GiveDirectly Hiring Remote Research Director, Emergency Cash — Earn £87,500 Base Salary

Overview

GiveDirectly is hiring a Research Director, Emergency Cash, a senior, fully remote role that shapes the organisation's learning agenda for emergency cash programmes. GiveDirectly has delivered more than $1 billion in cash directly to over 2 million people in 15 countries since 2011, and believes cash transfers can be a scalable, cost-effective and dignified form of aid.

The director is the internal expert on emergency cash research strategy and methods. Responsibilities include leading the research and learning agenda, owning the Theory of Change for emergency cash, defining and prioritising high-value research questions, leading strategic impact evaluations across several countries, developing research concepts and partnerships, setting standards for data collection, quality assurance, analysis and research ethics, establishing systems for data sharing, transparency and human-subject protections, mentoring research staff, developing outcome indicators, directing projects from design to implementation, representing the organisation externally, writing research briefs and policy papers, and working with partnerships and fundraising teams. The work often involves compressed timelines and incomplete information, so judgement about what research to prioritise or drop is important.

Who can apply

The role suits professionals with substantial experience in research, monitoring and evaluation, impact evaluation, humanitarian programming or development research who can work at both strategic and technical levels and engage senior leaders. Experience across multiple countries or in complex humanitarian settings is relevant.

What you get

Pay is location-based. In the United States the base salary is $128,000 with a 15% target bonus, estimated target compensation of $147,200 or more, and an annual benefits stipend of $21,393. In the United Kingdom the base is £87,500, with estimated target compensation of £100,625 or more and a £2,760 benefits stipend. In Kenya the base is $101,221, with estimated target compensation of $116,404 or more and an $8,453 benefits stipend. Candidates elsewhere receive a salary benchmark for their country during hiring.

How to apply

Applicants explain their interest in the role and how their experience fits, and answer a question describing a specific time they designed or adapted research in a fast-moving crisis with imperfect data and compressed timelines, covering what rigor they protected and what they sacrificed. They also confirm the application reflects their own ideas and experiences.