Skill: management
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Among the best in the world at what they do19 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.
Senior 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 policyManagementOperationsSeniorTech Lead Manager, GPU Cluster Infrastructure
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR.AI's researchers test frontier models for OpenAI and the EU AI Office, but that work grinds to a halt as soon as the GPU cluster falters.
AI safetySoftware engineeringManagementSeniorHead of Special Projects
KairosRemoteRemote
In just over two years, Kairos has guided more than 1,200 people into work in AI safety.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorGeneralist (Special Projects)
KairosRemoteRemote
Kairos does not run research itself, but builds the routes towards it: over 1,200 people went through programmes such as SPAR and Pathfinder in two years.
AI safetyOperationsManagementEntry 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 engineeringManagementExecutiveSenior Architect or Architect
Coefficient GivingRemote - GlobalRemote
Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) gave away around $ 1 billion last year and wants to double that amount.
Effective givingSoftware engineeringManagementSeniorEngineering Manager (Red Team)
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
When FAR.AI finds a weak spot in a new AI model, developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic adjust their safeguards and regulators in the EU follow.
AI safetySoftware engineeringManagementSeniorGCP Program Manager
KairosRemoteRemote
Whoever invites the speakers and selects the participants for a three-day workshop like this decides, in practice, which students and professionals end up in AI safety and biosecurity — and how well prepared they arrive.
AI safetyOperationsManagementMid levelGeneralist (Workshops)
KairosRemoteRemote
Kairos runs three-day workshops that steer students towards work in AI safety and biosecurity; over 400 participants so far.
AI safetyOperationsManagementMid levelHead of Groups
KairosRemoteRemote
University groups are the first step towards work on AI safety for many people, and Kairos provides most of the support those groups currently get.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorOWA Europe Corporate Strategy Lead
The Humane LeagueFull-Time - Location: DenmarkRemote
The Open Wing Alliance brings together some 90 animal organisations in over 70 countries; in this role you coach and train the European groups that hold supermarkets and manufacturers to account on cage housing.
Campaigns and advocacyManagementPolicyMid levelManager, 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 levelHead of Kairos Labs
KairosRemoteRemote
Whoever sets up this incubator determines which new AI safety organisations will exist at all in a few years' time: you choose the founders, the questions and the design of the programme.
AI safetyManagementOperationsExecutiveGeneralist (Groups)
KairosRemoteRemote
Many of the people now working on AI safety started out in a student group.
AI safetyManagementOperationsMid 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 outreachExecutiveDirector 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 engineeringManagementExecutiveTechnical Project Manager, Red Team
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR.AI tests advanced AI models for weak spots before they are rolled out widely, and does so on behalf of labs such as OpenAI and governments such as the EU AI Office.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorExpressions of Interest
Future of Life InstituteRemoteRemote
The Future of Life Institute does not work on a single project but on the rules of the game: open letters, policy work in Brussels and Washington, and grants that determine which research into AI risks happens at all.
Global catastrophic risksPolicyManagementEntry level
Roles with leverage, here in the Netherlands7 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 policyFinanceManagementExecutiveSenior adviseur Gemeenschappelijk landbouw beleid (GLB)
Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA)UtrechtOn site in the Netherlands
Rules on paper only change anything for animals once supervision enforces them in practice.
Animal law and enforcementPolicyManagementSeniorDutch requiredCoördinator Toezicht
Rijksinspectie Digitale InfrastructuurAmersfoortOn site in the Netherlands
The rules on AI and digital resilience are on paper; how they will actually be enforced is being worked out now at regulators such as the RDI.
AI governance and powerManagementOperationsMid 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 requiredSenior Investment Manager AgriFood
Invest-NLAmsterdamOn site in the Netherlands
Companies in cultivated meat and precision fermentation rarely founder on their technology, but on the capital needed to scale up — two Dutch players recently went under on exactly that.
Cultivated meat and plant-based proteinFinanceManagementSeniorDirecteur Market Development a.i. (één jaar)
Invest-NLAmsterdamOn site in the Netherlands
Invest-NL has already put some €13 million into alternative protein startups and fills precisely the gap in scale-up capital that two Dutch companies recently went under on.
Protein transition policyManagementFinanceExecutiveDutch 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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