NLSenior Livelihoods Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)
Why this is on the board
GiveWell is distributing close to a billion dollars in donations this year, and its researchers decide which programmes get that money. As a senior researcher on the livelihoods team you help decide which questions about poverty reduction get investigated — your analysis shifts sums far larger than any one person could ever give themselves.
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About the role
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…
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