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Senior Vaccination Researcher
Location
Worldwide
Posted
12 days ago
Salary
$241K / year
Seniority
Senior
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Senior Vaccination Researcher
GiveWell
Role Description GiveWell is seeking a Senior Vaccination Researcher to help us direct tens of millions of dollars annually to the most cost-effective vaccination programs that we can find. You will have an outsized influence on our funding decisions and help us save and improve lives on a global scale. Our vaccination grantmaking is focused on increasing coverage of routine immunization in children under the age of two in areas with high burden of vaccine-preventable disease. This has included: - Supporting targeted outreach and mobile vaccination - Demand-side incentives - Support for malaria vaccine rollout In the future, we may expand into new areas such as: - Campaigns - Subsidizing vaccine procurement - Supply chain support - Surveillance and outbreak response - R&D for vaccines or vaccine delivery technology As a Senior Vaccination Researcher, you’ll create and lead ambitious research agendas related to our portfolios of work and answer complex questions that will inform GiveWell’s grantmaking decisions. What you might work on in your first year: - How should GiveWell’s portfolio of investments change in response to new technologies and shifts in government or funder resources and priorities? - What are the most promising opportunities for grant-making in areas such as surveillance and outbreak response and R&D for vaccines or vaccine delivery technology? - How can we improve our methods for evaluating the impact of programs on vaccination coverage? - What are the core differences between GiveWell's cost-effectiveness model and other vaccine cost-effectiveness models? - What is the best design for a study to improve available estimates of the impact of key childhood vaccines on disease-specific mortality or all-cause mortality? The Senior Vaccination Researcher will help shape a major annual grantmaking portfolio, own grant investigations end-to-end, and represent GiveWell to external counterparts. Qualifications - A quantitatively oriented advanced degree (e.g., in epidemiology, statistics, economics or related fields) - Substantial professional experience in the vaccination landscape (broadly defined) Requirements - Curiosity and willingness to interrogate others’ work - Ability to surface value judgments and strategic commitments - Strong communication skills regarding confidence levels - Ability to moderate directness and intensity in communication - Passion for solving complex problems - Constant assessment of team priorities Benefits - Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance (100% of premiums within the US for you and any dependents) - Four weeks of paid time off per year, plus a one week organization-wide summer break - 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave - Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships - 403(b) retirement plan Company Description GiveWell is dedicated to finding and funding outstanding giving opportunities in global health and development, sharing the full details of our analysis with everyone for free. Since 2007, we’ve directed over $2.6 billion to cost-effective programs and interventions. - GiveWell grants have helped governments implement high-impact health programs. - Funded program delivery alongside strengthened monitoring and evaluation. - Sought to scope and scale promising interventions. - Tested assumptions through further research.
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