Research Analyst

GiveWell is a research organization that identifies and funds cost-effective giving opportunities, focusing on global health and well-being. Our work is funded by tens of thousands of donors who rely on our research to inform their giving. We’ve grown from directing $1.5 million in 2010 to directing ~$400 million in 2024.The roleAs a Research Analyst on GiveWell's Commons team, you will support our broader research team in identifying cost-effective giving opportunities. Your work will contribute to GiveWell’s decisions about how hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent to save and improve the lives of people living in the lowest-income communities in the world. You will also play a key role in fulfilling our commitment to transparency and ensuring that the work we produce is accurate and high quality.You will contribute to our work in a variety of ways, including:- Quality checking pages we publish about our work and spreadsheets that we rely on to inform our decision making- Writing public summaries of the reasoning behind our grant decisions- Answering defined research questions via desk research (for example, "What options does a maize farmer in Malawi have for selling their product?" or "How difficult is it for adults in rural Mozambique to purchase basic health commodities like chlorine tablets or insecticide treated nets?")- Summarizing results from the monitoring and evaluation reports that grantees send us- Updating our cost-effectiveness analyses to reflect new information or analysis performed by other research staff- Exploring ways to use AI tools to increase the efficiency and quality of our team's work- Providing occasional project management support (more detail below)