Outreach Coordinator for Charity Entrepreneurship
The Job
Charity Entrepreneurship (CE) is a research and training program aimed at creating multiple counterfactual EA charities annually with a different focus area each year. 2018-2019 will be focused on animal rights (including meat alternatives, wild animal suffering, and insect suffering). The focus of the outreach coordinator will be to find and encourage individuals well suited to founding high impact charities to take part in the program.
There is a single opening for a senior outreach coordinator. This coordinator would be expected to execute multiple outreach strategies as well as manage outreach-focused interns and volunteers. These strategies could range from attending conferences and giving talks, to getting CE talked about on relevant blogs and newsletters, to talking to promising individuals about why they might or might not be a good fit for CE. The senior outreach coordinator will have highly varied responsibilities and will be expected to gain many new skills on the job.
Impact
This organization and job is entirely impact focused. The expected value of founding charities is high and this is a higher leverage way of getting high impact charities founded than doing it directly. See our previous writing on the value of CE and the expected value of a top charity for more detailed reasoning on the impact of charity entrepreneurship. Additionally, given the rarity of the skill sets we are looking for, a candidate with the right fit is likely to have a strong counterfactual effect. We expect a strong vs weak outreach coordinator could be the difference between 5 or 15 students attending the CE program and thus result in proportionally more or higher quality charities being founded.
Skill building value
This job will involve rapid learning and application of knowledge, both directly and creatively. It will involve applying systematic thought to social outreach approaches and creating a carefully evaluated and scalable outreach system that can be used long term. Day to day conversations will include talking about crucial considerations, psychology, application of self-improvement techniques, and how to deal with human uncertainty. This job will provide strong learning value for people looking to enter a long term career in the EA movement, outreach, or charity entrepreneurship.
Flexibility
As a senior staff member you will be expected to have a strong work ethic, but our organization is consequentialist when it comes to taking days off. We can provide a long term visa for people of any country and degree status. Salary is flexible depending on employee needs and moving costs can be covered depending on needs.
EA peer group
Vancouver is a hub of Effective Altruism, including the HQ of Charity Science (subprojects: Charity Science Health, Charity Science Outreach and Charity Entrepreneurship) and Rethink Charity (subprojects: Students for High-Impact Charity, Local Effective Altruism Network and Rethink Priorities). There are also employees who have worked or are currently working for Animal Charity Evaluators, 80,000 Hours and the Foundational Research Institute, and an active EA university chapter. In particular, the community members CE will interact with most will include a much higher level of dedication and connectedness to EA than comparable organizations.
What we need
What we want
What we offer
Application process
Charity Entrepreneurship (CE) is a research and training program aimed at creating multiple counterfactual EA charities annually with a different focus area each year. 2018-2019 will be focused on animal rights (including meat alternatives, wild animal suffering, and insect suffering). The focus of the outreach coordinator will be to find and encourage individuals well suited to founding high impact charities to take part in the program.
There is a single opening for a senior outreach coordinator. This coordinator would be expected to execute multiple outreach strategies as well as manage outreach-focused interns and volunteers. These strategies could range from attending conferences and giving talks, to getting CE talked about on relevant blogs and newsletters, to talking to promising individuals about why they might or might not be a good fit for CE. The senior outreach coordinator will have highly varied responsibilities and will be expected to gain many new skills on the job.
Impact
This organization and job is entirely impact focused. The expected value of founding charities is high and this is a higher leverage way of getting high impact charities founded than doing it directly. See our previous writing on the value of CE and the expected value of a top charity for more detailed reasoning on the impact of charity entrepreneurship. Additionally, given the rarity of the skill sets we are looking for, a candidate with the right fit is likely to have a strong counterfactual effect. We expect a strong vs weak outreach coordinator could be the difference between 5 or 15 students attending the CE program and thus result in proportionally more or higher quality charities being founded.
Skill building value
This job will involve rapid learning and application of knowledge, both directly and creatively. It will involve applying systematic thought to social outreach approaches and creating a carefully evaluated and scalable outreach system that can be used long term. Day to day conversations will include talking about crucial considerations, psychology, application of self-improvement techniques, and how to deal with human uncertainty. This job will provide strong learning value for people looking to enter a long term career in the EA movement, outreach, or charity entrepreneurship.
Flexibility
As a senior staff member you will be expected to have a strong work ethic, but our organization is consequentialist when it comes to taking days off. We can provide a long term visa for people of any country and degree status. Salary is flexible depending on employee needs and moving costs can be covered depending on needs.
EA peer group
Vancouver is a hub of Effective Altruism, including the HQ of Charity Science (subprojects: Charity Science Health, Charity Science Outreach and Charity Entrepreneurship) and Rethink Charity (subprojects: Students for High-Impact Charity, Local Effective Altruism Network and Rethink Priorities). There are also employees who have worked or are currently working for Animal Charity Evaluators, 80,000 Hours and the Foundational Research Institute, and an active EA university chapter. In particular, the community members CE will interact with most will include a much higher level of dedication and connectedness to EA than comparable organizations.
What we need
- A strong understanding of charity entrepreneurship, many different areas of EA and human psychology in general.
- Impressive communication ability, both for written communication and verbal.
- Able to work both autonomously and in a small team
- Creative problem solver with both empirical and a priori work
- Able to break down large challenges into manageable segments
- Ability and passion to quickly learn new skills
- Utilitarian values and strong concern for animal welfare
- Highly impact driven and knowledgeable about Effective Altruism
- Highly intelligent and conscientious
What we want
- Very strong work ethic
- Able to move to and work in London
- Experience working in Effective Altruism (volunteering, internships, or jobs all count). Leading a chapter would be highly relevant experience.
- Comfort with public speaking including Q and A
- Extensive experience writing persuasively
- Eye for design e.g. able to notice how to visually improve a website or flyer
What we offer
- A job that has a huge impact on the world
- Have a large counterfactual impact on the direction, goals and achievement of the project
- Pay: Amount competitive and negotiable dependent on role fit and employee needs
- Flexible working schedule and days off
- Experience working at early stage nonprofits or startups
- Community of talented, dedicated, and like-minded EAs
- Training in important skill sets
- High levels of intellectual challenges
- Staff retreats and team building activities
- For the right employee more perks and benefits could be included
Application process
- Send in a resume and cover letter detailing specifically what needs and wants you meet. And what approach you would use to find more people who might be a good fit for CE's incubation program.
- Submissions should be sent to [email protected]
- The strongest candidates will be contacted for the first stage interview.