Summary: Each year, highly capable people reach the final rounds of hiring at EA orgs and just miss out. Meanwhile, many orgs struggle to deliver on all their high-priority goals due to limited capacity. This post proposes a solution: a nimble, EA-aligned agency that deploys vetted but ‘unplaced’ talent to deliver scoped, high-impact projects.
 

The problem

Every hiring round leaves behind strong candidates. These are people who score well on work tests, get interviewed, maybe even reference-checked… but there’s only one opening. The result is a pool of motivated, values-aligned talent sitting on the sidelines.

At the same time, many EA orgs (especially newer or smaller ones) struggle with operational and strategic bandwidth. They have bottlenecks, unfinished systems, and ideas they’d love to execute, but no time or capacity to do so.
 

The proposal: Rogue Impact

A flexible, project-based agency made up of strong EA-aligned generalists who haven’t yet found their ‘permanent home’, but still want to contribute (and this could also serve as a way of keeping talent circulating around EA without losing people through lack of opportunities) 

We take on scoped, time-bound projects that orgs need done but don’t want to undergo the buttock-clinchingly long (for both parties) and expensive hiring process for. It’s cheaper for orgs and keeps talent where we want it: engaged within the movement. 
Rogue Impact is a meta-EA consultancy crossed with a rapid response team.
 

Example projects:

• Build a CRM and starter fundraising system for a new org
• Prep slides and coordinate speakers for an EAG(x) track
• Draft or revise a Theory of Change for a funder report
• Run and evaluate user interviews for a product MVP
• Design an onboarding process for new volunteers
• Give impartial advice on organisational strategy, including workplace policies 
   

Why now?

• There’s a clear surplus of underused EA talent
• There’s demand for short-term execution help from capacity-strapped orgs
• EA already values marginal impact, experimentation, and initiative
   

Why ‘Rogue’?

Because we’re here to get things done and we don’t want to wait for a  job offer to get building! We are fast, clear, values-aligned, and impact-focused. 
 

Who we’re looking for:

• Talented folks who made it far in EA hiring but are still looking
• EA orgs with scoped project ideas but limited team capacity
• Funders interested in testing an alternative talent deployment model
   

If this tickles your fancy or you have any thoughts, drop a comment or send me a DM. Let’s see what we can build from the bench.