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Senior Communications Officer, Media & Public Affairs

GiveWell· Outreach
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Hybrid (Remote)full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior leadership role overseeing GiveWell’s media and public affairs, owning end-to-end external communications strategy, relationships with journalists and thought leaders, and rapid-response communications.

Responsibilities

  • Set GiveWell’s strategy across media, thought-leader engagement, online communities, public forums and events, and other earned communications opportunities—including deciding where and when GiveWell should participate and overseeing those engagements.
  • Build and maintain high-trust relationships with journalists, editors, podcast hosts, event organizers, thought leaders, subject-matter experts, and other influential external stakeholders.
  • Identify, develop, and pitch substantive stories, event opportunities, and thought-leadership ideas that extend understanding of GiveWell’s work.
  • Own inbound media engagement, including situations that require rapid responses, close coordination with subject-matter experts, and careful judgment about what GiveWell can responsibly say—and about which responses need escalation.
  • Build and maintain GiveWell’s readiness for sensitive or fast-moving situations, monitor emerging issues in media and public conversations, and lead our external response when needed in partnership with others.
  • Advise GiveWell’s leadership on external opportunities and relationships, and prepare senior leaders and subject-matter experts for interviews, speaking engagements, and other public appearances.
  • Exercise sound judgment about when and how GiveWell should enter public conversations, including evaluating likely value, reputational considerations, and communications risks.
  • Evaluate and help shape public-facing communications partnerships, advising on which opportunities GiveWell should pursue and how we should participate.
  • Serve as a spokesperson for GiveWell in select media interviews, events, and other public forums, communicating our perspective clearly, accurately, and with sound judgment.
  • Work with grantees and other partners on press releases and other media-facing communications involving GiveWell or our shared work.
  • Manage and develop one or two team members initially, and build the relationships, systems, and additional capacity the function will need over time.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in media relations, thought leadership, and public engagement.
  • Hands-on leadership with a track record of building or substantially rebuilding a team or function.
  • Experience owning external communications work end to end and personally producing or substantially shaping recent work.
  • Ability to quickly understand and communicate complex research and data with high clarity and rigor.
  • Proven ability to build meaningful external relationships and represent an organization’s perspective in high-stakes, time-sensitive situations.
  • Strong judgments on audience, context, risk, timing, and substance; comfort with uncertainty and escalation when needed.
  • Experience advising executives or senior decision-makers directly.
  • Alignment with GiveWell’s mission and values (truth-seeking, transparency, accurate, thoughtful communications).
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to craft compelling narratives based on complex data.

Skills

Required:Strategic media relationsStakeholder relationship managementCrisis/rapid-response communicationsPublic speaking & media trainingLeadership & people management

Benefits

  • Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance (100% premiums for you and dependents in the US)
  • Four weeks of paid time off per year plus an annual summer break
  • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
  • Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships
  • Automatic 5% of gross salary employer retirement contribution to 403(b) for US staff
  • Start date flexibility after offer
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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