[Hiring] Associate, Special Projects @GiveDirectly

Role Description

GiveDirectly’s Special Projects team is a lean, high-performing team that supports the organization’s highest-priority fundraising opportunities in close partnership with senior leadership. The team works on bespoke, high-value initiatives with major philanthropies and partners, often involving complex coordination across fundraising, programs, product, research, and finance.

As Associate, Special Projects, you will play a critical support role across the team’s portfolio of work. You will help scope and research new opportunities, build and maintain the systems that enable high-quality execution, support donor engagement and events, and jump in where needed to move priority fundraising efforts forward. This is a great role for someone who is highly organized, intellectually curious, and excited to work across strategy, donor engagement, operations, and execution in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

What you'll do:

• Fundraising & Special Projects Support:
  • Support the execution of high-priority fundraising initiatives, working closely with Special Projects team and senior leadership.
  • Contribute to the development of concept notes, pitch decks, briefing materials, and engagement plans for major donors and partners.
  • Help coordinate cross-functional inputs from Programs, Product, Research, Finance, and Programs teams.
• Opportunity Scoping & Research:
  • Research and “sleuth” potential new funders, partners, and strategic opportunities.
  • Support early-stage scoping of new ideas by gathering background research, synthesizing insights, and flagging promising leads.
  • Track emerging themes and opportunities relevant to GiveDirectly’s fundraising and program ambitions.
• Systems, Process & Team Enablement:
  • Build and maintain systems, trackers, and documentation that help the Special Projects team operate efficiently and at high quality.
  • Support Salesforce and internal tracking to ensure engagement records, timelines, and deliverables are up to date.
  • Help institutionalize learnings from donor engagements and special projects to improve future work.
• Donor Engagement & Events Support:
  • Support logistics, preparation, and follow-up for donor meetings, events, and field visits.
  • Help ensure donor experiences are thoughtful, well-coordinated, and aligned with GiveDirectly’s values and strategy.

Qualifications

• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.
• A track record of tenacious problem solving and getting things done.
• Exceptional organization and attention to detail, paired with consistent reliability and strong follow-through.
• 3+ years of experience in a fast-paced, high-performance environment (e.g., consulting, start-up, nonprofit).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially for high-stakes and external-facing materials, with a continuous desire to improve those skills.
• Comfort juggling multiple priorities and adapting as needs shift.
• Genuine enthusiasm for GiveDirectly’s mission and the opportunity to catalyze step-change organizational growth and impact for recipients.
• Experience applying AI tools to streamline workflows and improve productivity.

Requirements

• Level: Associate
• Reports to: Senior Manager, Philanthropy Special Projects
• Location: This role is fully remote but must overlap with an East Africa timezone by at least 3 hours.
• Travel Requirement: Must be able to travel ~1–2 times per year to one of our countries of operation for team retreats, donor field visits, or other events.

Benefits

• At GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably.
• United States:
  • Base Salary: $74,900
  • Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~$7,490 with potential for upside)
  • Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $82,390+
  • Annual Benefits Stipend: $21,393
• United Kingdom:
  • Base Salary: £47,800
  • Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~£4,780 with potential for upside)
  • Estimated Total Compensation at Target: £52,580
  • Annual Benefits Stipend: £2,760
• This role is fully remote, so if you are not based in the US or UK, we will share an estimated salary benchmark for the country you are based in during the hiring process.