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EA Belgium is looking for a Community Builder!
4 min readApr 5, 2023
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The EA Infrastructure Fund has approved funding for a community builder in Belgium, conditional on finding a good candidate.
The procedure goes as follows:
a) EA Belgium will select top candidates, who b) will then be interviewed by the EA Infrastructure Fund. c) They decide if the person in question receives the available funding.
Effective Altruism Belgium is looking for a (first ever funded) community builder/group organizer.
Effective Altruism Belgium is affiliated with the international Effective Altruism (EA) movement. EA is a research field and community that aims to find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice.
A large part of EA Belgium’s activities is focused on developing a community of people who are strongly motivated to improve the world and who are learning in depth about the best ways to do so.
If you are interested but are not sure if you have the right profile, if you have questions about the position, or if you wish to help out the EA Belgium community in another way, do not hesitate to contact us directly!
We have different EA chapters and initiatives in Belgium. Effective Altruism Flanders launched with an EAGx-event in 2016. Since then the focus of the volunteers was mainly on giving talks & lectures, and writing opinion pieces (and books) for a general audience. Community building was mainly limited to a Dutch newsletter and meetups.
There are some university chapters (UGent, UCLouvain), but no funded groups for now.
The main objective of Effective Altruism Brussels is community building with meetups happening since 2015. One characteristic of this group is the presence of expats, with people coming and going as a challenge. This is the most active Belgian group right now.
These initiatives are connected in EA Belgium, which is also an official nonprofit organization since 2018.
Other opportunities in Belgium are:
This community builder’s first challenge would be to explore different opportunities in Belgium and create a coherent plan for EA Belgium, which would answer questions such as:
After developing this plan, the community builder can begin executing. The following may or will belong to their tasks:
For all these challenges described, a group of volunteers are available to support. Setting up a mixed advisory board or multiple advisory boards is possible.
We think this position requires a high degree of flexibility, good organizational skills, and the ability to work independently. The ideal candidate will also have a strong interest in Effective Altruism, as well as a good knowledge of the ideas of the movement.
The following skills will be particularly useful for applying for funding:
Also helpful are:
The approved conditional funding by the EA Infrastructure Fund is $50 000 (amount in euro depends on the conversion rate at the time of payment). The employment status (self-employed or not) and duration (hours per month) will be discussed with the candidate.
To apply, please complete this form by 5 May 2023.
Our process will consist roughly of three phases:
We strongly encourage any interested candidates to apply, even if you do not have all the skills or experience listed and regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, physical ability, educational background, socioeconomic status, etc.
For questions, please reach out to us at [email protected]!
