While we still prioritize openness and sharing our reasoning, these are now part of a broader set of values rather than the centerpiece of our identity.
A coefficient multiplies the value of whatever it’s paired with, just as we aim to amplify impact through our research, grantmaking, and partnerships. “Co” nods to our collaboration with donors and grantees, while “efficient” reflects our unusual focus on cost-effectiveness.
To add on to what Josh said: It’s currently myself (Andrew) and Jeffrey who are running SparkWell day-to-day. While I co-founded Impact Ops, I no longer work there.
Josh works at Impact Ops, and also advises SparkWell. However, he doesn’t work for SparkWell or on the program day-to-day.
As for the differences between the orgs:
SparkWell provides fiscal sponsorship, and associated operational and financial services — as well as monthly check-ins, supplementary advisory support, and more. All of this is covered by the 7% service fee.
Impact Ops doesn’t provide fiscal sponsorship. It’s an operations agency, which provides consultancy and hands-on support across a range of nonprofit functions (incl. finance, recruitment, and entity setup).
Given Impact Ops’s experience with managing finances for nonprofits, SparkWell outsources accountancy and bookkeeping etc. to Impact Ops. Appreciate this can be a little confusing! But the headline is that these are separate organizations run by different people, offering different sets of services.
Impact Ops is looking for a Recruitment Specialist to identify and hire talented candidates for high-impact organisations.
Salary: £41,000 to £49,000, depending on prior experience. There may be flexibility in salary for exceptional candidates with significant experience. We’re open to part-time candidates (0.5 FTE or greater).
Benefits:
Prioritized health & wellbeing: We provide private medical, vision, and dental insurance; up to 2 weeks’ paid sick leave; and a wellbeing allowance of £5,000 each year.
Flexible working: You’re generally free to set your own schedule (with some overlapping hours with colleagues as needed). We’ll cover a remote workspace outside your home if you need one.
Generous vacation: 25 days’ holiday each year, plus public holidays. We encourage you to use the full allowance.
Professional development opportunities: We offer a £5,000 allowance each year for professional development. We build in opportunities for career growth through on-the-job learning, increasing responsibility, and role progression pathways.
Pension & income protection: We offer a 10% employer / 0% employee pension contribution, and income protection (“disability insurance”).
Parental leave & support: New parents have up to 14 weeks of fully-paid leave and up to 52 weeks of leave in total. We can also provide financial support to help parents balance childcare needs.
Equipment to help your productivity: We’ll pay for high-quality and ergonomic equipment (laptop, monitors, chair, etc.) in the office, or at home if you work remotely.
Global team retreats: As a remote team we hold in-person staff retreats twice a year, to work on our plans and build strong working relationships.
Location: Remote. We prefer candidates who can work in European time zones, but we’re open to other arrangements for exceptional candidates.
Previous work experience in recruitment-related jobs: We expect you to bring a depth of recruitment experience to the role (at least three years in a recruitment-focused role).
An operations mindset: You’re good at identifying issues, prioritizing, generating solutions, and efficiently implementing new ideas.
Strong attention to detail: You identify and correct small errors to ensure precision and accuracy in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
A love of systems: You enjoy building systems that run exceptionally smoothly, and have promising ideas for improving existing processes.
Strong communication skills: You’re personable and able to communicate professionally and clearly with various stakeholders and clients, both in writing and verbally.
Comfort owning projects: You’re comfortable managing tasks and you thrive in an autonomous work environment.
Impact Ops is an independent and EA-aligned organization that provides operational support to high-impact nonprofits. Our services include finance, recruitment, entity setup, audit, due diligence, and system implementation.
We’re looking for motivated, altruistic, and optimistic people from diverse backgrounds to join us in this impactful work by providing excellent operational support to our clients.
I wonder why I’m drawn to EA — particularly in terms of my personality. For example, I have a tendency to justify things (sometimes myself) and endorsing EA principles might simply be an extension of this. EA principles allow me to justify my choice of career, lifestyle, values, diet, etc.
Does anyone else see EA as an extension of their deep desire to justify things? Since justification is a defensive process, I wonder whether this has any relation to self-esteem or self-worth.
And, if EA doesn't relate to a desire to justify things, is it simply another form of social signalling? Except we're signalling to philosophers and computer scientists, who have unusual values (thus the unusual signals).
How would a therapist diagnose the EA mindset? That’s to say: if I began therapy tomorrow, and told my therapist, ‘I feel obliged to donate 10% of my income to charity. I feel obliged to work for an organisation trying to solve the world’s most pressing problems. I feel obliged to do both of these because I think that they could minimise the needless suffering of others more than any other course of action I can think of'. What conclusions would they draw about my personality?
Agreed!
There are some more details from cG here (also linked in Aaron's post):
Thanks Kaleem!
To add on to what Josh said: It’s currently myself (Andrew) and Jeffrey who are running SparkWell day-to-day. While I co-founded Impact Ops, I no longer work there.
Josh works at Impact Ops, and also advises SparkWell. However, he doesn’t work for SparkWell or on the program day-to-day.
As for the differences between the orgs:
Given Impact Ops’s experience with managing finances for nonprofits, SparkWell outsources accountancy and bookkeeping etc. to Impact Ops. Appreciate this can be a little confusing! But the headline is that these are separate organizations run by different people, offering different sets of services.
Impact Ops is looking for a Recruitment Specialist to identify and hire talented candidates for high-impact organisations.
Salary: £41,000 to £49,000, depending on prior experience. There may be flexibility in salary for exceptional candidates with significant experience. We’re open to part-time candidates (0.5 FTE or greater).
Benefits:
Location: Remote. We prefer candidates who can work in European time zones, but we’re open to other arrangements for exceptional candidates.
Application: Apply here by 19 May.
Suggested skills and/or requirements:
Other notes about the position and Impact Ops:
Impact Ops is an independent and EA-aligned organization that provides operational support to high-impact nonprofits. Our services include finance, recruitment, entity setup, audit, due diligence, and system implementation.
We’re looking for motivated, altruistic, and optimistic people from diverse backgrounds to join us in this impactful work by providing excellent operational support to our clients.
How would a therapist diagnose an EA mindset?
I wonder why I’m drawn to EA — particularly in terms of my personality. For example, I have a tendency to justify things (sometimes myself) and endorsing EA principles might simply be an extension of this. EA principles allow me to justify my choice of career, lifestyle, values, diet, etc.
Does anyone else see EA as an extension of their deep desire to justify things? Since justification is a defensive process, I wonder whether this has any relation to self-esteem or self-worth.
And, if EA doesn't relate to a desire to justify things, is it simply another form of social signalling? Except we're signalling to philosophers and computer scientists, who have unusual values (thus the unusual signals).
How would a therapist diagnose the EA mindset? That’s to say: if I began therapy tomorrow, and told my therapist, ‘I feel obliged to donate 10% of my income to charity. I feel obliged to work for an organisation trying to solve the world’s most pressing problems. I feel obliged to do both of these because I think that they could minimise the needless suffering of others more than any other course of action I can think of'. What conclusions would they draw about my personality?