As a Research Analyst on GiveWell's Commons team, you will support our broader research team in identifying cost-effective giving opportunities. Your work will contribute to GiveWell’s decisions about how hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent to save and improve the lives of people living in the lowest-income communities in the world. You will also play a key role in fulfilling our commitment to transparency and ensuring that the work we produce is accurate and high quality.
You will contribute to our work in a variety of ways, including:
Our research team is organized into subteams that each focus on a specific area of our grantmaking (malaria, water quality, vaccines, etc.). The Commons team is external to these subteams; we provide shared and flexible research capacity so we can direct our effort toward the highest priority areas at a given time. As a Research Analyst on the Commons team, you will have opportunities to learn about and contribute to investigations across research subteams, giving you a breadth of knowledge about GiveWell's work.
You may also have opportunities to temporarily embed in a subteam for the duration of a grant investigation or other project. During these periods, in addition to the research work noted above, you may be asked to help with the project management of research investigations, which can include tasks like maintaining our information management systems, keeping track of progress and checking in with relevant stakeholders as needed, scheduling and taking notes during calls with external contacts, and generally driving our investigations forward.
In some cases, we expect that Research Analysts who are excelling in their role will be embedded permanently in a research subteam.
Salary: Our salaries are competitive with peer organizations like private foundations, academic institutions/think tanks, and the World Bank. We adjust the salaries of remote employees using a tier system. Our pay for this role:
Location: GiveWell staff primarily work remotely within the U.S. GiveWell has offices in Oakland, California, and Brooklyn, New York City, which you are welcome but not required to work from. We may employ staff internationally on a case-by-case basis. We require that employees either work in time zones shared by the continental U.S. or, if working outside those time zones, be willing to work hours that are compatible with regular meetings scheduled around U.S. time zones.
Flexibility: We support and encourage flexible working, including flexible hours, working remotely, and working from the office when you choose. The majority of our staff, including senior management, work flexibly in one way or another.
Benefits: Our benefits include:
You can see our full list of benefits here.
Visa sponsorship: If you want to work in the United States and need a work visa, we’ll do our best to sponsor it (and also cover up to 100% of relocation expenses on a case-by-case basis). Please note that government entities ultimately dictate our ability to sponsor visas.
Timeline: We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis.
We expect you will be characterized by most of the qualities listed below.
The ideal candidate for this position will possess most of the skills described above and will have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. However, there is no such thing as a “perfect” candidate. If you are on the fence about applying because you are unsure whether you are qualified, we would strongly encourage you to apply.
GiveWell is motivated by the simple question: How can we do as much good as possible?
Our staff researches and makes grants to support the most cost-effective global health programs that save and improve lives. We focus on global health and poverty alleviation in the lowest-income parts of the world because that is where we've found we can have the greatest impact.
Since 2007, we’ve directed over $2 billion to cost-effective programs and interventions. In 2022, we directed over $400 million. GiveWell is one of the world’s largest private funders of global development efforts, and we estimate that the funding we've directed will save more than 200,000 lives.
Recent grants have supported programs that:
Apply here. We only accept applications through our website.
We will likely accept applications until early July, and we plan to review applications on a weekly basis. We’ll announce a more specific deadline during the summer.
We use work exercises to evaluate candidates’ abilities. If we choose to move you forward as a candidate after your initial work exercise, we will ask you to complete up to two additional work projects (compensated at salary-equivalent rates) as well as participate in an interview. More information about our process here. We plan to respond to all submissions. Please contact jobs@givewell.org with any questions.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, contact us at jobs@givewell.org.
GiveWell is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer by choice. At minimum, this means that we comply with all federal, state, and local EEO and employment laws. Beyond the requirements of those laws, we value our team’s diversity in all respects, and we desire to maintain a work environment free of harassment or discrimination—we want our team members to thrive at GiveWell.
As a Research Analyst on GiveWell's Commons team, you will support our broader research team in identifying cost-effective giving opportunities. Your work will contribute to GiveWell’s decisions about how hundreds of millions of…
Benefits: Our benefits include:
You can see our full list of benefits here.
Benefits: Our benefits include: