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Lead full-cycle recruiting for Operations and Outreach roles: source passive candidates, partner with hiring managers, design hiring infrastructure and assessments, manage candidate experience, and measure hiring effectiveness. Contribute to recruiting strategy, data tracking, and process improvements while supporting hiring across diverse functions.

Lead GiveWell’s legal function as its primary legal decision-maker, developing legal strategy, overseeing nonprofit compliance, managing contracting, and advising executives and the Board. Build and lead a scalable legal team and modernize legal administration through technology and automation. Provide strategic leadership for Grants Administration, guide complex grant structures, and partner cross-functionally on employment, privacy, security, intellectual property, governance, international expansion, and operational risks.

Lead and improve GiveWell's cause prioritization process, build and manage a sub-team within New Areas, oversee early-stage grant investigations and portfolios, perform evidence review and cost-effectiveness modelling, communicate externally to source ideas, and directly investigate complex grantmaking opportunities to inform large funding decisions.

Lead grant investigations and manage a portfolio of grants by reviewing evidence, building cost-effectiveness models, engaging grantees and experts, conducting site visits and monitoring, and publishing transparent reports to inform high-impact funding decisions.

Own revenue reconciliation across payment platforms, prepare quarterly grants reconciliations, assist with complex close entries (investments, lease amortization, intercompany grants, accrued vacation), support audits and Form 990 preparation, drive process improvements, and mentor the Staff Accountant.

Lead full-lifecycle recruiting for senior research roles: source hard-to-find candidates, run screenings and work trials, analyze hiring data and channels, build pipelines and experiments, partner closely with research leadership, manage Greenhouse and candidate coordination, and close offers while improving assessment processes and hiring metrics.

Support transactional and operational nonprofit accounting: own accounts payable and expense processes, assist month-end and quarterly close, perform bank reconciliations, triage staff finance questions, and support annual audit and Form 990 preparation. Focus on accuracy, process improvement, and cross-functional communication.

Manage execution of research and grantmaking workflows: keep trackers current, manage timelines and risks, coordinate internal and external stakeholders, produce accurate documentation, improve processes and templates, and proactively solve operational bottlenecks to support GiveWell researchers and grantees.

Hiring multiple early- to mid-career Operations roles (Grants Administration, People Ops, Talent Acquisition, Technology, AI Enablement, and Executive Support). Responsibilities include end-to-end grant logistics, HR/payroll and global mobility support, full-cycle recruiting and sourcing, IT onboarding/troubleshooting, AI enablement, and executive assistance. Roles focus on process improvement, systems building (Salesforce, Asana, Ironclad), cross-team collaboration, and scaling operations to support rapid organizational growth.

Lead GiveWell grantmaking for a major portfolio: set strategy, evaluate cost-effectiveness and evidence, manage grantee relationships, make funding decisions, communicate externally, and mentor colleagues.