[Hiring] Head of the EA Infrastructure Fund @Centre for Effective Altruism

Role Description

We’re hiring a Head for the EA Infrastructure Fund (EAIF). This is an opportunity to shape millions of dollars in grantmaking toward the organizations, research, and community-building efforts that strengthen effective altruism's foundations, while also overseeing an updated version of CEA's Community Building Grants (CBG) program.

You'll have significant autonomy to define the fund's strategic direction, grow its donor base, and build EAIF into an even more compelling vehicle for impact. This is a senior position on our EA Funds team, reporting to the Director of EA Funds.

Key Responsibilities

• Grantmaking
  • Investigate and evaluate grant opportunities rigorously, assessing theories of change, team strength, expected impact, and other relevant factors.
  • Actively source high-quality applications and grantmaking opportunities, including, where appropriate, encouraging promising individuals to pursue projects EAIF could fund.
  • Communicate your grantmaking reasoning transparently through grant reports, feedback to applicants, and public writing.
  • Contribute to improvements in the grantmaking processes of EA Funds.
• Strategic leadership
  • Develop a compelling strategy for EAIF's focus areas, grant types, and role in the funding ecosystem.
  • Oversee an updated version of CEA’s Community Building Grants program, ensuring it effectively funds strong EA community builders worldwide.
  • Represent EAIF and the Community Building Grants program (and occasionally EA Funds as a whole) within the EA community and to external stakeholders.
  • Contribute to EA Funds' broader strategic direction as a senior team member.
• Fundraising
  • Grow EAIF's donor base in collaboration with other CEA teams (e.g. EA Funds leadership, incoming fundraising staff, and the Marketing and Communications team).
  • Build and cultivate relationships with potential donors.
  • Communicate EAIF's impact and strategy in ways that are honest and compelling.
• Ecosystem development
  • Develop strategic partnerships with other aligned funders and organizations.
  • Collaborate with grantees and groups of grantees to help them succeed and maximize their impact.
  • Contribute to the broader EA community's thinking on funding priorities and strategic questions.
• Team building
  • Hire and manage additional staff to support grantmaking efforts as the fund grows.

Qualifications

• Genuine commitment to EA principles: commitment to careful reasoning about impact, willingness to change your mind based on strong reasoning and evidence, and concern for doing the most good.
• Familiarity with the EA community: understanding of its key organizations, debates, and dynamics, and well-reasoned views on how to best support it.
• An entrepreneurial mindset: the drive to shape a fund's strategic direction, build something ambitious, and adapt as the landscape evolves.
• Strong social and communication skills: the ability to professionally represent EAIF, EA Funds, and CEA, build networks, and navigate a wide range of conversations with grantees, donors, and community members.

Requirements

• Strong strategic thinking and planning abilities.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex reasoning clearly and build trust with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong people and project management skills.
• Experience in grantmaking, philanthropic leadership, or related fields.
• A track record of building and scaling products or programs.
• Experience managing multi-million dollar budgets.
• A track record of leading fundraising efforts.

Benefits

• Private health insurance.
• Flexible work hours.
• $6,000 / £5,000 annual professional development allowance.
• $6,000 / £5,000 mental health support allowance.
• Extended parental leave.
• Ergonomic equipment.
• 25 days of paid vacation.
• This role will involve travel, with likely 4-6 trips annually to attend team retreats and other events, including several international trips.