Program Associate/Senior Program Associate

Summary

Join Open Philanthropy's Abundance and Growth team as a Program Associate or Senior Program Associate. This generalist role focuses on reducing living costs and accelerating economic growth. You will contribute to grantmaking, research, and strategy development within a $120 million, three-year program. Responsibilities include reviewing grant proposals, conducting research, and communicating findings. The ideal candidate possesses 2-3 (or 5) years of relevant experience, strong research and writing skills, and a quantitative approach. Open Philanthropy offers a competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• Bring 2-3 years of experience in relevant fields for the Program Associate position
• Bring 5 years of experience in relevant fields for the Senior Program Associate position

Responsibilities

• Soliciting and reviewing proposals from new potential grantees or potential renewals to existing grantees
• Doing back of the envelope calculations on grants
• Running investigations on particular grant opportunities and writing reports with your recommendations on whether to fund a grant
• Speaking to existing grantees to check in on their progress
• Having conversations with peer funders or experts in the space to stay abreast of new developments, look for opportunities to collaborate, and help solicit information about potential grantees
• Doing research on a new sub-cause or area for discussion with AGF leadership
• Writing for external consumption about our approach or to encourage further investment in AGF areas

Preferred Qualifications

• Have academic experience that is directly relevant to the role – this is not a requirement, but would contribute in part towards the experience requirements for both versions of this role
• Bring experience working with the federal government, and have a solid understanding of federal policymaking (Congressional, executive branch, or at the agency level). You are based in, or would be willing to move to, Washington D.C
• Have a high level of comfort in quantifying concepts and theories of change, and grounding quantitative estimates in the best evidence available, even if imperfect
• Write clearly about technical topics. You are experienced at writing for external audiences and can communicate our theories of change in a compelling way
• Bring strong research skills. You are able to engage with academic research, modeling, and creative problem-solving around difficult research questions
• Are excited about the potential impact this new cause area might have. We recommend reading this post before applying for the role to get a better sense of the kind of work you’d be focusing on
• Are able to overlap with US Central Time working hours for at least 5 hours per day

Benefits

• Excellent health insurance (we cover 100% of premiums within the U.S. for you and any eligible dependents) and an employer-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangement for certain other personal health expenses
• Dental, vision, and life insurance for you and your family
• Four weeks of PTO recommended per year
• Four months of fully paid family leave
• A generous and flexible expense policy — we encourage staff to expense the ergonomic equipment, software, and other services that they need to stay healthy and productive
• A continual learning policy that encourages staff to spend time on professional development with related expenses covered
• Support for remote work — we’ll cover a remote workspace outside your home if you need one, or connect you with an Open Phil coworking hub in your city