Global Health & Development Researcher

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Explore significant funding opportunities, particularly those organizations and programs that can efficiently save and enhance lives in the world's most impoverished nations.

• Perform thorough evaluations and provide multimillion-dollar grant recommendations on a monthly basis.

• Broaden the scope of interventions evaluated, including innovative initiatives that necessitate proactive grantmaking.

• Assess direct interventions, research opportunities, well-supported micro-interventions, and ambitious high-risk, high-reward projects.

• Conduct research investigations to address critical questions.

• Execute comprehensive literature reviews.

• Identify promising funding opportunities to evaluate if they meet the threshold for recommendations.

• Contribute to the creation of internal and external reports and other documentation.

• Collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders to secure funding for opportunities.

• Engage with ultra-high-net-worth donors as a subject-matter expert, providing detailed answers regarding research.

• Report directly to the Global Health & Development Lead.

⛳️ Requirements

• Relevant domain expertise applicable to the role, including development economics, public health, or cost-effectiveness analysis.

• Transferable research skills from fields such as medicine, finance, or the hard sciences are also welcomed.

• Exceptional analytical capabilities.

• Comfort in expressing opinions numerically and working within systematic quantitative frameworks.

• Proficiency in building and understanding quantitative models.

• Ability to clearly articulate nuanced evidence and complex concepts in writing.

• Skill in identifying potential high-impact funding opportunities in emerging cause areas.

• Capability to locate and evaluate pertinent academic research, reports, and experts.

• Good self-awareness regarding knowledge limits.

• Intellectual curiosity and openness to diverse viewpoints.

• Strong conscientiousness and prioritization abilities.

• Sound judgment.

• Ability to collaborate effectively, communicate transparently, and accept constructive feedback.

• Willingness to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment and manage uncertainty.

• Confidence and experience in leading research autonomously.

• Candidates must be located in the UK, USA (preferably East Coast), or Germany.

• Reliable home Wi-Fi connection is essential.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work with no expectation of regular office attendance.

• Option to set up a desk in a co-working space near home.

• Annual global team offsite.

• Each team has the chance to meet in person at least once a year.

• Necessary work equipment will be provided.

• Flat organizational structure.

• Opportunity to influence the future of philanthropy.

• Inclusive and diverse workplace.

• Equal opportunity employer.