JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025

GiveWell

Senior Researcher

JOE ID Number: 2024-02_111474136
Date Posted: 08/12/2024
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Senior Researcher
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Locations: Oakland, California, UNITED STATES
Brooklyn, New York, UNITED STATES
London, Great Britain, UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
I3 -- Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
I2 -- Education and Research Institutions
I0 -- General
C -- Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
00 -- 00 - Default: Any Field
Keywords:
Economics
Cost-effective
Cost-effectiveness modeling
Impact evaluation
Global health
Poverty alleviation
Poverty
Development Economics
Salary Range: $200,000 - $220,600
Full Text of JOE Listing:

GiveWell is seeking exceptional Senior Researchers to help us direct hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the most cost-effective global health and poverty alleviation programs. As part of our lean research team, you will have an outsized influence on our funding decisions and help us save and improve lives on a global scale. This position is fully remote-eligible or hybrid in the US or internationally; check our website for visa and office information.

You’ll create and lead ambitious research agendas, answer complex questions, and inform high-impact grantmaking decisions by combining rigorous evidence review, cost-effectiveness modeling, and thoughtful judgment.

Some Senior Researchers may eventually choose to transition into an equivalently-leveled Program Officer role to lead a large grantmaking portfolio, while others choose to stay focused on leading significant research agendas. We’re open to a wide variety of internal development options depending on your preferences and our needs.

Since 2007, GiveWell has directed over $2 billion to cost-effective programs and interventions. In 2022, we made over $400 million in grants. GiveWell is one of the world’s largest private funders of global development efforts, and we estimate that the funding we've directed has saved more than 200,000 lives.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application URL and Instructions Below
Application deadline: 01/31/2025
Application Instructions:
Please apply on GiveWell's website. We will not accept applications via AEA JOE or via email.