Global health and wellbeing
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Among the best in the world at what they do35 roles
This tier is about the solution itself. We are fairly confident these organisations are among the best in the world in their field — vetted by GiveWell, Animal Charity Evaluators, Founders Pledge or The Life You Can Save, or featured by 80,000 Hours. Somebody else has already judged that what they do works, so we list every role there that is open to someone in the Netherlands, including support and operations work. Expect fierce competition, and expect remote work or a move.
Growth Manager, Paid Media
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money with no conditions attached directly to people in extreme poverty, an approach recommended by several independent charity evaluators.
Global health and infectious diseaseCommunications and outreachDataMid levelSenior Manager, Investigations(Full time)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money with no conditions attached directly to people in extreme poverty, and that model stands or falls on the trust that the money reaches the people it is meant for.
Development finance and aid policyManagementOperationsSeniorDirector, Strategic Initiatives [Limited Term]
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money without conditions directly to people in extreme poverty, and in the coming years wants to pay out far more than it can deliver itself.
Development finance and aid policyPolicyFinanceSeniorSenior Recruiter
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money directly and unconditionally to people in extreme poverty, and several independent charity evaluators recommend the organisation.
Development finance and aid policyOperationsCommunications and outreachSeniorSenior Software Engineer (Remote)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money with no conditions directly to people in extreme poverty, and independent evaluators such as GiveWell recommend that approach.
Development finance and aid policySoftware engineeringSeniorSenior Software Engineer (Fundraising) — Remote
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money without conditions directly to people in extreme poverty, and every donation first passes through the systems that you, as one of the two fundraising engineers, build and maintain.
Global health and infectious diseaseSoftware engineeringSeniorSenior Manager, Emergency Cash Delivery
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly transfers money directly to people in extreme poverty — an approach that several independent evaluators count among the best-evidenced forms of aid.
Development finance and aid policyManagementOperationsSeniorLegal Counsel, Emergency Cash & U.S. Programs
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
In emergency relief, the legal route often determines how quickly money reaches people: permits, contracts and data sharing need to be in place before a crisis begins.
Development finance and aid policyLegalOperationsSeniorLegal Counsel, Corporate & Business Affairs
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to people in poverty since 2011.
Development finance and aid policyLegalOperationsSeniorSenior Manager, People Operations
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
Since 2011 GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to people in extreme poverty, and it is recommended by several independent evaluators.
Development finance and aid policyOperationsManagementSeniorDirector, People Partnering
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to two million people in poverty since 2011, and wants to scale up considerably.
Development finance and aid policyManagementOperationsSeniorMultiple roles in AI x Global Health and Wellbeing
Coefficient GivingRemote - GlobalRemote
This new team decides which projects at the intersection of AI and global health receive up to €100 million in grants over the coming year.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchFinanceMid levelDirector, Revenue Operations (Fundraising)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly makes cash transfers to people in extreme poverty and is recommended by several independent evaluators.
Development finance and aid policyOperationsFinanceSeniorManager, Global Procurement Phones
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly buys nearly a million phones a year, and without a handset nobody can receive mobile money.
Development finance and aid policyOperationsFinanceMid levelTechnical Program Manager, Emergency Cash
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
In emergency relief, the technology determines how quickly money reaches people: whoever sets up the systems for registration, verification and payment in advance decides whether a response gets going in days or in…
Development finance and aid policyOperationsDataMid levelData Analyst, Internal Audit
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
Since 2011 GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to people in poverty; every euro lost to fraud reaches no one.
Development finance and aid policyDataPolicyMid levelChief Technology Officer
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
Since 2011 GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to two million people in poverty, and it wants to move on to five billion a year.
Development finance and aid policySoftware engineeringManagementExecutiveCause Prioritization Lead
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
This year GiveWell is directing close to a billion dollars in donations, and in this role you decide which new problem areas get researched at all before any money goes to them.
Global health and wellbeingResearchPolicySeniorProgram Officer
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
This year GiveWell is directing close to a billion dollars in donations from tens of thousands of donors who rely on that research.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchFinanceMid levelResearcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell will probably distribute close to a billion dollars in donations this year, and those choices rest on the calculations of a small research team.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchEntry levelSenior Cross-Cutting Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell is distributing close to a billion dollars in donations this year, based entirely on its own research.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorSenior Livelihoods Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell is distributing close to a billion dollars in donations this year, and its researchers decide which programmes get that money.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorSenior Malaria Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell is distributing close to a billion dollars in donations this year, with a research team of around eighty people.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorSenior New Areas Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell is allocating close to a billion dollars in donations this year, and in this role you judge for yourself which new interventions clear that bar — from research question to grant recommendation.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorSenior Nutrition Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
In 2025 GiveWell allocated around 95 million dollars across nutrition programmes; whoever builds the cost-effectiveness models here helps decide which programmes get that money.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchDataSeniorSenior Program Officer
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell expects to direct close to a billion dollars in donations this year, allocated by a research team of around eighty people.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchFinanceSeniorSenior Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell allocates hundreds of millions of dollars in donations each year across global health programmes, and those choices follow from the research agendas and cost-effectiveness models this small senior team draws up.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorSenior Vaccination Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
In 2025 GiveWell distributed more than $400 million in donations, of which $50 million went to vaccination programmes — for 2026 that is expected to be well over $70 million.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorSenior Water Researcher
GiveWellUnited States + International (Remote)Remote
GiveWell distributes hundreds of millions of dollars a year on the basis of its own research; the water team consists of three people.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchSeniorBusiness Immigration Associate
Coefficient GivingRemote - GlobalRemote
Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) has distributed more than 7 billion dollars in grants since 2014, and who they can hire depends on which visas they can secure.
Community buildingOperationsLegalMid levelHead of Strategic Partnerships & Influence (Remote)
GiveDirectlySan FranciscoRemote
GiveDirectly made cash transfers one of the most thoroughly researched forms of aid; this role determines whether economists, journalists and fintech platforms pass that evidence on to donors with a lot of money to give.
Global health and infectious diseaseCommunications and outreachPolicySeniorSenior Software Engineer (Remote)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly sends money directly to people in extreme poverty, and the software determines how quickly and how cheaply that happens — in emergency relief, it is the difference between five days and five weeks.
Global health and infectious diseaseSoftware engineeringSeniorDirector of Engineering (Remote)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly transfers money directly to people in extreme poverty — more than a billion dollars since 2011, with GiveWell and other evaluators scrutinising the approach.
Development finance and aid policySoftware engineeringManagementExecutiveSenior Manager, Strategic Finance (Remote)
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly has transferred more than a billion dollars directly to people in poverty since 2011.
Development finance and aid policyFinanceDataSeniorGeneral Interest
GiveDirectlyRemoteRemote
GiveDirectly gives money directly to people in extreme poverty and has independent researchers measure what it achieves — by now more than 1 billion dollars to over 2 million people.
Global health and infectious diseaseFinanceResearchEntry level
Roles with leverage, here in the Netherlands4 roles
This tier is about leverage. Most of these employers — ministries, regulators, universities, banks — would not say they work on one of the world’s largest problems, and nobody has vetted them as a whole. What we look for is different: roles that let you point more at the problem than your own hours. That might be money, or rules that bind a whole sector, or the work of dozens of other people, or an idea that is free to copy afterwards. A credit analyst at an agricultural lender can matter more than a programme officer at a charity. That judgement is ours, made role by role, and we always write down the reason. Competition here is usually a good deal lighter.
MCNV looking for a Supervisory Board member – Financial expert
MCNVRemote
As the financial expert on the supervisory board of MCNV, a Dutch organisation that supports health programmes in Vietnam and elsewhere, you will probably spend only a few hours a month, but you help oversee how the…
Development finance and aid policyFinanceSeniorCampaign Lead Het Effectientje
De GeefrevolutieRandstadDutch employer, flexible
Het Effectientje asks people to set up a regular gift of a tenner a month to the most effective charities, where, according to De Geefrevolutie, it does as much as a thousand euros at an average charity.
Effective givingCommunications and outreachManagementMid levelDutch requiredPartnership Manager
De GeefrevolutieRandstadDutch employer, flexible
De Geefrevolutie brings effective giving into the workplace, from a lunch & learn to a donation policy for the whole organisation.
Effective givingCommunications and outreachMid levelDutch requiredINTERNALS ONLY : Head of Finance, Data & CRM
War ChildNetherlands - Amsterdam officeOn site in the Netherlands
War Child decides for itself which programmes get funding; whoever manages the budget, the data and the reporting helps decide which methods scale up and which stop.
Mental health at scaleFinanceManagementExecutiveDutch required
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