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We're looking for an ambitious, engaging, and strategic professional to join our Groups team at the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) as a Community Building Grants (CBG) Associate.
As a CBG Associate, you'll be a key player in increasing the impact of our CBG program and shaping how the city & national groups community ecosystem evolves.
The program currently provides over $2.5 million / year in support to local EA directors and is funding >20 FTE in 14 different locations. Examples of these locations include NYC, DC, London, the Netherlands, Australia, and India.
These groups have led to several exciting outcomes including:
- Introducing AI safety to somebody and this leading them to take a role as a technical safety staff at Anthropic.
- Counterfactually leading to several group members becoming researchers at Rethink Priorities.
- Preparing members to start effective charities through the Charity Entrepreneurship program, for example Lafiya Nigeria that focuses on contraception access for women in Nigeria.
- Helping people enter key policy roles, both in the fields of AI and Biosecurity. They report that without their group these positions would not have been on their radar and they would probably not have been able to start working in these fields.
- Working as a grantee was crucial for taking up longtermist roles, such as Chief of Staff at Forethought, or to found organisations like the Impact Academy.
We have the ambition to significantly improve the program and believe that some of our biggest wins in the past have come from seeding and incubating new groups. We’re eager to experiment more with this approach.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting practical research into what makes top-performing city and national EA groups excel, translating your findings into concrete program improvements.
- Developing and leading an incubation program to seed new EA groups in promising locations by recruiting talent, vetting candidates, and providing support. We have some uncertainty about the incubation program, so this responsibility might change.
- Offering additional support to our current CBG grantees and non-funded city & national groups, including assisting them with hiring.
- Supporting our team's overall program strategy, evaluation processes, and grant assessments.
About the team:
As part of CEA’s Groups team, you will work closely with, and report directly to, Naomi Nederlof, the CBG Manager. The Groups team cares deeply about both improving the world and maintaining a positive working environment.
Is this you?
You might be a good fit if:
- You have deep familiarity with core EA ideas
- You're skilled at tackling complex, open-ended projects
- You're passionate about doing impactful work in EA community building
- You have strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with grantees and stakeholders
- You're adaptable to shifting priorities as our program evolves
- You're self-driven and able to own projects end-to-end
- Preferably, you have experience in community organizing and have knowledge of existing EA groups
What we're offering:
- Full-time role, option for remote work in GMT-6 to GMT+7 timezones
- Potential visa sponsorship to join our team in the Oxford office
- Estimated total compensation range of $66,000 - $122,540 (including 10% 401k contribution)
- Benefits like health insurance, professional development funds, parental leave, and more
- Anticipated start between June - October 2024
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