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Among the best in the world at what they do21 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.
SPAR Research Manager
KairosRemoteRemote
You won't do research yourself, but you help the people who lead it: many of SPAR's 250 mentors are leading a team for the first time, and together they guide more than 800 newcomers to AI safety each round, the field…
AI safetyManagementResearchMid 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 policyManagementOperationsSeniorHead of Engineering (Red Team)
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR AI tests new AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic, among others, before they are released, and does the same for governments such as the European Commission: the team deliberately tries to make the systems go off…
AI safetySoftware engineeringManagementSeniorSenior 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 policyManagementOperationsSeniorSenior 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 policyManagementOperationsSeniorTech Lead Manager, GPU Cluster Infrastructure
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR.AI's researchers test frontier models for OpenAI and the EU AI Office, but that work grinds to a halt as soon as the GPU cluster falters.
AI safetySoftware engineeringManagementSeniorHead of Special Projects
KairosRemoteRemote
In just over two years, Kairos has steered more than 1,200 people into work in AI safety.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorGeneralist (Special Projects)
KairosRemoteRemote
Kairos doesn't run research itself, but builds the routes into it: more than 1,200 people went through programmes such as SPAR and Pathfinder in two years.
AI safetyOperationsManagementEntry 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 engineeringManagementExecutiveSenior Architect or Architect
Coefficient GivingRemote - GlobalRemote
Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) gave away around $ 1 billion last year and wants to double that amount.
Effective givingSoftware engineeringManagementSeniorEngineering Manager (Red Team)
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
When FAR.AI finds a weak spot in a new AI model, developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic adjust their security and regulators in the EU follow suit.
AI safetySoftware engineeringManagementSeniorGCP Program Manager
KairosRemoteRemote
Whoever invites the speakers and selects the participants for one of these three-day workshops decides, in practice, which students and professionals end up in AI safety and biosecurity — and how well prepared they…
AI safetyOperationsManagementMid levelGeneralist (Workshops)
KairosRemoteRemote
Kairos runs three-day workshops that steer students towards work in AI safety and biosecurity; more than 400 participants so far.
AI safetyOperationsManagementMid levelHead of Groups
KairosRemoteRemote
University groups are the first step towards AI safety work for many people, and Kairos provides most of the support those groups currently receive.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorOWA Europe Corporate Strategy Lead
The Humane LeagueFull-Time - Location: DenmarkRemote
The Open Wing Alliance brings together around 90 animal organisations in more than 70 countries; in this role you coach and train the European groups that press supermarkets and manufacturers on cage housing.
Campaigns and advocacyManagementPolicyMid levelHead of Kairos Labs
KairosRemoteRemote
Whoever sets up this incubator decides which new AI safety organisations will exist at all in a few years' time: you choose the founders, the problems and the design of the programme.
AI safetyManagementOperationsExecutiveGeneralist (Groups)
KairosRemoteRemote
Many people now working on AI safety started out in a student group.
AI safetyManagementOperationsMid levelDirector 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 engineeringManagementExecutiveTechnical Project Manager, Red Team
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR.AI tests advanced AI models for weak spots before they are rolled out widely, doing so on behalf of labs such as OpenAI and governments such as the EU AI Office.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorExpressions of Interest
Future of Life InstituteRemoteRemote
The Future of Life Institute works not on a single project but on the rules of the game: open letters, policy work in Brussels and Washington, and grants that determine which research into AI risks happens at all.
Global catastrophic risksPolicyManagementEntry level
Roles with leverage, here in the Netherlands8 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.
Directeur Digitaliseringsbeleid Overheid
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en KlimaatDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
This directorate writes the frameworks within which hundreds of government organisations choose which cloud, which standards and which AI applications they use.
AI governance and powerPolicyManagementExecutiveDutch requiredManager Digitaliseringsbeleid Overheid
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en KlimaatDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
This directorate has existed since February 2026 and writes the frameworks for how the government handles data, AI, cloud and digital identity.
AI governance and powerPolicyManagementSeniorDutch requiredDirecteur Digitaliseringsbeleid Samenleving
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en KlimaatDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
This directorate is new and has yet to decide what it will focus on: whoever leads it first helps choose which questions about AI, algorithms and fundamental rights the government takes seriously in the coming years.
AI governance and powerPolicyManagementExecutiveDutch requiredCampaign 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 requiredDirecteur Infectieziektebeleid
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en SportDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
How quickly the Netherlands detects and contains the next pandemic depends largely on choices being made now, between two crises: the revision of the Wet publieke gezondheid, the national direction of the regional GGD…
Pandemics and biosecurityManagementPolicyExecutiveDutch requiredSenior Investment Manager AgriFood
Invest-NLAmsterdamOn site in the Netherlands
Companies in cultivated meat and precision fermentation rarely fail on their technology; they fail on the capital needed to scale up, and two Dutch players recently went under for exactly that reason.
Cultivated meat and plant-based proteinFinanceManagementSeniorDirecteur Market Development a.i. (één jaar)
Invest-NLAmsterdamOn site in the Netherlands
Invest-NL has already put around €13 million into alternative protein start-ups and fills precisely the gap in scale-up capital that recently brought down two Dutch companies.
Protein transition policyManagementFinanceExecutiveDutch 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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