Global health and wellbeing
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Among the best in the world at what they do31 roles
This tier is about the solution itself. We are fairly confident these organisations are among the best in the world in their field — vetted by GiveWell, Animal Charity Evaluators, Founders Pledge or The Life You Can Save, or featured by 80,000 Hours. Somebody else has already judged that what they do works, so we list every role there that is open to someone in the Netherlands, including support and operations work. Expect fierce competition, and expect remote work or a move.
Legal 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 policyLegalOperationsSeniorSenior 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 policyOperationsFinanceSeniorManager, Global Procurement Phones
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
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
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
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
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
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
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
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 engineeringManagementExecutiveCause Prioritization Lead
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
This year GiveWell is directing towards a billion dollars in donations, and in this role you determine which new problem areas get researched at all before any money goes to them.
Global health and wellbeingResearchPolicySeniorProgram Officer
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
This year GiveWell is directing towards a billion dollars in donations from tens of thousands of givers who rely on that research.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchFinanceMid levelResearcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell will probably direct something approaching a billion dollars in donations this year, and those choices rest on the calculations of a small research team.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchEntry levelSenior Cross-Cutting Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell is directing towards a billion dollars in donations this year, entirely on the basis of its own research.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorSenior Livelihoods Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell will direct towards a billion dollars in donations this year, and the researchers determine which programmes get that money.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorSenior Malaria Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell will direct towards a billion dollars in donations this year, with a research team of some eighty people.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorSenior New Areas Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell is directing towards a billion dollars in donations this year, and in this role you assess 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 distributed some $95 million across nutrition programmes; whoever builds the cost-effectiveness models here helps determine which programmes get that money.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorSenior Program Officer
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell expects to direct towards a billion dollars in donations this year, allocated by a research team of some eighty people.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchFinanceSeniorSenior Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
Each year GiveWell distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in donations across global health programmes, and those choices follow from the research agendas and cost-effectiveness models this small senior team draws…
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorSenior Vaccination Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
In 2025 GiveWell directed more than $400 million in donations, $50 million of which went to vaccination programmes — for 2026 that is expected to be over $70 million.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorSenior Water Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell directs hundreds of millions of dollars each year on the basis of its own research; the water team consists of three people.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorBusiness Immigration Associate
Coefficient GivingRemote - GlobalRemote
Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) has distributed more than $7 billion in grants since 2014, and who they can hire depends on which visas they can get sorted.
Community buildingOperationsLegalMid levelHead of Strategic Partnerships & Influence (Remote)
GiveDirectlySan FranciscoRemote
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)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
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)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
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 levelDirector of Community Growth
Centre for Effective AltruismRemote - GlobalRemote
Research among people now working on urgent problems shows that local groups, conferences and courses were often the starting point.
Community buildingManagementCommunications and outreachExecutiveResearch Director, Emergency Cash
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
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)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
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)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
Since 2011 GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to people living in poverty.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceDataSeniorGeneral Interest
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
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
Roles with leverage, here in the Netherlands8 roles
This tier is about leverage. Most of these employers — ministries, regulators, universities, banks — would not say they work on one of the world’s largest problems, and nobody has vetted them as a whole. What we look for is different: roles that let you point more at the problem than your own hours. That might be money, or rules that bind a whole sector, or the work of dozens of other people, or an idea that is free to copy afterwards. A credit analyst at an agricultural lender can matter more than a programme officer at a charity. That judgement is ours, made role by role, and we always write down the reason. Competition here is usually a good deal lighter.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
CordaidDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
Cordaid works in fragile regions where aid money evaporates fastest through weak controls and accountability.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceManagementExecutiveData Scientist
Ministerie van Buitenlandse ZakenSchedeldoekshaven 101 te Den HaagOn site in the Netherlands
Buitenlandse Zaken, the Dutch foreign ministry, allocates the Netherlands' entire development cooperation budget.
Development finance and aid policyDataSoftware engineeringMid levelDutch requiredJunior adviseur crisisbeheersing en behandelaar voedselveiligheidsmeldingen
Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA)UtrechtOn site in the Netherlands
When a report of contaminated feed or an outbreak comes in, the assessment in the first hours determines where it ends up and how quickly action is taken.
Animal law and enforcementPolicyOperationsEntry levelDutch requiredDirecteur Curatieve Zorg, plaatsvervangend DG
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en SportDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
Whoever organises Dutch hospital and primary care also determines how much slack there is in the system when the next outbreak comes: staff, surge capacity and agreements between hundreds of healthcare organisations.
Pandemics and biosecurityPolicyManagementExecutiveDutch requiredAssociate Energy Latin America & Caribbean
FMODen HaagDutch employer, flexible
FMO, the Dutch development bank, lends to energy projects in Latin America where commercial banks stay away; your analyses of clients and risks help decide whether the bank extends, restructures or withdraws a loan…
Development finance and aid policyFinanceDataEntry levelSustainability Officer
FMODen HaagDutch employer, flexible
FMO is the Dutch development bank and invests sums that charities relying on donations come nowhere near.
Development finance and aid policyFinancePolicyMid levelSenior Data Analist
Ministerie van Buitenlandse ZakenSchedeldoekshaven 101 te Den HaagOn site in the Netherlands
Buitenlandse Zaken, the Dutch foreign ministry, distributes the entire Dutch aid budget, and directorates make decisions based on the figures this team supplies.
Development finance and aid policyDataPolicySeniorDutch requiredINTERNALS ONLY : Head of Finance, Data & CRM
War ChildNetherlands - Amsterdam officeOn site in the Netherlands
War Child decides for itself which programmes get funding; whoever manages the budget, the data and the reporting helps decide which methods scale up and which stop.
Mental health at scaleFinanceManagementExecutiveDutch required
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