GiveDirectly
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Direct, unconditional cash transfers to people in extreme poverty — recommended by several evaluators.
Legal Counsel, Emergency Cash & U.S. Programs
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In emergency relief, the legal route often determines how quickly money reaches people: permits, contracts and data sharing have to be in place before a crisis begins.
Development finance and aid policyLegalOperationsSeniorLegal Counsel, Corporate & Business Affairs
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Since 2011, GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to people living in poverty.
Development finance and aid policyLegalOperationsSeniorSenior Manager, People Operations
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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
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Since 2011, GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to two million people living in poverty, and wants to scale up considerably.
Development finance and aid policyManagementOperationsSeniorDirector, Revenue Operations (Fundraising)
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GiveDirectly makes cash transfers to people in extreme poverty and is recommended by several independent evaluators.
Development finance and aid policyOperationsFinanceSeniorManager, Global Procurement Phones
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GiveDirectly buys nearly a million phones a year, and without a handset someone cannot receive mobile money.
Development finance and aid policyOperationsFinanceMid levelTechnical Program Manager, Emergency Cash
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In emergency aid, the technology determines how quickly money reaches people: whoever sets up the systems for registration, verification and payment in advance determines whether a response gets going in days or in…
Development finance and aid policyOperationsDataMid levelData Analyst, Internal Audit
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Since 2011 GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to people living in poverty; every euro lost to fraud reaches no one.
Development finance and aid policyDataPolicyMid levelChief Technology Officer
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Since 2011 GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to two million people living in poverty, and wants to scale up to five billion a year.
Development finance and aid policySoftware engineeringManagementExecutiveHead of Strategic Partnerships & Influence (Remote)
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GiveDirectly turned cash transfers into one of the best-researched forms of aid; this role determines whether economists, journalists and fintech platforms pass that evidence on to donors with a lot of money to allocate.
Global health and infectious diseaseCommunications and outreachPolicySeniorSenior Software Engineer (Remote)
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GiveDirectly transfers money directly to people in extreme poverty, and the software determines how fast and how cheaply that happens — in emergency aid it is the difference between five days and five weeks.
Global health and infectious diseaseSoftware engineeringSeniorManager, Emergency Cash Recipient Experience (Remote)
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GiveDirectly transfers money to people in extreme poverty; whether it actually arrives after a disaster depends on who picks up the phone when a payment fails.
Global health and infectious diseaseManagementOperationsMid levelResearch Director, Emergency Cash
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What works in emergency cash aid is still largely unanswered territory, and this role determines which questions GiveDirectly researches and with which methods.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorDirector of Engineering (Remote)
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GiveDirectly transfers money directly to people in extreme poverty — more than a billion dollars since 2011, with GiveWell and other evaluators scrutinising the approach.
Development finance and aid policySoftware engineeringManagementExecutiveSenior Manager, Strategic Finance (Remote)
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Since 2011 GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to people living in poverty.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceDataSeniorGeneral Interest
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GiveDirectly gives money directly to people in extreme poverty and has independent researchers measure what that yields — by now over 1 billion dollars to more than 2 million people.
Global health and infectious diseaseFinanceResearchEntry level
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