What you’ll do:

Design and implement high-quality programming:

° Coordinate design, planning, and execution of emergency response operations, ensuring timelines and quality standards are met.

° Apply operational playbooks and deployment criteria to rapidly set up response programs across a growing number of countries.

° Conduct operational diligence, feasibility, and risk assessments for individual disaster responses, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and context realities.

° Track and report on program metrics to support learning and performance management.

° Liaise with partners, vendors, and subgrantees to ensure smooth execution.

° Become an expert in GiveDirectly’s tech systems and processes (Salesforce, CommCare, Jira, etc.) to support project execution and excellence

Project and team coordination

° Manage day-to-day activities of designated response, including field staff tasking and coordination with surge teams

° Provide coaching and mentorship to junior staff or surge team members during deployments

° Contribute to team goal-setting, impact tracking, and knowledge sharing

Strategic and external contributions

° May be asked to support new business development, donor reporting, or appeal materials, most often by translating field updates into compelling content. 

° Represent GiveDirectly in select internal and external forums (e.g. Cash Working Groups)

° Ad hoc strategy and/or capability investment projects that advance GiveDirectly’s global response capacity. 

Qualifications 

° Alignment with GiveDirectly Values: exceptional alignment with values and an active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. 

° 3-5+ years of experience in a role focused on problem solving, team management, and/or new business development, including prior humanitarian/emergency experience

° Analytical problem solving: looks at problems with an analytical and iterative mindset, with strong framework for prioritization and ability to put structure and process to ambiguous problems.

° Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritize/explicitly deprioritize, and hold a high quality bar.

° Strong technical skills, including data analysis and ease with learning new third-party tech platforms and tools.

° Fundraising: Preference for candidates with a strong partnership and relationship management background.

° Strong communications skills: Skilled in speaking, writing, presenting, and negotiating across multiple stakeholders.

° Ability to orient in new context quickly, rapidly understanding unfamiliar environments, stakeholders, and processes, with a track record of setting up effective systems in dynamic situations.

° Enthusiasm for fast-paced environments, which may lack pre-defined playbook for success and involve significant “learning by doing.” Comfort with ambiguity and building systems from scratch.