,000 (location-based; international custom)
I am writing up two charity ideas I’ve wanted to investigate, but haven’t been able to, in the hopes someone will investigate them further. If you end up investigating either, I'd be most interested to see what conclusions you come to!
Vulture preservation as a global health intervention
Since the mid 1990's the vulture population in India has been rapidly declining. The reason is due to a few chemicals which are fed to livestock, which is highly poisonous to vultures.
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Summary
This post will summarize the trajectory of Wild Animal Initiative’s field-building for wild animal welfare science so far, along with patterns and indicators we want to see more of going forward. Beginning with an initial phase focused on establishing credibility and awareness of the field, through a second phase that has placed more emphasis on the distinctiveness and broad priorities of the field, we are now moving into a third phase designed to co...