LEEP is seeking a Regional Head with exceptional strategic judgement and people skills to lead and inspire a team of Program Managers, driving the expansion and effective delivery of our programs.

Position Summary

Application Deadline: 27 September 2026

Start date: As soon as possible

Hours: Full-time

Location: Remote.

Time Zone: Candidates must be located between UTC -5 and UTC +3. This role requires regular collaboration with team members in UTC to UTC +3. Flexibility with working hours is essential. 

Language Requirements: Full professional proficiency in English and French required.  

Salary: Salary is dependent upon location and experience; open to discussion.  E.g., $87,743–$97,829 USD for New York-based roles; £60,204–£67,124 GBP for London-based roles; €61,185–€68,218 for Paris-based roles; XOF36,139,150–XOF40,293,075 for Dakar-based roles; XOF35,892,346–XOF40,017,903 for Abidjan-based roles; FCFA36,703,273–FCFA40,922,040 Yaoundé-based roles.

How to apply: Fill out this application form 

Contact: hiring@leadelimination.org 

About LEEP

LEEP is an impact-driven, evidence-based nonprofit that aims to eliminate childhood lead poisoning, which affects an estimated one in three children worldwide. We currently focus on three sources of lead exposure: paint, spices, and traditional eyeliners. Our work involves generating data, supporting governments with the introduction and enforcement of regulation, and assisting industry in eliminating lead from their products.

LEEP was founded in September 2020. Five years on: 

• We run programs in over 40 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, representing over 76% of children born in low- and middle-income countries.
• Our current paint programs have the potential to protect 97.8 million children from lead poisoning in their homes over the next 35 years. Our programs on eyeliners and spices have the potential to protect a further 12.6 million children from either one of these two sources over the next seven years.
• Our follow-up studies in Malawi and Pakistan have shown lead paint market reductions estimated to protect approximately 8.5 million children from lead poisoning.
• With LEEP’s support, eight countries now have regulations to limit the amount of lead in paint, e.g. in the DRC.
• In over 20 countries, manufacturers representing over 50% of the lead paint market share have taken steps to move to lead-free.
• Our team is growing rapidly: from 18 at the start of 2025 to 43 at the start of 2026, to an estimated 80 by the start of 2027. 
• Founders Pledge estimates that it costs $1.66 to prevent one child’s lead exposure (in expectation) through our work, making LEEP one of its most cost-effective nonprofit recommendations. Our own analysis estimates that it costs under $5 to avert one DALY equivalent through LEEP’s first 13 established paint programs.
• We are a partner of the WHO and UN Environment Programme’s Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint and a member of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future.

• We have received grants from major grantmaking organisations, including Founders Pledge, Coefficient Giving, Bloomberg Philanthropies, USAID, and Schmidt Futures.
• We have appeared in Nature, Vox, Time Magazine, The New Yorker, Prospect, on the 80,000 Hours Podcast, and our co-founders were named in Vox’s Future Perfect 50.

About the Role

As a key leader in the organisation, you will manage and inspire a talented group of Program Managers, guiding them to deliver meaningful results whilst thriving in LEEP’s dynamic, fast-paced work environment. 

This role goes beyond exceptional people management. You will provide strategic guidance to your team on the steps of our paint programs, act as a trusted escalation point for program partners, and tackle context-specific challenges with creativity. This involves offering nuanced guidance on government engagement, building strong relationships with policymakers, advising on how to tailor messaging for diverse industry audiences, and navigating cross-cultural stakeholder dynamics. You should enjoy international travel, and your adaptability will enable you to step in wherever LEEP and your team need you most.

With significant responsibility in a growing organisation and direct line management from LEEP’s Program Director, you will collaborate closely with both LEEP’s senior leadership and your peers. Together, you’ll translate LEEP’s long-term goals into tangible outcomes, lead cross-functional projects to refine our systems and playbook, and potentially contribute beyond our lead paint programs as we broaden our scope.

As a Regional Head, you must bring exceptional people skills and strategic insight to a role that is critical to driving LEEP’s next phase of growth and amplifying our global impact.

Responsibilities

• Strategic program guidance (40%)
  • Provide strategic oversight and feedback on Program Managers’ plans and implementation
  • Support your team throughout meetings, trips, and key milestones, offering guidance while empowering them to drive forward implementation
  • Act as a trusted advisor, troubleshooting roadblocks and guiding complex decisions or adjustments as needed
  • Serve as the escalation point for key stakeholders, including government officials, who are critical to eliminating lead paint
  • Manage your team’s budget, ensuring efficient use of resources to achieve program goals
• Team management (40%)
  • Lead and inspire a team of three to five Program Managers, ensuring alignment with LEEP’s strategic goals and mission, and empowering your team to consistently meet or exceed their goals
  • Accountable for the results and performance of your team, you will foster a high-performance and trusting culture through clear expectations, regular and open feedback and a shared sense of purpose
  • Conduct one-on-one meetings, training, and appraisals to support your team’s development and success
• Program and internal systems development (15%)
  • Collaborate with your peers and the wider team to develop our paint playbook and internal systems  
• Special Projects (5%)
  • Take on high-priority or cross-functional projects or workstreams as required, managing them from planning to completion 

What We’re Looking For

Successful applicants must possess most of the following:

• Passion for LEEP’s mission and a strong commitment to achieving meaningful, scalable impact.
• A demonstrable track record of line management and a proven ability to guide and motivate teams to achieve results.
• Strong skills in delivering feedback and coaching to drive performance and professional growth.
• Expertise in guiding strategic plans and managing projects that align with organisational goals.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills.
• Comfort with acting as an escalation point in complex situations.
• Strong problem-solving skills to unblock barriers.
• A desire for continuous improvement, which will involve regularly reviewing strategies and sharing insights to refine programs.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience leading and managing people or teams.
• Experience working in low- and middle-income countries and/or collaborating with governments and policymakers.
• Capable of working in a remote environment (unless based in London) and experience in  managing remote teams.
• Willing to travel for 8 to 12 weeks per year.
• Full professional proficiency in English and French.

Work Environment

Our culture is one of genuine care for each other and passion for our work and its impact. We are a team that values collaboration, openness, and mutual support, which creates an environment where everyone can thrive while contributing to meaningful work. Though we are a remote team, we are supportive and close-knit. We stay connected through weekly team calls and 1:1 calls, where we have conversations about both non-work and work topics; we regularly share photos and celebrate milestones and successes in our Slack; and we come together annually for an in-person retreat to strengthen relationships and reflect on our mission.

Our team of 60+ people is based across five continents and speaks over 10 languages. We have diverse expertise, from medicine to environmental health to international law.

Our work schedule is flexible. Some of the team work 9-5:30, and some adjust their daily schedule around school pick-up. We value work-life balance and rarely contact the team members outside their work hours. 

LEEP offers: 

• A chance to have a very large positive impact on the world
• 33 days of paid leave
• Generous sick leave and parental leave policies
• 4% pension contribution or equivalent
• Professional development opportunities
• Health Insurance in places where government healthcare is limited
• Annual team retreat

How to Apply

Here’s a summary of the application process for a successful candidate. We might make adjustments.

• Complete the application form by September 27th. 
• After submitting your application, you’ll receive an email inviting you to complete a short, 31-minute screening assessment. Please check your inbox (and spam folder) within 24 hours of completing your application. 
• Attend a 25-minute initial screening call
• Complete a 2-3 hour work test designed to simulate the work you would do if hired and evaluate key skills important for success in the role
• Attend one remote panel interview
• Receive an employment offer!
• Submit references

LEEP is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Candidates and employees are always evaluated based on merit, qualifications, and performance. We will never discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, national origin, ethnicity, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other protected characteristic.

LEEP is looking for an entrepreneurial generalist to take ownership of a discrete, high-impact project: removing a key technical obstacle that currently stands between us and eliminating one of the most concentrated sources of childhood lead exposure in the world. No prior expertise in the field is required. You will manage your own technical team.

Position Summary

Application Deadline: Rolling, until a suitable candidate is found

Start date: As soon as possible

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Duration: An initial 12 month fixed-term contract. If you do well in the role it is possible there will be further projects of a similar kind in future, and we would be open to considering transitioning it to a permanent role

Location: Remote (or from the London office). Regular travel to program countries is required.

Time zone: Candidates must be located between UTC-5 to UTC+5 time zones 

Language Requirements: Full professional proficiency in English is required. 

Salary: Given the unusual nature of this role, we are asking candidates to propose their fee expectations in the application form, rather than advertising a rate. 

How to apply: Fill out this application form 

Contact: If you have any questions, please email hiring@leadelimination.org 

About LEEP

LEEP is an impact-driven, evidence-based nonprofit that aims to eliminate childhood lead poisoning, which affects an estimated one in three children worldwide. We currently focus on three sources of lead exposure: paint, spices, and traditional eyeliners. Our work involves generating data, supporting governments with the introduction and enforcement of regulation, and assisting industry in eliminating lead from their products.

LEEP was founded in September 2020. Five years on: 

• We run programs in over 40 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, representing over 76% of children born in low- and middle-income countries.
• Our current paint programs have the potential to protect 97.8 million children from lead poisoning in their homes over the next 35 years. Our programs on eyeliners and spices have the potential to protect a further 12.6 million children from either one of these two sources over the next seven years.
• Our follow-up studies in Malawi and Pakistan have shown lead paint market reductions estimated to protect approximately 8.5 million children from lead poisoning.
• With LEEP’s support, eight countries now have regulations to limit the amount of lead in paint, e.g. in the DRC.
• In over 20 countries, manufacturers representing over 50% of the lead paint market share have taken steps to move to lead-free.
• Our team is growing rapidly: from 18 at the start of 2025 to 43 at the start of 2026, to an estimated 80 by the start of 2027. 
• Founders Pledge estimates that it costs $1.66 to prevent one child’s lead exposure (in expectation) through our work, making LEEP one of its most cost-effective nonprofit recommendations. Our own analysis estimates that it costs under $5 to avert one DALY equivalent through LEEP’s first 13 established paint programs.
• We are a partner of the WHO and UN Environment Programme’s Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint and a member of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future.

• We have received grants from major grantmaking organisations, including Founders Pledge, Coefficient Giving, Bloomberg Philanthropies, USAID, and Schmidt Futures.
• We have appeared in Nature, Vox, Time Magazine, The New Yorker, Prospect, on the 80,000 Hours Podcast, and our co-founders were named in Vox’s Future Perfect 50.

About the Role

LEEP is seeking someone with the drive, judgement, and technical confidence to own and execute the project of developing a lead-free alternative to lead-adulterated surma, thereby preventing millions of future children from being poisoned by lead. Prior subject-matter expertise is not required, but you must have demonstrated technical confidence and experience managing complex specialist work outside your own core expertise. 

Surma, also known as kohl or kajal, is a traditional eye cosmetic used across South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and diaspora communities worldwide. It is routinely applied to babies and young children, is often made predominantly of lead sulphide, and is therefore a critical source of lead exposure.

A key constraint LEEP faces in eliminating this source of lead exposure is often the absence of a credible, lead-free alternative. Your job is to build that alternative, which can then be used by manufacturers across Pakistan, India, Egypt, Morocco and elsewhere. This role will entail working with cosmetic chemists, analytical laboratories, sourcing specialists, process engineers, and advisers on traditional medicine and religious acceptability. In this work, you will need to be able to adroitly balance technical requirements, religious and cultural requirements, as well as marketing and affordability requirements. 

A successful candidate will be able to operate quickly and effectively with high autonomy and self-direction. They will be adept at understanding a new and complex topic at a nuanced level in great detail. They must be highly strategic, tenacious, and able to collaborate with and understand stakeholders from a variety of perspectives. 

This role will require you to spend time in low- and middle-income countries where the problem exists; prior experience working in LMICs is critical. You will be part of LEEP’s Pilots Team, reporting to LEEP’s Policy Director and working alongside our Pilots country teams. You do not need to have prior experience or understanding about lead poisoning or this kind of reformulation work. We are more interested in talent than credentials; if this sounds like an exciting and impactful challenge that you would excel at working on, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Interrogating the technical work: Understanding what your specialists are doing well enough to challenge it, spotting when advice is wrong or incomplete, and making judgement calls between competing recommendations
• Testing the claims, and building the counter-case: Working out which of the scientific, traditional-medicine and religious claims a replacement genuinely needs to satisfy, and where the underlying evidence is weak. Working with scholars of Unani, Tibb, Ayurveda and Islamic jurisprudence to explain to manufacturers, religious authorities and consumers why a reformulated product is compatible with their traditions
• Running the testing pathway: Commissioning and interpreting analytical characterisation, safety and stability testing, and consumer testing
• Getting inside the factory: Establishing what reformulation requires in production, including scale-up from bench to volume, equipment segregation and decontamination, and the capital costs involved, and commissioning the engineering and industrial hygiene expertise to answer it
• Making the work transferable: Designing outputs that work beyond a single manufacturer or country, and producing guidance that other manufacturers and other LEEP programs can pick up and use directly
• Working with country teams: You will own the technical reformulation workstream while working in close partnership with LEEP country teams, which retain ownership of local manufacturer, government and stakeholder relationships.

What Does Success in this Role Look Like?

In the first six months, we would expect you to develop and independently validate at least two promising lead-free formulations for one priority country, including establishing their indicative cost and manufacturing requirements and conducting initial consumer and cultural-acceptability testing. In the second six months we would expect you to replicate these formulations for three more priority countries.

What We’re Looking For

The following qualities are essential: 

• A track record managing technical specialists outside your own expertise: Demonstrated experience hiring, directing and holding to account consultants, laboratories or technical staff working in areas where you were not the expert
• Fast technical learning: The ability to get to grips with unfamiliar technical material quickly, and to a depth that lets you interrogate it rather than take it on trust
• Entrepreneurial and action-oriented: Comfortable with ambiguity, able to move quickly, and willing to make decisions without complete information
• Intellectual range: A willingness to engage seriously with traditional and religious knowledge systems on their own terms, and to learn enough about them to work productively with their scholars. 
• Experience working in low- and middle-income countries: 
• Skilled use of AI tools: We expect you to use AI tools well, since they are powerful for getting on top of an unfamiliar technical field quickly, and to have good judgement about where they are unreliable and where they are no substitute for a specialist or for your own thinking
• Willingness to travel at least 8-12 weeks per year 
• Outcomes focus: A strong, sustained commitment to producing something that actually reaches the market, quickly and cost-effectively

In addition, the following are kinds of backgrounds and/or experiences that might make a good fit for this role. This list is not exhaustive, or indicative of essential requirements:

• A background in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, medicine, pharmacy or a related discipline
• Experience in cosmetics, personal care, pharmaceutical or FMCG product development
• Experience reformulating a product to remove or replace a specific ingredient
• Experience commissioning and interpreting laboratory analysis
• Experience with unit-cost modelling, supplier qualification, or manufacturing scale-up
• Experience working with traditional, heritage or faith-based product categories, where technical performance is not the only criterion
• Experience working with remote, geographically distributed teams

Benefits of Working with LEEP

• A chance to have a large positive impact on the world, and improve hundreds of thousands of lives
• Experience working with an early-stage, fast growing, high-impact and evidence-based nonprofit
• Flexible work arrangements
• Supportive, collaborative team environment
• 33 days of paid leave
• Generous sick leave and parental leave policies
• 4% pension contribution or equivalent
• Professional development opportunities
• Health Insurance in places where government healthcare is limited
• Annual team retreat

LEEP is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Candidates and employees are always evaluated based on merit, qualifications, and performance. We will never discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, national origin, ethnicity, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other protected characteristic.

GiveWell’s mission is to help people in need as much as we can by researching the most cost‑effective ways to save and improve lives, sharing our work openly, and directing donations to the programs we believe will do the most good. Our work, which focuses on global health and well-being, is funded by tens of thousands of donors who rely on our research to inform their giving. We’ve grown from directing $1.5 million in 2010 to directing more than $400 million in 2025. We anticipate our total grantmaking is likely to approach or even exceed $1 billion this year, and we are working toward a future that could be several times that scale. Through years of deliberate groundwork, we’ve been growing our research capacity and scope in order to direct substantially more funding to the most impactful opportunities we can find.

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We’re hiring a Senior Communications Officer, Strategic Communications to lead GiveWell’s development of messaging and narratives that explain its work across different audiences and contexts. You will translate the organization’s increasingly diverse and complex work into clear, accurate communications and lead major initiatives that require close coordination across GiveWell.

This role reports to Steven Profaizer, our Vice President of Communications, and will lead a small and growing team. This is one of three new communications leadership roles, alongside a Senior Communications Officer, Media & Public Affairs and a Senior Communications Officer, Editorial & Production.

About the role

Both our research and impact are expanding. Last year, we directed more than $400 million to highly cost-effective programs that save and improve lives. This year, we expect our grantmaking to approach, and possibly exceed, $1 billion.

To build toward the communications capacity this next stage requires, we are rapidly expanding our team. Together with the Vice President of Communications, the three new Senior Communications Officers will form GiveWell’s communications leadership team. Each leader will own their function, but much of the work that matters most—like team strategies, major initiatives, partnership campaigns, and how we present the organization as a whole—will involve all three. We will expect this group to set shared priorities and work closely together to achieve the team’s goals.

In this hands-on leadership position, you’ll own how GiveWell explains its work across different audiences and contexts, with end-to-end responsibility for this emerging function. You’ll set its strategy, hire and develop its people, build its systems, and personally own its hardest and most consequential work. This is an opportunity to build, not just inherit, an important function at a critical point in GiveWell’s development. You’ll start with a small team and grow it over time. 

While this role is set at the Senior Communications Officer level, we may consider hiring an exceptional candidate as a Communications Director—with greater expectations, responsibilities, and compensation.

What You’ll Do

As Senior Communications Officer, Strategic Communications, you will be responsible for translating GiveWell’s research, grantmaking, and ideas into messages, frameworks, and products across a variety of channels and contexts. You will also lead major communications initiatives, advise senior leaders and teams, and help GiveWell assess and respond to emerging communications opportunities and risks.

Specific duties will include: 

• Own how GiveWell’s brand positioning and guidelines are applied across teams, channels, and partnership communications, and work closely with the Vice President of Communications on developing and maintaining them.
• Own the messaging and narrative that make GiveWell’s work accessible and relevant without sacrificing rigor, precision, or clarity about uncertainty.
• Translate GiveWell’s research, grantmaking, and ideas into messages and frameworks tailored to the audiences we most need to reach.
• Partner with Philanthropy on GiveWell’s donor communications strategy and lead donor-facing communications that require new or tailored messaging.
• Lead complex, cross-functional communications initiatives, including major partnership campaigns and other high-priority communications involving grantees and external partners.
• Serve as a strategic communications advisor to senior leaders and teams across GiveWell, bringing a clear point of view on audiences, framing, opportunities, and risks.
• Lead GiveWell’s internal assessment of emerging issues that may affect the organization and develop our position and messaging, working with relevant teams and the Senior Communications Officer, Media & Public Affairs.
• Own the strategic direction and institutional messaging for GiveWell’s website, working with communications colleagues on execution.
• Own GiveWell’s internal communications strategy and major internal communications, helping our growing organization stay informed and aligned.
• Manage and develop one or two team members initially, and help determine how the function’s team, systems, and capabilities should grow over time.

About You

You are skilled at using communications to help people understand complex ideas, build trust, and take action. You are comfortable being accountable for outcomes, making consequential decisions with limited oversight, and knowing which decisions genuinely require escalation.

You are energized by intellectually demanding work, and the challenges of creating engaging communications within a careful and precise style. You can engage deeply with GiveWell’s research, and you are comfortable understanding and communicating about data in detail. You have a long track record of getting up to speed quickly on complex subject matter and carefully communicating to a very high standard. You can build a compelling narrative that is entirely factual, representing what is known and unknown without overstating or hedging into vagueness—and you find the idea of working with GiveWell’s exacting communications standards exciting rather than limiting.

Your background includes significant experience leading communications in complex, high-stakes environments. This should include 10+ years of experience developing institutional narratives and messaging, advising senior leaders, communicating complex or technical material, and leading cross-functional initiatives. You have deep experience owning that work end to end, not just contributing to it. You’ve remained a hands-on leader who enjoys the work itself, as well as the strategy and systems behind it.

You can assess a situation from multiple angles, determine what an organization should say and how it should frame the issue, and turn that judgment into messages and communications that others can use. Experience with organizational positioning, brand strategy, donor communications, web strategy, and internal communications is desired, but we do not expect every candidate to have worked extensively in all of these areas.

In addition to demonstrated expertise in the duties listed above, you should have:

• Exceptional communications judgment, including the ability to understand audience, context, risk, timing, and the underlying substance of a message.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to quickly make complex ideas clear and compelling without sacrificing rigor or nuance.
• A track record of building and leading: you have created or substantially rebuilt a team or function—not only run ones you inherited—and you have hired, developed, and managed people.
• Recent, hands-on excellence at your craft: you can point to work from the past few years that you personally produced or substantially shaped.
• Experience producing communications that are direct and factual while being engaging and effective with their target audiences—work that succeeds through substance and clarity rather than embellishment.
• Intellectual curiosity and the ability to engage deeply with GiveWell’s research and ideas, even without prior experience in our giving areas.
• Experience advising executives or other senior decision-makers directly.
• Strong alignment with GiveWell’s mission and values, including truth-seeking, transparency, and a commitment to communicating accurately and thoughtfully.

We also think these qualities will help you do well in the role and at GiveWell: 

• People who can develop a strong point of view and hold it with confidence, but remain genuinely open to challenge, new information, and better ideas.
• Self-starters who take ownership, are comfortable creating structure in an evolving environment, and can make thoughtful decisions without always having complete information.
• People who are proactive and anticipatory, who identify opportunities, risks, bottlenecks, and communications needs before they become obvious.
• Collaborative leaders who raise the quality of the work around them and build strong relationships across teams.
• People who coordinate well with peers, resolve dependencies and disagreements, and make shared work clearer rather than more complicated.

Key Questions & Information

What are some of the reasons I might not like this role?

• You want to step into a mature function with established systems, rather than build one while you run it.
• You do best with clear direction and established priorities. We’ll expect you to set most of your own, make most decisions yourself, and reach substantial autonomy within your first six months.
• You prefer advising on communications to producing and being accountable for them.
• You want sole ownership of an organization’s overarching communications strategy and brand. At GiveWell, the Vice President of Communications owns that direction; you would help shape it and lead your function within it.
• You want to lead a large team from day one. This team is small today, and much of the most difficult work will be yours to do directly.
• You find standards of precision and understatement limiting and frustrating. We work extremely hard to only communicate accurately what we know and what we don’t.

Can I apply to more than one of the Senior Communications Officer roles?

You can, but most people shouldn’t. We’re looking for deep expertise in these areas, and we expect most candidates with required expertise will be a clear fit for a single role. If you’re one of the few with real depth in more than one area, apply to both and tell us why. Otherwise, apply for the role you are most qualified for, and we’ll let you know if we think another role might suit you better.

What does this interview process entail?

We’ll use a combination of interviews, written exercises, and work trials to assess the qualities described above. We’ll share more specific details if we invite you to move forward to any of the following stages, but our current plan is:

• Application
• Interview with a member of the Talent Acquisition Team
• Compensated, ~4-hour work trial
• Interview with the Vice President of Communications
• Values interview
• Compensated, ~4-hour work trial with the Vice President of Communications
• CEO interview and References

Note that you don’t need to submit a cover letter. We rely heavily on your resume and answers to the application questions below when we’re making early decisions. We encourage you to spend time responding to the application questions thoroughly and carefully.

Details

• Team: You’ll report to our Vice President of Communications, collaborate closely with the two other Senior Communications Officers, and lead a small team that you’ll develop over time.
• Compensation: This role is set at the Senior Communications Officer level. For an exceptional candidate, we may consider hiring at the Communications Director level—with greater expectations, responsibilities, and compensation.
  • NYC or the San Francisco Bay Area: $250,000
  • All other U.S. locations: $225,000
  • International: Custom based on location. We can give you a specific number at the penultimate stage of the hiring process.
• Location: GiveWell’s staff work primarily remotely within the U.S. and abroad.
  • Offices: You are welcome but not required to work from our offices in Oakland, California, or Brooklyn, NYC.
  • International work: We are happy to employ staff internationally on a case-by-case basis. Given the managerial nature of this role, a successful candidate will need to work hours that have a certain minimum overlap with American working hours and the schedules of key coworkers.
• 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.
• 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.
• Benefits: Our benefits include:
  • Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance (we cover 100% of premiums within the US for you and any dependents)
  • Four weeks of paid time off per year
  • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
  • Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships
  • 403(b) retirement plan
• Travel: Communications staff members should expect to attend three week-long retreats each year to bond with other team members and complete in-person work. Other domestic and international travel may be required, but isn’t expected to be a regular part of these roles. We’ll discuss travel obligations in more detail during late stages of the hiring process, and we’ll give reasonable consideration to staff who have family or other obligations.
• Start date: We’d like a candidate to start as soon as possible after receiving an offer, but we’ll offer flexibility for candidates whose personal or professional circumstances require them to moderately delay their start date.

About GiveWell

GiveWell is dedicated to finding and evaluating highly cost-effective global health and development opportunities, and we publish all the work, reasoning, and uncertainties behind our funding decisions. Our giving funds enable donors to contribute to the most impactful and cost-effective programs our researchers identify. 

GiveWell is one of the world’s largest private funders of global development efforts. Trusted annually by tens of thousands of donors, GiveWell searches for highly cost-effective programs that save or improve lives the most. Since 2007, more than 150,000 donors have given over $2.6 billion through GiveWell to the most promising programs its research has identified, which we estimate will save more than 340,000 lives.

GiveWell is most well-known for recommending a small number of Top Charities, which currently support seasonal malaria chemoprevention, insecticide-treated nets, vaccine incentivization, and vitamin A supplementation. However, most of our research capacity and grantmaking is devoted to cost-effective opportunities outside of those programs.

GiveWell grants have:

• Helped governments navigate changes to the funding landscape and implement high-impact health programs, like HIV/syphilis screening and treatment for pregnant people in Zambia and Cameroon.
• Sought to scope and scale promising interventions that don’t have clear existing implementers. We are supporting the Clinton Health Access Initiative’s Incubator to identify potentially cost-effective interventions and create programs that we would be excited to support in the future. For example, we funded a program to prevent tuberculosis among young children in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India, that we co-designed with CHAI through the Incubator program.
• Provided funding to ensure that programs that recently faced foreign aid funding cuts could continue, like healthcare support and malnutrition treatment in northern Cameroon.
• Funded program delivery alongside strengthened monitoring and evaluation, as in our grants to support treatment of clubfoot and to evaluate the program.  
• Tested our assumptions and refined our understanding through further research and data collection, including improved estimates of disease burden and studies on the effect of water chlorination on mortalityand the impact of a tree-planting program on farmers’ income.

We make our reasoning public and transparent so others can challenge it (sometimes we even pay people to point out our errors). We go to unusual lengths to check our assumptions and assess our impact, including funding research to address our uncertainties and gathering independent monitoring and evaluation data about the programs we support. We change our minds when the evidence demands it. For more about GiveWell, listen to Ezra Klein’s recent interview with GiveWell’s co-founder and CEO Elie Hassenfeld.

Additional information

We don’t want to miss candidates that could do great things at GiveWell. Practically, that means a GiveWell staff member reviews every application carefully, considering the whole picture of your background and potential. If you’re on the fence about applying because you meet some but not 100% of our preferred qualifications (some studies suggest this hesitation is especially common for women and people of color), we encourage you to apply anyway.

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. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, contact us at careers@givewell.org. We will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

By submitting an application, you acknowledge that you have read and consent to GiveWell’s Privacy Statement for Applicants. By completing an application exercise, you acknowledge and assent to GiveWell’s Work Trial Policy.

WeRobotics is a social impact organization that invests in people, relationships, and collaborations to unlock the full value of technology for social good. Our vision: a future where people lead and technology follows.

We build ecosystems where local and global actors can work together as equals, innovate and learn safely, and co-create locally owned technology for social good solutions that work – and last.

Our flagship initiative is the Flying Labs Network, a global network of independent local knowledge hubs convening local experts in professional drone, data, and AI services for social good in 35+ countries in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia-Pacific.

Open Position: Communications Intern

We have an opening for a 6-month internship within our Communications team to support communications of the Flying LabsNetwork. Working closely with the WeRobotics communications team and the community coordination team, the role will support the Flying Labs Network’s content creation, storytelling, and digital communications efforts.

Location:            Remote (from and based within the geographies of the Network: Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Asia-Pacific).

Start date:          Immediately

Duration:            6 months      (with the possibility of transitioning to a junior position depending on organisational needs and the internship experience)

Compensation: This is a paid internship

Key Competencies

• Academic background in Creative Writing, Communications, Media, Journalism, or Digital Marketing
• Strong written communication and storytelling abilities
• Experience managing blogs, websites, email newsletters, and social media scheduling tools
• Native or proficient in English, preferably with either French or Spanish as a strong second language
• Highly organized, proactive, open to take on responsibilities, and able to work independently in a remote environment
• Proficiency with online collaboration tools such as G-Suite, Slack, and Monday
• Loves working with people from diverse places and cultures, and possesses cross-cultural communication skills

Key Responsibilities

• Receive, review, edit, and timely publish blog posts submitted by Flying Labs, ensuring submitted content meets editorial, formatting, and quality standards before publication. Ensure Flying Labs are notified when new blog posts are published.
• Write and publish blog posts announcing the launch of new Flying Labs joining the Network and communicating the departure or transition of those leaving the Network.
• Support the Flying Labs Community Coordinators with editing and improving use cases and story maps.
• Support Flying Labs who require assistance developing, writing, or refining blog posts.
• Compile Flying Labs blog posts, use cases, and story maps for the monthly Flying Labs Network external email newsletter.
• Adapt blog content on the Flying Labs Network website into engaging social media posts for Flying Labs Network channels
• Support the implementation of projects with other teams, depending on the intern’s interests and skills
• Publish blog posts on specific Flying Labs webinars

To submit your application, please fill this form. Only applications fitting the Key Competencies fully will receive a reply. If you haven’t received a reply in 4 weeks after your application, please consider that your application has not been successful.

Thank you for your interest in joining our team. Application deadline September 18, 2026

Job Description

ForAfrika is an African-founded and led organisation with over 40 years of impact across the continent. We partner with communities through our integrated development continuum: saving lives and building resilience to reach self-sufficiency through our Humanitarian & Development work and unlocking commercial viability through our Social Enterprise activities. We are Africans, delivering African-led solutions for Africa, and we stand by our promise: we’re committed to the long run, until the job is done and communities are enabled to thrive.

Position Summary
Reporting to the Human Resources Director, the role provides HR operational support for national and international staff contracted through ForAfrika, across the Global Support Office (GSO) and supported Country Offices. The role supports the effective delivery of HR services across payroll and benefits administration, recruitment, contracting and onboarding, performance management, employee relations, staff exits, HR systems and employee records. The HR Coordinator plays a key role in supporting a fair, compliant and accountable workplace by coordinating employee relations matters, including grievances, disciplinary processes, workplace concerns and HR investigations, as well as supporting Safeguarding and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) investigations where required. The role ensures compliance with ForAfrika policies, procedures, accountability standards and applicable labour legislation. Acting as a central link between the GSO HR team, employees, managers and Country Offices, the HR Coordinator ensures timely HR support, accurate documentation and records, effective communication, and consistent application of organisational policies and procedures.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Payroll Administration & Employee Benefit

• Provide oversight and coordination of the monthly payroll process for Global Support Office, JAGO, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia and the Central African Republic (CAR), working closely with the appointed external payroll consultant and relevant internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate the timely collection, review and submission of complete and accurate payroll inputs to the external payroll consultant in line with agreed monthly payroll timelines.
• Review and validate all payroll inputs and adjustments before submission, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, allowances, deductions, leave-related adjustments and other approved payroll changes.
• Review payroll reports, reconciliations and supporting documentation prepared by the external payroll consultant to verify accuracy and completeness prior to final approval and payment.
• Ensure that the external payroll consultant applies applicable statutory deductions, employer contributions and other payroll-related obligations in accordance with country-specific requirements, escalating any compliance concerns where necessary.
• Serve as the primary HR liaison between ForAfrika and the external payroll consultant, ensuring payroll queries, corrections and required actions are resolved within agreed timelines.
• Manage all correspondence and administration with brokers and service providers regarding employee benefits, including pension/provident funds, life cover, disability benefits and medical aid/health insurance, as applicable.
• Administer employee benefits across GSO, JAGO, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia and CAR in accordance with organisational policies, employment terms and applicable local legislation.
• Maintain complete, accurate, confidential and secure electronic records of payroll inputs, approved payroll reports, reconciliations and supporting documentation.
• Support the HR Director with salary scaling and benchmarking, job grading, remuneration reviews, payroll analysis, budgeting and other compensation-related data requirements.
• Ensure all new employees across the listed offices are accurately set up on the Employee Self-Service (ESS) system and Ninety EOS platform, with employee information maintained and updated as required.
• Ensure new employees receive appropriate onboarding, training and ongoing support on the effective use of ESS and Ninety EOS, including relevant performance management processes and tools.
• Support payroll-related internal and external audits, including the preparation of payroll reports, reconciliations and supporting documentation.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and data protection in handling employee remuneration, benefits and personal information.

Contract Administration and Staff Exits

• Coordinate with the Legal Practitioner to prepare, review, update and manage employment contracts for new and existing employees across GSO, Rwanda, Ethiopia, CAR and Uganda, ensuring accuracy, legal compliance and timely completion of extensions, amendments and terminations.
• Conduct contract briefings as part of HR induction, ensuring employees understand their terms and conditions of employment, and ensure all contracts are appropriately signed and copies provided to relevant parties.
• Provide guidance and support to management on employee exits, including resignations, end of contracts, retrenchments and redundancies, ensuring compliance with ForAfrika policies and applicable labour legislation.
• Manage the end-to-end employee exit process, including preparation of exit documentation, handover requirements, asset clearance and exit interviews, final exit payments using feedback to identify relevant organisational trends and improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate with IT and relevant departments to ensure the timely return of ForAfrika assets, removal of system access and retrieval of access cards before or upon an employee’s departure.
• Finalise and submit all required employee benefit and termination documentation to Sygnia and other relevant service providers within the required timelines.

Performance Management

• Ensure all new managers are assigned a team, set up on Ninety, and have updated roles and responsibilities.
• Ensure all managers are familiar with and understand the performance management process.
• Maintain a tracker of all staff on probation and remind line managers of upcoming probation reviews at least two weeks before the end date.
• Ensure bi-monthly or weekly performance check-ins are conducted during the probation period for all new employees.
• Coordinate and follow up with managers to ensure quarterly ROCKs and bi-annual appraisals are completed and submitted to HR on time.
• Record and maintain all performance appraisal submissions for all CO’s and provide a consolidated annual report to the HR Manager.
• Support the HR Director in conducting staff trainings on policies as well as performance management.

Systems & Compliance.                                                                               

• Maintain accurate, up-to-date employee files for GSO, Rwanda, Ethiopia, CAR, and Uganda.
• Assist all employees with any staff personnel related queries
• Ensure monthly reports are submitted to the HR Director
• Ensure compliance to departmental and organizational policies and procedures
• Assist and provide auditors with required Audit information when requested for each company
• Prepare all disability and death claims for staff members- liaise with medical practitioners and family members
• Serve as the primary point of contact between HR staff and Synergy, providing backstopping support for the Sage 300 People system.

Employee Relations, Investigations & Accountability

• Serve as a first point of contact for employee relations matters, providing employees and managers with guidance on grievances, workplace concerns, disciplinary matters and the appropriate HR processes in line with ForAfrika policies.
• Conduct and/or support HR investigations into allegations of misconduct, policy violations, harassment, bullying, workplace conflict and other employee-related concerns, under the guidance of the HR Director where required.
• Support and participate in Safeguarding and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) investigations in accordance with ForAfrika’s Safeguarding, PSEA, Code of Conduct and investigation procedures, ensuring appropriate confidentiality and survivor-centred handling of sensitive matters.
• Coordinate disciplinary and grievance processes, including preparing documentation, arranging meetings and hearings, taking accurate records, tracking actions and ensuring agreed outcomes are appropriately documented and communicated.
• Support managers in addressing employee conduct, performance and workplace behaviour concerns, ensuring appropriate procedures are followed before formal disciplinary action is initiated.
• Maintain a confidential Employee Relations case tracker, ensuring grievances, investigations, disciplinary matters and agreed actions are appropriately recorded, followed up and closed within reasonable timelines.
• Ensure employee relations and investigation documentation is securely maintained, with access restricted in accordance with confidentiality, data protection and organisational requirements.

Internal Communications

• Ensure that all relevant HR information is communicated to all employees including field offices
• Maintain detailed contact database for field offices and key personnel

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Human Resources Management, Industrial Relations, Business Administration or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant HR generalist experience, with practical exposure to employee relations, payroll administration, contracting, performance management and HR operations.
• Additional qualification or training in Employee Relations, Labour Relations, workplace investigations, payroll or HR administration would be an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in managing employee grievances, disciplinary processes and workplace investigations, including preparing appropriate documentation and maintaining confidential case records.
• Experience supporting or conducting investigations relating to workplace misconduct, harassment, safeguarding and/or Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) would be an advantage.
• Working knowledge of employment and labour legislation, disciplinary and grievance procedures, HR policies and principles of procedural fairness.
• Practical experience in payroll administration and employee benefits, with demonstrated proficiency in Sage 300 People/Payroll or a comparable HR and payroll system, including experience coordinating or overseeing outsourced payroll services.
• Experience working across multiple countries, legal jurisdictions or culturally diverse teams would be an advantage.
• Strong computer literacy, with proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Start Date: As soon as possible

Duration: One-year renewable contract

Location: Virtual, with frequent regional and international travel

Reporting Line: The Advocacy and Research Officer will report to the Knowledge Management Lead and work closely with SIHA’s Programme Management, Communications, Documentation, MEL, and country teams.

About SIHA

The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) is a regional feminist network comprising women’s rights organizations and activists working to advance gender equality, women’s rights, peace, security, and social justice across the Greater Horn of Africa. SIHA works in partnership with grassroots organizations, civil society actors, and regional and international stakeholders to strengthen feminist movements, promote women’s leadership, prevent and respond to violence against women and girls, and influence policies and practices that advance the rights of women and girls. More information about SIHA is available at www.sihanet.org.

Job Summary

SIHA is seeking a Research and Advocacy Officer (RAO) with a strong understanding of gender equality, feminist perspectives, human rights, and women’s rights. The RAO will coordinate advocacy and research initiatives, oversee SIHA’s research projects, and support the management and coordination of SIHA’s advocacy and documentation efforts. The RAO will also coordinate SIHA-published research, advocacy reports, and statements, working closely with the Knowledge Management Lead, Communications and Documentation team, Programme Management team, and country teams across the region.

Candidate Profile

The successful applicant must have strong qualitative and quantitative research skills and excellent written English. Knowledge of French, Arabic, Amharic, and/or Somali will be an added advantage.

The selected applicant must have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the Horn of Africa, particularly Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Uganda. Proficiency in copy editing, strong analytical skills, and experience drafting public statements, advocacy submissions, and briefings are essential. A demonstrated commitment to women’s rights, gender equality, and engagement with social and human rights movements is crucial.

SIHA welcomes applicants who are committed to strengthening African civic space, feminist organizations, and their essential role in improving conditions for women, girls, and communities across the Horn of Africa.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with SIHA programme management, country teams, and the communications and knowledge production teams to strengthen and promote SIHA’s advocacy, research, and feminist analysis across the Horn of Africa.
• Provide input into and coordinate SIHA’s research projects, and contribute to publications across all countries of operation, including formal research reports, position papers, briefings, and other knowledge products.
• Review and edit research outputs and reports, and use findings to inform advocacy priorities and strategies.
• Work with area coordinators and SIHA country teams to regularly identify needs and opportunities for research that responds to emerging country-level priorities and aligns with SIHA’s strategy.
• Support and collaborate with SIHA’s MEL, documentation, and programme teams to maintain an updated understanding of evolving contexts on the ground.
• Monitor relevant calls for papers and research opportunities, alert SIHA to potential opportunities to conduct or present research and coordinate support for research launch events.
• Work with SIHA country offices and coordinators to elevate advocacy priorities and support research activities.
• Participate in developing SIHA’s advocacy strategy to align with SIHA’s programmes, engagements, and the priorities of SIHA members.
• Coordinate the development of SIHA publications in collaboration with the Communications and Knowledge Management teams.
• Initiate and coordinate the preparation of human rights submissions, country reports, press statements, and research papers.
• Support the development of SIHA publications, including the SIHA Journal, Women in Islam, manuals, guides, and other knowledge products, and coordinate related launch events.

Qualifications and Required Credentials

• At least four years of relevant work experience and a postgraduate degree in human rights, social studies, women’s studies, development or humanitarian studies, gender studies, law, or a related field.
• Proven qualitative sociological, socio-legal, feminist, and/or human rights research experience, together with strong writing skills, is required.
• A strong understanding of the political context and gender relations in the Horn of Africa is essential for this role.
• Ability to work in a culturally and politically diverse environment and travel to countries and regions across the Horn of Africa as required.
• Experience working on advocacy and/or research within the human rights or non-governmental organization sector, with the ability to provide relevant references.
• Strong work ethic and willingness to work additional hours during peak periods.
• Demonstrated knowledge of local-level stakeholders and influential actors, with the ability to liaise with them on SIHA’s work in the region.
• Punctual, attentive, and enthusiastic, with strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• SIHA is committed to offering fair remuneration based on qualifications and experience.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their current CV and a cover letter outlining their motivation for applying and relevant experience/expertise through the following link: https://airtable.com/appHNyMhgTH7cHVt3/shrWMTdHte879f8WN.

Application Deadline: 15 September 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and early applications are encouraged.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted due to the anticipated volume of applications.

Thank you for your interest in joining SIHA Network

We’re hiring a Head of Grantmaking Operations to build and lead the operational backbone of CEA’s rapidly growing grantmaking. This is a senior management role reporting to the Chief Operating Officer: you’ll lead the Grants Operations Team, serve as our in-house authority on US charitable grantmaking, and build the systems that allow our grantmaking to keep scaling, working closely with our grantmakers and Finance team.

About CEA

The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) is a US public charity with a mission to steward the movement of people putting the principles of effective altruism into practice to solve the world’s most pressing problems. We’re working to build a flourishing future by applying evidence, reason, and compassion to challenges like global poverty, animal suffering, and existential risks.

Our work centers on growing and supporting a global community of people who rigorously analyze where they can do the most good and take action on those insights. Current strategic priorities include increasing understanding of effective altruism and its principles, growing the number of people who are motivated by EA principles to take significant action to address pressing problems, and diversifying funding sources for high-impact work.

We had significant success in 2025 building momentum within CEA. Our headcount grew from 42 to 66 core staff. Program participation (such as our events, courses and groups) grew by 20-25% year over year. We also took stewardship of EA Funds, a set of four thematic funds that direct pooled donations to exceptionally impactful projects, and are rapidly scaling up our capacity for grantmaking and associated fundraising.

In 2026, we’re maintaining ambitious momentum while building the foundations for a step-change in the wider EA ecosystem’s growth trajectory from 2027 onwards. We’re in the midst of the best fundraising year in CEA’s history and are looking for the right talent to help us take advantage of the opportunities in front of us.

About the Grants Team

Our Grants Operations Team makes it possible for CEA’s Program Officers and Heads of Funds, experts in animal welfare, AI safety, global health and wellbeing, and the EA community, to move money to the people and organizations who can do the most good with it. We handle the operations behind our grantmaking: diligence, compliance, payments, monitoring, and the systems that hold it all together, across a growing set of funds. As our grantmaking and fundraising scale, we’re building the team and infrastructure to match.

About the role

CEA is at an inflection point. Our grantmaking and associated fundraising are scaling rapidly: the EA Animal Welfare Fund has raised more than $40M in the first half of 2026 alone (more than the three previous years combined) and we expect our other funds to have similar potential. We anticipate deploying more than $150M from across our funds over the coming years.

As we grow, we’re looking for an experienced grants operations leader to ensure that many millions of dollars move correctly, compliantly, and fast toward the work that improves lives today and safeguards our future.

This is a senior management role reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, and a high-leverage one at the center of CEA’s fastest-growing area. You’ll own our grantmaking operations, serve as our in-house authority on US charitable grantmaking, build the systems and team that let it keep scaling, and hold sign-off on how the grants function is designed. Some of the most interesting work will be the grants that don’t fit a standard template: high-risk, high-impact, and dependent on someone finding the compliant path that makes them possible.

This is a US-based role. Our grantmaking runs through our US entity, meaning you’ll need to be a US resident who can act on behalf of the organization, for example opening financial accounts and serving as a representative where a US-based person is required.

Key responsibilities

Grantmaking operations and strategy

• Own accountability for the full grant lifecycle across our funds: intake, diligence, structuring, approval, payment, monitoring, reporting, and closeout, setting the standards, controls and risk posture that govern it
• Partner proactively with Program Officers and Heads of Funds to align on what each fund is optimizing for, and design workflows, risk ownership, and decision rights around those goals
• Ensure complex grants are shaped well from the start, not flagged once they’re already in motion
• Partner with Finance on the grants/finance handoff (payment requests, supporting documentation, approvals, system records), and track committed vs disbursed vs projected grant funds against fast-growing giving targets

Compliance and risk

• Serve as CEA’s in-house authority on US charitable grantmaking and a trusted advisor to leadership on what we can fund and on what conditions, including grants to entities that aren’t US public charities
• Own the diligence regime, OFAC/sanctions screening and audit-ready recordkeeping, setting risk appetite and bringing judgment in-house so we rely less on external counsel, and deploying counsel where a question is genuinely novel or high-exposure
• Lead cross-border grantmaking, including in jurisdictions where local law restricts or rules out foreign funding, handling both the US side (diligence appropriate to a public charity) and the recipient-country side (registration, limits on receiving or onward-granting funds), building in-house capability to make these calls
• Own grants to individuals as a compliant grant category, covering charitable class, objective selection, the grant-versus-compensation line, and overseas withholding and reporting

Alternative vehicles and creative structuring

• Advise on DAF grantmaking, working within the sponsor’s rules and layering our own checks on top
• Advise on new structures as we grow, including possible c4 granting and/or our own DAF
• Find the compliant path for grants that don’t fit an existing template, using the right instrument: recoverable grants, PRIs, fiscal sponsorship, regranting, pooled funds etc.

Leadership and stakeholder management

• Lead and grow the Grants Operations team (currently two), developing them into seasoned grants professionals
• Act as the senior point of contact for grantmakers, building trusting and positive relationships, providing clear guidance and thresholds for grantmaking decisions, and navigating sensitive conversations with senior stakeholders constructively
• Facilitate close and efficient collaboration between the Grants Team and the EA Funds Team to achieve our organisational grantmaking goals

Scalable systems

• Design and develop better, more efficient grantmaking systems from the ground up, rethinking how routine grants move and where senior judgment sits to enable high volume fast-track grantmaking as well as effective handling of higher-risk grants
• Work with the Grants Operations team to ensure the work is codified into SOPs, templates, and internal guidance that scale and make onboarding easy
• Set direction and sign off on the grants function’s architecture: approving the design of the grants-management system, innovating how we use tools and software to enable scale, the standards for how work is documented, and how board reporting is run

Monitoring and evaluation

• In collaboration with Program Officers and Heads of Funds, sharpening our processes against whether grants achieved what the fund intended

What we’re looking for

This role is right for you if you bring deep grantmaking expertise and the judgment to apply it in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment, and you’re energized by designing the function that makes ambitious, high-impact giving possible.

You might be a great fit if you have:

• Substantial hands-on experience in US charitable grantmaking, from a foundation, large nonprofit, regranting organization, DAF sponsor, or a practice serving them; we care more about depth of experience than years.
• Deep working knowledge of the frameworks that matter to us: domestic 501(c)(3) grants, grants to non-charities, grants to individuals, international grantmaking including recipient-country law, public charity lobbying limits, and DAF rules. You know which of these legally bind a public charity like CEA and which are best practice carried over from the private-foundation world.
• Experience structuring non-standard grants, with real examples of building a compliant path for something genuinely awkward. You treat grants that are riskier but high-impact as puzzles to work through compliantly, while taking appropriate caution on the highest-stakes calls.
• A track record of turning a manual operation into a streamlined or automated one while keeping judgment where it belongs
• Calibrated judgment and the standing to make and defend hard calls, plus the wisdom to know when a question needs external counsel
• The credibility to move grants through Program Officers and Heads of Funds that you don’t manage, leading with expertise rather than authority and explaining in plain language why a grant can or can’t proceed
• Experience managing and developing people, and enthusiasm for coaching a growing team

Bonus:

• Familiarity with effective altruism cause areas (animal welfare, AI safety, global health and wellbeing, EA community)
• Experience running a fellowship or individual-grants program at scale
• Experience standing up a DAF, c4, or other non-standard grantmaking vehicle

Other information

• This is a full-time, remote position based in the US.
• Start date: we’d ideally have you start in November 2026, but would consider a later start for the right candidate.
• Reports to: Chief Operating Officer, Matt Hurst-Smith.
• Compensation: total compensation package of $157,435, comprising a base salary of $143,123, and a 10% unconditional 401k contribution.
  • Benefits include private health insurance, flexible work hours, a $6,000 annual professional development allowance, a $6,000 mental health support allowance, extended parental leave, ergonomic equipment, 25 days of paid vacation, and more.
• This role will involve travel. There are likely 3-4 trips annually to attend team retreats and other events, including several international trips.

We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. We especially encourage applications from self-identified women and people of colour who are excited about contributing to our mission. The Centre for Effective Altruism is an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, or have any other questions about applying, please contact jobs@centreforeffectivealtruism.org.

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Evaluation plan

We expect the interview process to include the following steps, subject to minor changes:

1. Application
2. Short interview
3. Test task
4. Final interviews (3-4)
5. Reference checks

About the Organisation

WoMin, launched in October 2013, is an African ecofeminist alliance which works alongside organisations of women, peasants and mining-impacted communities, and in partnership with other sympathetic organisations, to make visible and publicise the impacts of extractives on peasant and working-class women; to support women’s organising, movement-building and solidarity; and to advance, in alliance with numerous others, an African post-extractivist, ecologically just, women-centred alternative to the dominant destructive model of development.

About the Job

The Grants and Contracts Officer will support WoMin’s donor and partner accountabilities by strengthening grants administration, donor compliance, and partnership contracting. The role includes information management as a secondary function. The roles reports to the Operations & Grants Manager with soft lines to the Programme Manager, and the Movement Support Unit lead.

Key Responsibilities

Grants & donor administration (core responsibility)

• Maintain and regularly update the donor and grants register.
• Develop and maintainquarterly donor reporting schedules.
• Circulate donor reporting schedules and calendar invitations to staff.
• Monitor reporting deadlines and provide timely reminders to programme teams.
• Track donor income and maintain accurate grant income data.
• Ensure donor reports are prepared and submitted using the correct proposals, donor templates and formats.
• Coordinate multiple contributions from programme staff to donor reports.
• Undertake initial review of submittedreports from programme coordinators to ensure alignment to donor reporting needs.
• Undertake initial consolidation of data in some reports.
• Uploading reports and/or completing information on donor online platforms.
• Online filing and capturing of donor contracts and grants by year and donor.
• Administratively coordinate proposal development, i.e. compiling organisational information and coordinating due diligence processes, and supporting proposal development as needed.
• Track donor queries, follow up and ensure that they are timeously responded to by staff.
• Develop schedule indicating which programme staff are the primary link for different funders and make regular reminders to programme staff to ensure they keep contact with and update donors.
• Undertake research on and analysis of potential funders, identifying those with the highest potential, and establishing potential entry points through funded organisations.
• Work with the Programme Manager (PM) to develop and maintain an annual schedule of deliverables due to funders according to contracts and update as needed during the year as contracts are signed.
• Alert PM and team leads to new deliverables required by donor contracts.

Contracting relations with partners and allies (core responsibility)

• Work with Movement Support Unit (MSU) head, PM and team leads to identify and agree the most critical partners and allies for sub-regional and national/sub-national convergence support and campaigns building.
• Work with PM and Head of MSU, as well NGOLaw, to build a standardised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to guide relations with partners and allies.
• Adjust/update standard partner contract used when any funding is involved in WoMin’s relationship with other organisations.
• Support PM and team leads develop MoUs and partner contracts as needed to support the building of clear and mutually accountable relations.
• Maintain tracking system for MoUs and contracts to ensure that they are extended and/or renewed as needed.
• Develop and maintain a schedule to ensure that reflection and relationship building conversations involving the PM, MSU lead, and team leads with partners and allies are sustained and deepened.
• Where reports are needed in terms of partner contracts ensure that a suitable format is agreed which meets donor reporting requirements.
• Build tool for tracking reporting requirements as per partner contracts.
• Support organisational and partner due diligence and compliance processes as needed.
• Ensure alignment between donor grant agreements and partner sub-granting contracts where funding is involved.

Support to basic data and information management

• Maintain and regularly update database of partners and allies per country, sub-region, Pan African and global geographies.
• Work alongside responsible staff to develop and update other WoMin resource and knowledge databases such as service providers and consultants.
• Support the maintenance, organisation and updating of organisational information alongside other responsible staff.
• Support the development and implementation of information management systems and processes that strengthen organisational learning.

Contribute to the organisation’s internal processes and projects as required by the long-term strategy, operational plans and management needs

• Provide capacity-building support to staff in relation to some of the tasks and responsibilities outlined above.
• Provide input to WoMin’s strategy, annual and project plans.
• Report on the work of this function, as and when required.
• Undertake additional organisational tasks as negotiated with the Operations & Grants Manager, as well as the Director and PM.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Minimum five years’ experience in projects and programme administration and or coordination preferably in national/regional NGOs and non-profits.
• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in social sciences, information management or a related field is desirable.

Competencies (skills, knowledge & abilities):

• Good coordination and administration skills and abilities.
• Good communication skills- verbal and written.
• Ability to multitask.
• Ability to work independently and within teams.
• Proactive and creative in responding to challenges and escalating as needed.
• Ability to prioritise tasks.
• Effective time management.
• Ability to work under pressure and cope with strict deadlines.
• Ability to work with remote programme teams.
• Ability to communicate with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Strong attention to detail
• Good knowledge of all MS office computer programmes e.g. word, excel, PowerPoint and the internet.

Language requirements: The applicant must speak and write English, and it is highly desirable that she can also communicate in a second widely spoken language on the continent, such as Swahili, French, Portuguese, Arabic and/or Fulani.

To apply

To apply, email your application by Sunday 20th September 2026 to tracy@actionappointments.co.za

Please note:

This position is remote, and the staffer can be located anywhere on the continent working from a home base. 

Our preference is for a non-South African black woman from Southern, East, West or Central Africa.

CONSULTANT TERMS OF REFERENCE

About NetHope

NetHope enables humanitarian and conservation organizations to better serve people and places throughout the worldthrough digital and data technologies and partnerships. Working at the intersection of the international NGO sector,private business and digital innovation, NetHope is a Membership organization currently serving over 60 leadinghumanitarian, development, and conservation organizations around the world. NetHope empowers our Memberorganizations to collaborate, innovate, and leverage the full potential of information and communications technology tosupport their work in 190 countries. NetHope and our Members partner with over 50 of the world’s leading technology firms to create innovative solutions to existing and emerging challenges, and to reimagine how technology can improveour world

The Opportunity

The Communications Consultant will support the Director of Communications with a range of communications needs.This role involves content creation to deliver high-quality, timely, and impactful communications.

Scope of Work

NetHope is seeking a creative, collaborative, and proven communications professional to support the organization’sexternal communications to amplify NetHope’s mission. Essential projects include communications support for theNetHope Global Summit and general communications management and support from September through December2026.

Deliverables:

NetHope Global Summit

• Publish text edits to www.nethopeglobalsummit.org via Cvent as requested. Prepare for post-event updates to website reflecting post-event details, create email interest list form via Campaign Monitor, and when 2027 look and feel has been solidified, update website to reflect. Previous year event templates are available as an example.
• Manage asset creation of in-person signage to ensure strong NetHope brand presence, meet sponsorship deliverables, and provide a smooth attendee experience in collaboration with Director of Communications and graphic designer.
• Manage the launch and updates to the Attendee Hub via Cvent. The Attendee Hub is for registered attendees and the main source of information flow.

• Work with Director of Communications and designer to upload assets and event copy to Attendee Hub via Cvent.
  • Work with Director of Communications to create and implement display ad and notification schedule.During the event, monitor these notifications and ads to be sure they are publishing correctly.
  • Add 2027 banner and graphic to the Attendee Hub following 2027 announcement.
  • Text edits to page as requested
• Utilizing Campaign Monitor (general email marketing) and Cvent (registered attendees), create and send email blasts pre and post event to increase registration and inform, engage, and thank attendees during the event. 2025 event is available as a template.
  • General email marketing blasts
  • Registered attendee emails (potentially segmented audiences of in-person and virtual) include: KnowBefore You Go Emails; Summit Daily: October 26, October 27, October 28, October 29, and November 3 (approximate dates)
• Plan, schedule, and publish social media leading using Metricool up to, during, and after Summit. Incorporate photos from event photographer. As Summit is NetHope’s major flagship moment, use the momentum and visibility of the Summit to incorporate thought leadership during and post Summit for the organization to advance key initiatives.
  • Potential to launch paid social media campaign to increase registration.
• Review photos uploaded twice daily by photographer, add appropriate photos to highlight gallery on a rolling basis, communicate with Director of Communications if additional direction or variety of photos are needed during review. Highlight gallery should be promoted on a rolling basis during the event. The gallery will bedisplayed during the Community Celebration (Weds, Oct 28).
• Working with Director of Communications, develop a plan to collect quotes from speakers and/or attendees for inclusion in communications. NetHope staff can pre-engage Board and Summit committee and/or MainStage content is live broadcasted and consultant or dedicated NetHope staff can also be assigned to support the consultant in doing so.
• Working with the Senior Manager of Philanthropic Partnerships activate all remaining communications-related sponsor benefits.
• Monitor Slack, social media, and other sources for testimonials. Source approval for use in future communications.
• Due to the nature of hosting a live event and the communications function, consultant must be availableOctober 23 through November 5 and overlap with CET (Amsterdam) time zone, so dependable workflow can be established.
• In collaboration with Director of Communications, Senior Manager of Philanthropic Partnerships, and graphic designer, facilitate the design of the 2027 Sponsorship Prospectus (November-December).

General Communications Management (November-December)

• Triage in-bound communication needs via the Communications Request Form and Editorial Calendar in Asana.
  • Develop approval workflow with Director of Communications for ease of publication.
  • Collaborate in relevant program-communications Slack channels regarding communication requestsand provide frequent status updates via Slack and/or Zoom meetings as needed.
  • Provide communications expertise, copywriting or copy editing support, liaise with web developer and graphic designer for relevant needs.
• Plan and publish social media.
• Plan and publish monthly newsletter.
• General website management (including home page content refresh periodically, blog posts, minor text edits,document uploads, etc.) working with web developer. NetHope’s website is on WordPress.
• Liaise and manage any paid media/social media advertising needs. This is anticipated to be minimal for general NetHope communications.
• Manage project queues for web developer and graphic designer and funnel relevant projects through iteration,approvals, and publication. Canva is also available for social media graphics.
• Attend weekly meetings with Director of Communications to share progress updates and coordinate upcoming needs. Weekly progress reports and handover transition documentation required.
• Participate in regular communications meetings and team communications via Slack and other mediums.

Use of AI:

NetHope takes the responsible use of AI seriously. Selected candidates will be required to comply with NetHope’s AI Policy, which governs the use of AI tools in the development of all deliverables, and to complete a brief AI DisclosureForm as part of the onboarding process prior to commencing work.

Qualifications:

• Strong writing, editing, design, and content creation skills.
• Proficiency in digital tools such as Cvent, Campaign Monitor, Canva, Slack, WordPress, and social mediaplatforms.
• Experience in project management and meeting deadlines.
• Familiarity with communications analytics and reporting tools.
• Availability during Eastern Time Zone hours.

Project Timeline:

This is a remote, contractor position with an expected workload of 30 hours per week September-December2026.

General Conditions:

• The work will be performed in a 100% remote and virtual environment.
• All contractors must pass an OFAC screening.
• This contractor will report to the Director of Communications.

If this opportunity interests you, please submit your proposal HERE by September 18th, 2026 (midnight ET). Your proposal should include:

• A brief overview of your relevant experience and approach
• A work plan and methodology for this engagement
• Your proposed rate in USD (hourly and total cost of the consultancy)
• Two to three references from similar engagements
• CV or professional profile
• Portfolio and/or writing samples

Due to the anticipated volume of submissions, NetHope reserves the right to review proposals and select a consultant prior to the closing date. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

NetHope is an Equal Opportunity Employer.