Volunteering

Giving What We Can depends on a large team of volunteers. Because of their hard work, we now have over 200 members, we've carried out in-depth charity evaluation and we've been able to raise more than $70 million in pledged donations. Each volunteer can make a huge difference: if your help results in just one extra person taking the Pledge, this would typically amount to an extra $200,000 donated to cost-effective charities!

We welcome volunteers from any country and it is not necessary to have volunteered for similar organisations before. There are three types of volunteering opportunity open to you:

1. Getting involved in a local chapter or starting your own.

2. Working on a self-contained project (we encourage you to try this option before moving on to number 3).

These are projects capable of being completed, such as helping to coordinate one of our events or designing a template poster for chapters, as opposed to positions which involve continuous responsibilities.
Please contact George with the subject header "Self-contained projects" to see our latest list of available projects.

3. Taking up a central position.

These tend to require at least 5 hours a week. We also generally expect a six-month minimum commitment, at least two weeks' notice for leaving the position and a willingness to assist with a handover (whenever that may occur), though we can be flexible on these things.
Below is a list of our currently available positions. To register your interest in a position, please email the relevant director listed below, including your CV and/or 100-200 words explaining why you would like to take up the position and why you think you would do it well. Note that some roles are divisible, so please still do get in touch if it is only part of a role that you interested in.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Communications

The Communications Team has overall responsibility for the public-facing image of GWWC.

Contact Tom Rowlands.

Digital Media Manager

Overall responsibility of GWWC's public-facing web-based content.

Your responsibilities would include regularly posting interesting and relevant content on Facebook and Twitter, managing our blog, producing podcasts with material relevant to our members and writing (or delegating) content for our main website.
We are looking for someone creative and in touch with online social media.
Previous experience in a relevant area would be helpful, but is not required for this role.

Videographer

Responsible for all of our video requirements.

Tasks would include acquiring and maintaining video equipment, editing videos for clarity, uploading videos and the production of promotional videos to encourage people to join GWWC.
Some experience is desirable, but not essential.
Ideally, you would live in Oxford, as the majority of the responsibilities for your role lie in Oxford.

Graphic Designer

Responsible for all of our graphic design requirements.

You would do the design work on our website, as well as producing posters, flyers and other promotional material.
We would prefer someone with some graphic design experience for this role.
Candidates must be creative and well motivated.

Communications Manager

This role is a diverse one. Responsibilities include: replying to general information email requests within 48 hours, ensuring that all members have the communication tools they need (business cards, one-pagers etc.) and coordinating with the Director of Communications and Campaign Manager to discuss broader communications strategy.
Candidates should be very well motivated and capable of strategic thinking. You should also be personable and easy to talk to.

Market Researcher

Using market research to assist our member recruitment.

Your responsibilities would revolve around identifying the best target audience for potential GWWC members, conducting general research into the area of recruiting new members and developing messages optimised to bring in new members.
You should be intelligent and creative, with a strong interest in research.
Relevant experience in market research would be very helpful.

Community

The Community Team is responsible for supporting and expanding the GWWC community of members and chapters.

Contact Holly Morgan.

Chapter Manager

General management of all of our chapters (N.B. in addition, we have regional Chapter Coordinators providing day-to-day assistance to chapters). Activities are likely to include:

Keeping our internal chapter wiki updated and organised, including producing/obtaining more useful materials for chapters to use (such as 'canned' chapter events based on what has worked well in other chapters).
Coming up with heuristics for measuring the success of a chapter.

Chapter Coordinators (two positions available)

The Chapter Coordinator (UK) will preferably be based in the UK and will coordinate local chapters and meet-up groups in the UK. The Chapter Coordinator (Rest of the World) will coordinate local chapters and meet-up groups in non-UK, non-US countries. Previous experience running a GWWC chapter is desirable but by no means necessary. Activities are likely to include:

Helping new chapters set themselves up.

Giving access to relevant resources.
Offering advice & support.
Checking up on & motivating.
Organising additional email addresses and website updates to accommodate new chapters.

Maintaining the communication flow between chapters and the central organisation.

Coordinating monthly online meetings between chapters.
Meeting someone from each chapter on a regular basis.
Requesting feedback from chapters.

Encouraging and supporting less formal meet-up groups where there's not enough motivation/people for an official chapter.

Operations

The Operations Team ensures that Giving What We Can is run as efficiently and effectively as possible. As such it has responsibility for the organisation's finances, research into and fulfilment of the legal requirements accompanying being a charitable company, the website, the yearly internship and weekend away, training, and organisational structure.

Contact Michelle Hutchinson.

Operations Researcher:

Your responsibilities would include basic legal research into regulations about employment, incorporation, visas etc., presenting your findings to other volunteers and liaising with other teams to ensure the changes required by the research are implemented.
We would like people with some research ability, and the capacity to do this research online or over the phone.
You should be able to present findings, and the associated actions required, very clearly.
We would prefer long-term volunteers for this role, but candidates looking for smaller projects should also get in touch.
There is no particular location requirement for this role.

Grant Researcher:

This role would put you at the centre of expanding GWWC and moulding its future, a critical task – with a great deal of scope for individual autonomy.
Specifically, your responsibilities would include researching the different grants that GWWC is eligible for (as well as grants which we could be eligible for with some effort), and acquiring all the information about GWWC that is needed to apply for a grant.
We would like people with some research ability for this role – previous experience in a similar area would be very useful.
It would be extremely helpful if you could help with the actual process of applying for a grant – but this is optional.

Operations Assistant

A highly varied role providing lots of novelty. An operations assistant would help the operations team to adapt to changing circumstances, often spearheading efforts to move the organisation in new directions as well as ensuring its smooth functioning.
More specifically, your responsibilities would include research – looking into the cheapest and best options for a particular service – as well as numerous other roles such as ensuring a new management system is adopted correctly or overseeing office space.
This is a role which you can mould to suit your skills and interests – there is scope for expanding this role to take on new responsibilities, or reducing its scope and focussing on a few tasks.
For this role you should be well organised and analytical with some research ability.

Research

The Research Team is responsible for identifying the best giving opportunities for members of GWWC, and any others who rely on GWWC for advice on giving decisions.

Contact Nick Beckstead.

Not currently recruiting.

Strategy

The Strategy Team creates strategic plans and conducts research in the following areas: crucial considerations, recruitment initiatives, and effectiveness training.

Contact Mark Lee.

Researcher, Crucial Considerations Team (multiple openings)

Crucial considerations are ideas or arguments that might reveal the need for a major change of direction or priority. They include questions in philosophy, science, and emerging technologies. The CC Team will identify and navigate these issues, helping us stay on the best course.

Researcher, Recruitment Research Team (multiple openings)

To build a global movement of effective altruists, we will need better recruitment techniques. The RR Team will investigate the methods of current and past successful recruitment initiatives (movements, ideological groups, etc.), as well as develop and test new methods.

Researcher, Effectiveness Enhancement Team (multiple openings)

Self-improvement is essential to becoming as effective as possible at improving the world. From procrastination elimination to cognitive amplification, the EE Team will gather the most promising techniques and tools we need to level up.

Available roles with our sister organisation 80,000 Hours can be found here.