Recruitment for the Country Director and Director of Development positions is currently on hold. We appreciate your understanding and patience. For any questions, please reach out to hiring@givingwhatwecan.org.
Giving What We Can (GWWC) is seeking a Country Director to lead the growth of effective giving in the United Kingdom.
As the Country Director, you will play a pivotal role in growing GWWC’s presence within the United Kingdom. This position involves a diverse range of responsibilities, from community engagement and media relations to donor management and philanthropic advising. You will be at the forefront of growing the effective giving movement in the UK, working alongside key stakeholders in the effective altruism community.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
As Country Director, you will be responsible for:
We have advertised six roles with overlapping responsibilities across the US, UK, and Canada (each a Country Director and Director of Development) for which we expect to hire 2-4 candidates throughout 2024. You are welcome to apply for multiple roles using the same application, and we are open to discussing hybrid roles.
We recognise that not every candidate will have every quality listed and are committed to providing training and support. We are also open to negotiating the exact title and responsibilities to best fit the right candidate, aiming for the most beneficial outcome as our team grows.
Our salary calculator gives a range of GBP £64,500 — £91,700, depending on experience, seniority, and location (read more about how we think about compensation here). We have a preference for full-time but are open to other arrangements.
The role is UK-remote and will involve travel. We have a preference for someone based in or easily able to travel to one of our key cities such as London, Oxford or Cambridge.
Benefits may vary slightly by location but typically include:
We are particularly interested in candidates who can start between May and September 2024.
Here’s a summary of the application process for a successful candidate. We might make adjustments.
We have advertised 6 roles with overlapping responsibilities across the US, UK and Canada for which we expect to hire 2-4 throughout 2024. You can apply for multiple of them using the same application.
We will review applications in batches until we secure our ideal hires. The deadline for the first batch of applicants is February 11 at 11:59 PM GMT.
Contact hiring@givingwhatwecan.org for any questions relating to this role. We held a Q&A for this role and other similar ones on 10 January 2023 at 8:30pm UTC. You can read the submitted questions and watch the recording of the Q&A here.
GWWC is on a mission to create a world in which giving effectively and significantly is a cultural norm.
We believe that charitable donations can do an astonishing amount of good. However, because the effectiveness of different charities varies wildly, it is important that we donate to the most effective charities if we want to have a significant impact.
We are focused on increasing the number of donors who prioritise effectiveness, and helping them to maximise their charitable impact throughout their lives. We are best known for the Giving What We Can Pledge, where 9,369 people have pledged to give over 10% of their lifetime income to high-impact charities. To date, our pledgers — representing over 100 countries — have donated an estimated $333 million USD to high-impact charities, and have committed nearly $3 billion more via their lifetime pledges.
The GWWC team is hard-working and mission-focused, with a culture of open and honest feedback. We also like to think of ourselves as a particularly friendly and optimistic bunch.
In all our work, we strive to take a positive and collaborative attitude, be transparent in our communication and decision-making, and adopt a scout mindset to guide us towards doing the most good we can do, including by evaluating our own impact and learning from the results. To learn more, check out our current strategy.
We are an equal opportunity organisation and value diversity at our organisation. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We are happy to make any reasonable accommodations necessary to welcome all to our organisation.