Applications open! The (extended) submission deadline is 2026 January 18th (Sunday), 23:59 CET.
Please note that this opportunity runs in parallel with EA Hungary’s hiring round, and the considerations for this role depend on whether EA Hungary finds a suitable candidate for their in-person Operations Lead position. In case of a successful hiring round at EA Hungary, the responsibilities described below would be covered by the new Operations Lead.
Role Summary
Scaling Altruism is currently managed by Milán Alexy, with Lili Csabai (former Operations Lead) and Gergő Gáspár (founder of EA Hungary, Director at EA UK) serving as advisors. We are looking for a highly driven Operations Lead who ensures our current programs run smoothly and facilitates the implementation of new, impactful projects in the future.
As an Operations Lead, you would oversee all main processes of Scaling Altruism, lead the development and coordination of our courses, manage our CRM, and deliver our mailings, including our monthly newsletter.
Salary: 15-30 USD/hour (pre-tax) depending on experience level
Location: Remote (preferred timezone: CET)
Workload: 15-30 hours/week
Our mission
Scaling Altruism was launched with the intention to support local EA community builders in their outreach efforts by reducing their operations workload related to running courses. By coordinating courses centrally, we help group organisers reduce their workload and shift their focus towards other activities. We aim to scale up the project to accommodate more groups and deliver a larger portfolio of programs.
Find more on our Theory of Change here.
Key Responsibilities
- Course coordination
- Spearhead our international programs for students and professionals, delivering high-quality courses.
- Streamline workflows (e.g., automating the evaluation of applications).
- Effectively communicate with stakeholders (such as local organisers, program participants, and facilitators) in our programs.
- The range of responsibilities includes: evaluating applications, group assignments, supporting course mentors, etc.
- Providing support via templates, guides, and communications
- Develop and collect high-quality marketing materials that local groups can work with in their outreach
- Be the point person for all course-related inquiries by course participants, mentors, and local organisers
- Data management, workflow development
- Manage our course database of participants, facilitators, etc.
- Monitor KPIs and generate impact evaluation reports
- Other responsibilities may include
- Running course-related events
- Facilitation of course groups
Required Skills & Qualifications
We’re looking for people who are
- Organised
- You’re able to keep track of a large number of tasks at once, rarely drop balls, and follow through on your commitments.
- Clear communicators
- Your communication is straightforward, you demonstrate a high level of reasoning transparency, and you enable others to easily identify the most critical aspects of your communications.
- Good at making decisions under uncertainty
- You’re able to weigh up tradeoffs between competing responsibilities and make real-world decisions under uncertainty.
- Flexible
- You’re excited about working on a variety of projects and are motivated to do what’s most valuable to push EA Hungary’s mission forward.
- Comfortable in owning our projects and working on improving them
- You will be responsible not only for successfully implementing the projects, but also for developing improvements to make them more effective over time.
- Have solid contextual knowledge of effective altruism
- You have a good understanding of EA concepts (at least equivalent to having done the introductory course), and you are knowledgeable about the main EA cause areas and the organisations working on them
Preferred qualifications (these are not required but are an advantage):
- Experience in operations work
- Experience in project and/or program management
- Work history, certifications, etc.
Core values
At Scaling Altruism, we apply the following values to our day-to-day work. We are not perfect, but we consistently take steps to improve.
- Commitment to others
- We take the well-being of others very seriously and are willing to take personal action to benefit others. The people who work at Scaling Altruism are driven to have a positive impact on the world.
- Scientific Mindset
- We strive to base our actions on the best available evidence and reasoning. We recognize how difficult this is and therefore try to avoid overconfidence, seek out informed critiques of our own views, embrace intellectual humility, be open to new ideas, and take alternative points of view seriously.
- Openness
- If good arguments or evidence show that our current plans are not the best ways to achieve our goals, we will change our beliefs and actions.
- Integrity
- Because we believe that trust, cooperation, and accurate information are essential to performing valuable work, we strive to be honest and transparent in both our internal and external communications. We also value Scaling Altruism’s reputation and recognize that our actions reflect on it.
- Collaborative Spirit
- We maintain a friendly, open, and welcoming environment in which many different approaches can flourish and a wide range of perspectives can be evaluated on their merits. To encourage collaboration between people with widely varying circumstances and ways of thinking, we treat people of different worldviews, values, backgrounds, and identities kindly and respectfully.
Paths to grow
In this role, you can build experience that you could apply in the future in other roles, such as
- Leadership and Project Management,
- Communications and Marketing,
- Community- and Field-Building,
- etc.
Contract
- Start: Flexible
- Compensation (entry-level): 15-20 USD/hour (pre-tax)
- Depending on the candidate’s qualifications and work experience, we may offer a higher rate than this, up to 30 USD
- The rate above might seem lower than those offered by other organisations, because this project is spinning out of EA Hungary, which operates on a more limited budget, adjusted for the Hungarian cost of living. In the event of successful future funding rounds, we are open to raising the hourly rate to align with global trends for this role.
- Commitment: 15-30 hours per week
- Vacation: 25 days of paid vacation per year
- Contract period: ~5 months (following a 2-month trial period), renewable based on performance and organisational funding
Selection process
We expect to have 3 to 5 rounds, depending on the applicant pool. The first round is this application form - the final deadline to submit your application is 2026 January 18th (Sunday) 23:59 CET.
In the following stages, candidates can expect to participate in interviews and/or work tests.
If you have any questions about the selection process, please reach out to milan[at]eahungary.com
