Senior Communications Officer, Media & Public Affairs

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🕒 September 4

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $225k - $250k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🗣️ Communications

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GiveWell

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2007

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

GiveWell is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to maximizing the impact of charitable donations by rigorously researching and recommending a small number of highly effective charities. Founded in 2007, GiveWell conducts extensive analyses to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and potential impact of various programs, ensuring that donors can make informed decisions about where their contributions will do the most good. Their research is openly available to the public and aims to enhance transparency in philanthropy, helping donors direct millions to life-saving initiatives.

📋 Description

• Set GiveWell’s strategy across media, thought-leader engagement, online communities, public forums, events, and other earned communications opportunities • Build and maintain relationships with journalists, editors, podcast hosts, event organizers, thought leaders, subject-matter experts, and other external stakeholders • Identify, develop, and pitch substantive stories, events, and thought-leadership ideas • Own inbound media engagement and rapid-response situations • Monitor emerging issues and lead GiveWell’s external response when needed • Advise leadership and prepare senior leaders and subject-matter experts for public appearances • Evaluate communications opportunities, reputational considerations, and communications risks • Shape public-facing communications partnerships • Serve as a GiveWell spokesperson in selected media interviews, events, and public forums • Collaborate with grantees and partners on press releases and media-facing communications • Manage and develop one or two team members initially and build the function over time • Report to the Vice President of Communications and collaborate with the other Senior Communications Officers

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in media relations, thought leadership, and public engagement • Significant experience leading communications in complex, high-stakes environments • Deep end-to-end experience owning media and public engagement work • Ability to build and lead a team or function, including hiring, developing, and managing people • Recent hands-on communications work personally produced or substantially shaped • Experience producing direct, factual, engaging, and effective communications • Ability to engage deeply with research and communicate data accurately • Exceptional communications judgment regarding audience, context, risk, timing, and substance • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Experience advising executives or senior decision-makers directly • Strong alignment with GiveWell’s mission and values, including truth-seeking, transparency, and accurate communication • Ability to work hours with minimum overlap with American working hours and key coworkers’ schedules • Willingness to attend three week-long retreats annually and potentially other domestic/international travel

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance (100% of premiums within the US for you and dependents) • Four weeks of paid time off per year • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave • Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships • 403(b) retirement plan • Flexible hours and flexible remote/office working • Visa sponsorship for work in the United States, best effort • Up to 100% relocation expense coverage on a case-by-case basis • Three week-long retreats each year • Compensated work trials