Jobs
This board is still in beta. The reason below is our judgement — tell us if you think we have it wrong. Give feedback
Among the best in the world at what they do58 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 policyOperationsFinanceSeniorTech 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 engineeringManagementSeniorSenior Software Engineer, GPU Cluster Infrastructure
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR AI tests AI systems before they are released, for OpenAI and the EU AI Office — and that research runs on a GPU cluster that grew this year from dozens to hundreds of cards.
AI safetySoftware engineeringInformation securitySeniorManager, 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 levelHead 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 Salesforce Administrator and Business Analyst
Coefficient GivingRemote - GlobalRemote
Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) has distributed more than $ 7 billion in grants since 2014 and expects to double the amount it gives away this year.
Effective givingOperationsDataMid levelSenior 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 levelCause 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 levelExpression of Interest: Special Projects Associate
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Epoch AI's figures on compute and scaling are cited by policymakers and researchers worldwide; you do not do that research yourself, but make sure a small team can publish more by coordinating experts, licensing data…
AI safetyOperationsResearchEntry 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 outreachPolicySeniorGeneralist (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 levelSenior 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 engineeringSeniorAssociate Program Officer, Transformative AI Fund
Centre for Effective AltruismRemote - GlobalRemote
This fund finances projects on AI risks at the stage where a few tens of thousands of euros is the difference between existing and not existing: amounts between 10,000 and 150,000 dollars, too small for most other…
AI safetyFinanceResearchEntry 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 levelIT and Security Specialist
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Epoch AI's figures on compute and scaling are taken up by policymakers and researchers worldwide; that only works as long as the data and the systems around it cannot be manipulated.
AI safetyInformation securityOperationsMid levelCommunications Specialist
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Epoch AI compiles the figures on compute and the scaling of AI on which journalists and policymakers base their picture.
AI governance and powerCommunications and outreachResearchEntry 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 diseaseResearchSeniorTask Development Engineer
METR (Model Evaluation and Threat Research)RemoteRemote
METR's measurements — how long an AI model can work on a task on its own — are taken up in the system cards of AI labs and used by governments for policy.
AI safetyEngineeringResearchMid levelHead of Communications
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR.AI tests AI models for OpenAI and carries out independent evaluations for, among others, the EU AI Office — but that research only changes something once policymakers and journalists understand it.
AI safetyCommunications and outreachPolicyExecutiveDirector 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 engineeringManagementExecutiveRecruiter / Senior Recruiter
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Epoch AI publishes the figures on computing power and AI trends that policymakers and researchers worldwide fall back on.
AI safetyOperationsCommunications and outreachMid levelSoftware Engineer, Benchmarking
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Debates about AI policy often run aground on the question of what models can really do.
AI safetySoftware engineeringDataMid levelSenior 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 policyFinanceDataSeniorTechnical 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 safetyManagementOperationsSeniorJailbreaking Lead, Red Team
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
Whoever finds a universal exploit here changes not one system but the behaviour of models used by hundreds of millions of people: FAR.AI's findings demonstrably led to changes at OpenAI and Anthropic, and feed into…
AI safetyResearchSoftware engineeringSeniorGeneral 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 levelResearcher / Senior Researcher
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Policymakers and investors base their decisions about AI on figures that someone has to gather — on compute, data centres and what models can actually do.
AI safetyResearchDataMid levelData Scientist
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Policymakers who want to regulate AI rely on figures they cannot gather themselves — on compute, data centres and the rate at which models are improving.
AI governance and powerDataResearchEntry levelExpression of Interest
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
When regulators and AI labs want to know how fast models are growing, they reach for Epoch's figures — their public databases and trend analyses are the factual basis under many policymakers' decisions about AI.
AI governance and powerResearchDataEntry levelExpressions 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 Netherlands19 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.
sr AI adviseur onvolkomenheden (620804) DS/F&C
Ministerie van DefensieDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
Defensie, the Dutch defence ministry, wants to use AI to tackle shortcomings in its financial operations, and in this role you help decide where that is and isn't sensible — with 74,000 employees, such a choice carries…
Global catastrophic risksPolicyDataSeniorDutch requiredDutch nationality requiredChief 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 requiredSenior 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 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 requiredSenior technisch specialist Cybersecurity en Standaardisatie
Rijksinspectie Digitale InfrastructuurAmersfoortDutch employer, flexible
Whoever helps write European standards for cyber-secure devices sets the requirements that thousands of manufacturers will follow years later — and those requirements only become workable if someone at the table truly…
AI governance and powerPolicyInformation securitySeniorDutch 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 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 levelStrategisch beleidsadviseur (gedrags)economie
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en KlimaatDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
The Centraal Strategisch Cluster advises the senior civil service and political leadership on digitalisation, AI and the energy transition: a small team for a portfolio without a minister of its own.
Democratic institutionsPolicyResearchMid levelDutch requiredMedior Toezichthouder Gegevensbescherming
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en KoninkrijksrelatiesDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
Dutch central government is digitalising faster than its safeguards are keeping up.
Democratic institutionsPolicyLegalMid levelDutch requiredSenior 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 requiredJuridisch Inspecteur
Rijksinspectie Digitale InfrastructuurAmersfoortDutch employer, flexible
Laws such as NIS2 are full of open standards — what exactly a "duty of care" means only becomes clear once a regulator fills it in.
AI governance and powerLegalPolicySeniorDutch requiredData Scientist Machine Learning
Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA)UtrechtOn site in the Netherlands
The NVWA has far more businesses under supervision than it can inspect; the models built here help determine which slaughterhouses and livestock farms get visited first.
Animal law and enforcementDataPolicySeniorSenior 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 requiredInvestment Analist Energy Ventures
Invest-NLAmsterdamOn site in the Netherlands
Invest-NL manages over €3 billion in public investment capital and steps in where ordinary investors drop out — precisely the gap in scale-up funding that recently proved fatal to two Dutch food technology companies.
Cultivated meat and plant-based proteinFinanceResearchEntry levelINTERNALS 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
What do you make of this?
The board is still in beta, so this is exactly the moment to say what you think. A vacancy we have missed, a judgement you do not share, something that does not work — all of it helps.
Curious?
If you want to know how we arrive at this list, we run a short intro course and a newsletter. Neither costs anything.