NLGlobal health and wellbeing
Manager Fondsenwerving & Communicatie
wildeganzen.nlAmersfoortOn site in the Netherlands
Wilde Ganzen raises around €35 million a year for local initiatives against poverty, and as manager you decide, with a team of fifteen, how that money comes in and whether donors stay.
Development finance and aid policyCommunications and outreachFinanceSeniorDutch requiredInternational Programme Director (Utrecht, 0,9-1,0FTE)
tearfund.nlUtrechtOn site in the Netherlands
In 2027 Tearfund Nederland will spend around € 23 million, mostly on emergency relief and development work through local partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
Development finance and aid policyManagementPolicyExecutiveData Officer – die verbindt en regisseert
lilianefonds.nl's-HertogenboschOn site in the Netherlands
The Liliane Fonds works with partner organisations in Africa, Asia and Latin America for children with disabilities, and constantly has to choose where time and money achieve the most.
Health systems in poor countriesDataOperationsMid levelPro-active and strategic Advocacy lead – SRHR & Youth
lilianefonds.nl's-HertogenboschOn site in the Netherlands
Sexual and reproductive health programmes often leave out young people with disabilities; this role tries to change that with governments, international forums and large development organisations, so that budgets that…
Global health and infectious diseasePolicyCommunications and outreachMid levelDutch requiredManaging Director
The HagueRemote
A managing director does not choose a single programme but decides where the whole organisation's money and people go: which European donors PSI Europe approaches, and which sexual and reproductive health programmes in…
Health systems in poor countriesManagementFinanceExecutiveRaad van Toezicht leden
UtrechtOn site in the Netherlands
As a supervisory board member you do not run projects yourself, but you appoint and assess the executive board and approve the multi-year plans of an organisation that has been fighting poverty in Africa, Asia, Latin…
Development finance and aid policyManagementExecutiveDutch requiredM&E Associate - Rapid Experimentation (Remote)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money directly to people in extreme poverty and has so far distributed more than 1 billion dollars among over 2 million people.
Global health and wellbeingDataResearchEntry levelWetgevingsjurist
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport's-GravenhageOn site in the Netherlands
What the government may do in a next pandemic, such as testing, isolating and vaccinating, is set out in the Wet publieke gezondheid, the Dutch Public Health Act, and work is now under way on its infectious disease…
Pandemics and biosecurityLegalPolicyMid levelDutch requiredHead of Strategic Projects
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
The leverage comes before the money: this person chooses which job-creation projects in Africa to develop and put to funders, and that choice determines where millions of dollars go.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceManagementSeniorHead of Research
NOVAHRemoteRemote
NOVAH makes radio dramas meant to help prevent intimate partner violence in Africa and the Middle East, and one broadcast reaches many listeners at once.
Mental health at scaleResearchDataMid levelDirector of Financial Planning and Budget
FikaRemoteRemote
At an organisation fighting malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, your budgets and scenario models supply the figures on which leadership decides which programme grows and which country is added.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceManagementSeniorDirector of Partnerships at Taimaka
TaimakaRemoteRemote
At a growing global health organisation, the money coming in determines how large the work in the field can be next year: whoever raises more than $4.5 million a year and sets the fundraising strategy with the director…
Development finance and aid policyFinanceCommunications and outreachSeniorStrategic Advisor on Food Security
ProVeg InternationalRemote (Europe) (RemoteRemote
In national climate and adaptation plans, countries set out where money and policy will go in the coming years.
Protein transition policyPolicyResearchSeniorSenior Data Scientist, MNO Data
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money directly to people in extreme poverty, and who receives that money often depends on one question: did this person live in that place at that time?
Development finance and aid policyDataResearchSeniorPrincipal Advisor, Policy and Government Engagement
Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP)RemoteRemote
Lead poisoning harms the brain development of millions of children in low- and middle-income countries, and a single legal standard for lead in paint or spices protects every child in a country, long after you have left.
Lead exposure and air qualityPolicyCommunications and outreachSeniorHead of Research
NOVAH (No Violence At Home)Remote (Europe) (RemoteRemote
A radio drama about intimate partner violence reaches many households at once in sub-Saharan Africa in a single season, and once it has aired nothing more can be improved.
Global health and wellbeingResearchDataSeniorPhD: RSV Infection and Immunity, Replacing Animal Models
Netherlands Government, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)NetherlandsOn site in the Netherlands
Research into vaccines against RSV, a virus that makes many babies and older people seriously ill, still relies heavily on laboratory animals and on cell lines that bear little resemblance to real airways.
Programme · 208 weeksGlobal health and infectious diseaseResearchDataEntry levelOperational Research Fellow
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung DiseaseRemoteRemote
With tuberculosis the bottleneck is often not the medicines but delivery, and you research where patients drop out or are diagnosed too late in national programmes in poorer countries.
Programme · 52 weeksGlobal health and infectious diseaseResearchDataEntry levelSenior Manager, Marketing Strategy and Operations
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money directly and unconditionally to people in extreme poverty, so how much reaches them depends largely on how many donors the organisation finds.
Global health and wellbeingManagementCommunications and outreachSeniorDatamanagement expert
RIVMBilthovenDutch employer, flexible
In a major infectious disease outbreak, the Netherlands has to be able to scale up quickly.
Pandemics and biosecurityDataOperationsMid levelDutch requiredDirector, Talent Management
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money directly to people in extreme poverty, an approach several independent evaluators recommend, and is preparing to become an organisation that can grow roughly tenfold.
Development finance and aid policyManagementOperationsSeniorEmergent Ventures Fellowship
Mercatus Center at George Mason UniversityRemoteRemote
This is not a job but a grant: you submit an idea that does not exist yet, and if Emergent Ventures picks it, you get money to set it up, often before other funders have looked at it.
ProgrammeEffective givingFinanceEntry levelCareer Pathways Manager
Impactful Policy CareersRemoteRemote
Anyone working in Brussels on health, animal welfare or food policy shapes rules for millions, but the route into those roles is often invisible to beginners.
Effective careersManagementPolicyMid levelSenior Manager, Marketing Strategy & Operations
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money directly to people in extreme poverty, an approach recommended by several independent charity evaluators.
Development finance and aid policyManagementOperationsSeniorPhD: new methodologies for RSV infection and immunity (English)
RIVMBilthovenOn site in the Netherlands
A test method that regulators recognise goes on being used by others for years.
Pandemics and biosecurityResearchEntry levelFellowship, Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)RemoteRemote
Whether an outbreak of an infectious disease stays local often depends on how quickly someone on the ground works out where it came from and how it is spreading.
Programme · 104 weeksPandemics and biosecurityResearchPolicyEntry levelTechnical Program Associate or Manager
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money directly to people in extreme poverty, an approach that independent charity evaluators recommend.
Development finance and aid policyOperationsDataMid levelAgriculture Expert Consultant (Roster)
UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed CountriesRemoteRemote
In the poorest countries, a large share of the population lives off agriculture.
Development finance and aid policyResearchPolicyMid levelMarketing & Content Associate
Ambitious ImpactFlexible and remote-friendlyRemote
Ambitious Impact helps people set up new charities, and several of them are now recommended by independent evaluators such as GiveWell.
Global health and wellbeingCommunications and outreachEntry levelSenior Research Manager, Global Health & Development
Ambitious ImpactLondonRemote
At Ambitious Impact the idea comes before the founder: the research team works out which health approaches in low- and middle-income countries achieve the most per euro, and only then does a new organisation take one on.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchManagementSeniorTalent Associate, Founder Selection
Ambitious ImpactFlexible and remote-friendlyRemote
Ambitious Impact has research, mentoring and seed funding ready for new charities, but by its own account what is mostly missing is the right founders.
Global health and wellbeingManagementResearchEntry levelSpecial Projects Officer, Strategy
Ambitious ImpactFlexibleRemote
Ambitious Impact helps people set up new charities: more than sixty since 2018, some of which are now recommended by independent evaluators such as GiveWell.
Global health and wellbeingManagementResearchMid levelSupervisory Board member (Raad van Toezicht – lid) Youth Representative
wateraid.onlinevacatures.nlAmsterdamDutch employer, flexible
A supervisory board appoints and assesses the executive team, approves strategy and budget, and signs off the annual accounts.
Health systems in poor countriesManagementSeniorSupervisory Board Member, International Development
AkvoRemoteRemote
As a member of Akvo's supervisory board you give around 60 unpaid hours a year, but you help decide who leads the organisation, where the money goes and which partners it works with.
Development finance and aid policyManagementFinanceSeniorFunding: Strep A/Rheumatic Heart Disease Vaccine Development
Coefficient GivingRemoteRemote
Note: this is not a job but a call for researchers to submit proposals to Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy), which funds only around 1 to 2% of unsolicited proposals.
Global health and infectious diseaseFinanceSeniorStage bij de Directie Multilaterale Instellingen en Mensenrechten
Ministerie van Buitenlandse ZakenRijnstraat 8 te Den HaagOn site in the Netherlands
This department helps decide how the Netherlands uses its money and its vote at UN organisations such as WHO, UNICEF and WFP.
Development finance and aid policyPolicyResearchInternshipDutch requiredDutch nationality requiredHead of Light Manufacturing Export and Venture Builder
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
In countries such as Bangladesh and Vietnam, factories making clothing, shoes and furniture were among the first places where many people without an education began earning a steady wage.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceOperationsSeniorHead of Central and Eastern Europe Labour Mobility and Venture Builder
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
Someone who moves from a job in Nairobi to comparable work in Poland can earn many times as much.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceManagementSeniorTalent Associate, Founder Selection
Ambitious Impact (AIM)RemoteRemote
Ambitious Impact helps start new charities every year, and whether such an organisation succeeds depends largely on who leads it.
Global health and wellbeingResearchOperationsEntry levelVisiting Research Fellow, Global Health & Development
Ambitious Impact (AIM)London
Ambitious Impact helps people set up new charities, and the ideas those founders start with come from the research team you join for five months.
Programme · 22 weeksGlobal health and infectious diseaseResearchDataEntry levelSpecial Projects Officer, Strategy
Ambitious Impact (AIM)RemoteRemote
Ambitious Impact (AIM) helps people found new charities, and a small leadership team decides which gaps in that landscape are tackled first.
Effective careersResearchOperationsMid levelHead of North America Labour Mobility and Venture Builder
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
A job in Canada or the US often earns an African worker several times what the same work pays at home, but the route through employer visas is complicated and few companies organise it.
Development finance and aid policyManagementFinanceSeniorHead of Italy and Southern Europe Labour Mobility and Venture Builder
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
You don't place people yourself, but you choose which staffing and recruitment firms get money to help job seekers from Africa into jobs in Italy and Southern Europe, and on what terms.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceManagementSeniorHead of Iberia and LatAm Labour Mobility and Venture Builder
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
Working in a richer country often pays several times the wage at home.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceManagementSeniorHead of UK, Ireland and ANZ Labour Mobility and Venture Builder
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
Someone from Africa who finds a job in British or Australian health and care often earns many times what is achievable at home – more than most development programmes deliver for a person.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceManagementSeniorHead of Nordics and Benelux Labour Mobility and Venture Builder
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
Someone who moves from a poor African country to a job in Scandinavia or the Benelux often earns many times their wage at home.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceOperationsSeniorHead of GCC Labour Mobility and Venture Builder
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
Someone from Africa who goes to work in the Gulf states can earn many times their wage at home there, but recruitment fees and debt often eat up a large part of that.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceManagementSeniorHead of Francophone Africa Export Manufacturing and Venture Builder
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
In this role you decide which founders, countries and products get money to start an export factory, and one factory that can compete on the world market can give hundreds of people a steady income.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceOperationsSeniorHead of East Asia Labour Mobility and Venture Builder
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
A skilled job in Japan or South Korea often earns an African worker many times what they could earn at home.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceManagementSeniorHead of Agri-Processed Export and Venture Builder
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
You choose which founders and companies in African agri-processing receive money from the fund, so your judgement determines where that capital ends up.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceOperationsSeniorSenior Manager, Investigations
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money with no conditions directly to people in extreme poverty, and several independent evaluators recommend the organisation.
Global health and infectious diseaseOperationsManagementSeniorManager, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation
IntelehealthRemoteRemote
A health programme can run for years without anyone knowing exactly whether patients are better off for it.
Global health and infectious diseaseDataResearchMid levelGrowth Manager, Paid Media
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money with no conditions attached directly to people in extreme poverty, an approach recommended by several independent charity evaluators.
Global health and infectious diseaseCommunications and outreachDataMid levelSenior Recruiter
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money directly to people in extreme poverty, and independent evaluators such as GiveWell recommend the organisation.
Development finance and aid policyOperationsCommunications and outreachSeniorOpen Call for Consultants, Health Policy Advocacy and Communications
PATHRemoteRemote
The leverage is in the budget: if a ministry or donor in sub-Saharan Africa decides differently on health financing because of your analysis, more money moves than any single organisation would ever spend itself.
Development finance and aid policyPolicyCommunications and outreachMid levelSenior Manager, Investigations(Full time)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money with no conditions attached directly to people in extreme poverty, and that model stands or falls on the trust that the money reaches the people it is meant for.
Development finance and aid policyManagementOperationsSeniorDirector, Strategic Initiatives [Limited Term]
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money without conditions directly to people in extreme poverty, and in the coming years wants to pay out far more than it can deliver itself.
Development finance and aid policyPolicyFinanceSeniorSenior Recruiter
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money directly and unconditionally to people in extreme poverty, and several independent charity evaluators recommend the organisation.
Development finance and aid policyOperationsCommunications and outreachSeniorSenior Software Engineer (Fundraising)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money with no conditions directly to people in extreme poverty, and several independent charity evaluators recommend it.
Global health and infectious diseaseSoftware engineeringMid levelSenior Software Engineer (Remote)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money with no conditions directly to people in extreme poverty, and independent evaluators such as GiveWell recommend that approach.
Development finance and aid policySoftware engineeringSeniorSenior Software Engineer (Fundraising) — Remote
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money without conditions directly to people in extreme poverty, and every donation first passes through the systems that you, as one of the two fundraising engineers, build and maintain.
Global health and infectious diseaseSoftware engineeringSeniorSenior Manager, Emergency Cash Delivery
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly transfers money directly to people in extreme poverty — an approach that several independent evaluators count among the best-evidenced forms of aid.
Development finance and aid policyManagementOperationsSeniorLegal Counsel, Emergency Cash & U.S. Programs
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
In emergency relief, the legal route often determines how quickly money reaches people: permits, contracts and data sharing need to be in place before a crisis begins.
Development finance and aid policyLegalOperationsSeniorLegal Counsel, Corporate & Business Affairs
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to people in poverty since 2011.
Development finance and aid policyLegalOperationsSeniorResearch Consultant
Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP)RemoteRemote
LEEP uses a single model to decide which of more than 40 countries the money for reducing lead poisoning goes to.
Lead exposure and air qualityResearchDataMid levelFractional Senior People Advisor
Educate!RemoteRemote
You don't work with the young people themselves, but with the leadership of an organisation that helps young people in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania into work.
Global health and wellbeingManagementOperationsSeniorDirector, Revenue Operations
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money with no strings attached directly to people in extreme poverty, and several independent evaluators recommend it.
Global health and wellbeingOperationsFinanceSeniorSenior Manager, People Operations
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
Since 2011 GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to people in extreme poverty, and it is recommended by several independent evaluators.
Development finance and aid policyOperationsManagementSeniorDirector, People Partnering
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to two million people in poverty since 2011, and wants to scale up considerably.
Development finance and aid policyManagementOperationsSeniorMultiple roles in AI x Global Health and Wellbeing
Coefficient GivingRemote - GlobalRemote
This new team decides which projects at the intersection of AI and global health receive up to €100 million in grants over the coming year.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchFinanceMid levelDirector, Revenue Operations (Fundraising)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly makes cash transfers to people in extreme poverty and is recommended by several independent evaluators.
Development finance and aid policyOperationsFinanceSeniorDirector of Venture Building, Labour Mobility
Africa Jobs FundRemote (Africa) (RemoteRemote
People from a poor country who find work abroad often earn many times what was possible at home.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceManagementSeniorSenior Innovation Manager
Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP)RemoteRemote
Surma is a traditional eye make-up from South Asia and North Africa that often contains lead and is also applied to young children, in whom lead permanently damages brain development.
Lead exposure and air qualityManagementResearchSeniorSenior Communications Officer, Editorial and Production
GiveWellRemoteRemote
GiveWell researches which charities working against poverty and disease achieve the most with each donated dollar, and donors follow that advice with hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
Effective givingCommunications and outreachManagementSeniorData Analyst, Internal Audit
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
Since 2011 GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to people in poverty; every euro lost to fraud reaches no one.
Development finance and aid policyDataPolicyMid levelManager, AI - Diagnostics
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)RemoteRemote
You do not decide here where the money goes, but your analyses do determine which AI diagnostics CHAI and its partners take seriously in low- and middle-income countries.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataMid levelTechnical Advisor, Analytics and Implementation Research
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)RemoteRemote
In low- and middle-income countries the same money can buy far more health in one place than in another, and often nobody knows exactly where.
Global health and infectious diseaseDataResearchSeniorAssociate Director, Lead Exposure (Governance Strategy & Operations)
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)RemoteRemote
Lead damages the brain development of young children and gets little attention, while a single government rule, such as a ban on lead in paint or spices, can protect an entire country.
Lead exposure and air qualityManagementOperationsSeniorCause Prioritization Lead
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
This year GiveWell is directing close to a billion dollars in donations, and in this role you decide which new problem areas get researched at all before any money goes to them.
Global health and wellbeingResearchPolicySeniorSenior Cross-Cutting Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell is distributing close to a billion dollars in donations this year, based entirely on its own research.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorSenior Livelihoods Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell is distributing close to a billion dollars in donations this year, and its researchers decide which programmes get that money.
Global health and wellbeingResearchSeniorSenior Malaria Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell is distributing close to a billion dollars in donations this year, with a research team of around eighty people.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorSenior New Areas Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell is allocating close to a billion dollars in donations this year, and in this role you judge for yourself which new interventions clear that bar — from research question to grant recommendation.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorSenior Nutrition Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
In 2025 GiveWell allocated around 95 million dollars across nutrition programmes; whoever builds the cost-effectiveness models here helps decide which programmes get that money.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorSenior Program Officer
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell expects to direct close to a billion dollars in donations this year, allocated by a research team of around eighty people.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchFinanceSeniorSenior Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell allocates hundreds of millions of dollars in donations each year across global health programmes, and those choices follow from the research agendas and cost-effectiveness models this small senior team draws up.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorSenior Vaccination Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
In 2025 GiveWell distributed more than $400 million in donations, of which $50 million went to vaccination programmes — for 2026 that is expected to be well over $70 million.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorSenior Water Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell distributes hundreds of millions of dollars a year on the basis of its own research; the water team consists of three people.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorReporting Grants & Fellowships
Pulitzer CenterRemoteRemote
Some big problems almost nobody writes about, and what stays unknown rarely gets money or policy.
ProgrammeEffective givingCommunications and outreachResearchEntry levelVice President, The AI Access Initiative
Evidence ActionRemoteRemote
Evidence Action only takes a programme to millions of people once the evidence is there.
Global health and infectious diseaseManagementPolicySeniorVenture Builder, Labour Mobility
Africa Jobs FundRemoteRemote
A job in a rich country often earns someone from sub-Saharan Africa many times their current income, but there are still few companies that arrange that move well.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceResearchMid levelResearch Scientist
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)RemoteRemote
Governments in sub-Saharan Africa spend a lot of money on malaria prevention, but often do not know exactly which bed nets and medicines actually reach people.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorProgram Manager
Health Progress HubKano
Kangaroo care is a cheap, well-researched method: a premature baby lies skin to skin with a parent day and night.
Programme · 4 weeksGlobal health and infectious diseaseOperationsResearchEntry level
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