Program Director – Emergency Cash

🕒 May 12

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $128k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

📋 Program Manager

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GiveDirectly

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2009

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $1M Grant on 2018-03

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

GiveDirectly is a non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating poverty by providing direct cash transfers to individuals in need around the world. With a mission to help people living on less than $2. 15 per day, GiveDirectly empowers recipients to make their own financial decisions by delivering unconditional cash directly to them, leveraging mobile money technology. Their innovative approach has led to broad recognition and has been studied in numerous research projects. By bypassing traditional aid mechanisms, GiveDirectly aims to efficiently and scalably transform lives, offering targeted assistance in regions such as Bangladesh, Kenya, and the United States, among others.

📋 Description

• Expand emergency responses capabilities, partnerships, and ambition • Drive program implementation and in-the-moment partnerships for fast, dignified disaster responses • Oversee improving and scaling up GiveDirectly’s ability to immediately respond to major disasters in the United States • Pursue and close new partnerships • Manage and grow a team of dedicated and surge staff • Oversee end-to-end design, planning, and improvements to U.S. disaster response capabilities • Conduct operational diligence, feasibility, and risk assessments for individual disaster responses • Identify and pursue fundraising opportunities for individual disaster responses and general disaster funding • Establish and maintain high quality relationships with designated donors and operational partners

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience managing large scale program delivery in complex funding environments. Prior humanitarian/emergency experience strongly preferred • Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. • Strong technical skills and product sense, including data analysis and appetite for evaluating and stress testing third-party tech platforms and tools as well as building internally • Fundraising: Preference for candidates with a strong partnership and relationship management background, especially on fast-paced sourcing and deploying cash • Experience working cross functionally with finance, grants, and partnership teams • Clear communicator who can work with state agencies, funders, and internal leaders • Detail oriented without losing sight of program outcomes and timelines. • Comfort operating in ambiguity, with strong judgment and comfort managing complex risks • Enthusiasm for fast-paced and surge work environments, which may lack pre-defined playbook for success and involve significant “learning by doing”. • An excitement and energy for the work we do and for collaborating with others • A proclivity for giving and gracefully receiving direct, honest, and constructive feedback • Language Requirement: English, additional languages like Spanish a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• A robust health benefits plan • Unlimited PTO (that we encourage staff to take!) • Desk allowance and flexible work location • A positive and supportive team with opportunities for advancement • A demonstrated commitment to helping all staff develop and grow • A competitive salary, including bonus