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Senior Cross-Cutting Researcher

GiveWell· Research
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Remote$280k - $308kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior researcher on GiveWell’s Cross-Cutting team to shape ambitious, portfolio-spanning research agendas that inform grantmaking decisions across the organization, combining evidence review, cost-effectiveness modeling, and expert judgment.

Responsibilities

  • - Shape a cross-portfolio research agenda and answer thorny questions that affect the entire grantmaking portfolio.
  • - Partner with grantmaking teams (Malaria, Water, Nutrition, Vaccines, Livelihoods, New Areas) to pressure-test and extend their work.
  • - Communicate externally about research findings and mentor/advice other team researchers.
  • - Conduct empirical evidence review, cost-effectiveness modeling, discussions with subject matter experts, and synthesize context and judgment to inform funding decisions.
  • - Explore questions such as effectiveness of grants versus predictions, integrating field insights, designing M&E systems, leveraging AI, modeling spillovers, setting evolving cost-effectiveness thresholds, valuing health and income impacts, and identifying systematic research risks.

Qualifications

  • Quantitatively oriented advanced degree preferred with 5-10 years of post-grad experience (or equivalent relevant experience)
  • Experience using empirical tools for rigorous, evidence-based decision-making

Skills

Required:Quantitative data analysisEvidence synthesisCost-effectiveness modelingStakeholder engagement

Benefits

  • Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance (US) including dependents
  • Four weeks of paid time off per year
  • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
  • Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships
  • Automatic 5% employer retirement contribution (403(b) for US staff)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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