Role Description GiveWell is seeking a Senior New Areas Researcher to help direct tens of millions of dollars annually to the most cost-effective interventions we can find. You will have an outsized influence on our funding decisions and help us save and improve lives on a global scale. The New Areas team grantmaking is divided into three workstreams: - Core cause areas: Areas for which we devote a significant amount of time developing subject-matter specific expertise and networks, a thorough research agenda, and a large portfolio of grants (e.g., family planning, maternal and newborn health, tuberculosis and HIV). - Emerging cause areas: A broader set of cause areas for which the New Areas team is starting to build its expertise, networks and research agenda, and is making some initial grants (e.g., medical oxygen, applications of AI to global health). - Incubators: Supporting the Clinton Health Access Initiative’s Incubator and Evidence Action’s Accelerator to identify potentially cost-effective interventions and create programs that we would be excited to support in the future. As a Senior New Areas 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. The researchers on our team combine rigorous evidence review, cost-effectiveness modeling, and thoughtful judgment. What you might work on in your first year: - Tackle thorny research questions in our existing portfolios. - Design and oversee learning grants. - Build our evidence base in new programmatic areas. - Provide research support to grantmakers. The Senior New Areas Researcher will help shape a major annual grantmaking portfolio, own grant investigations end-to-end (from research question through grant recommendation), and represent GiveWell to external counterparts. You'll have significant latitude to propose new areas of work. Qualifications - A quantitatively oriented advanced degree (e.g., in epidemiology, public health, economics, or a related field). - Substantial professional experience in global health, or an adjacent field (broadly defined). - Ability to get up to speed quickly on new topics and feel comfortable task-switching. Requirements - GiveWell’s mission and methods are personally energizing. - You’re abnormally curious and willing to interrogate others’ work. - You routinely think about and surface the value judgments that undergird your work. - You dislike it when people express strong confidence in views that don’t seem to rely on commensurate evidence. - You appreciate the value of an excellent reputation and strong relationships. - You love a gnarly problem and constantly assess whether you and the team are working on the most important things. Benefits - Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance (we cover 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. - Automatic contribution equal to 5% of your gross salary into your 403(b) retirement plan (for U.S. based staff). 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 is one of the world’s largest private funders of global development efforts. - We estimate that the funding we’ve directed will save more than 340,000 lives. - GiveWell grants have helped governments implement high-impact health programs. - We never take for granted that GiveWell’s work is good for the world.

Role Description GiveWell is seeking a Senior Nutrition Researcher to help direct tens of millions of dollars annually to the most cost-effective nutrition interventions we can find. You will have an outsized influence on our funding decisions and help us save and improve lives on a global scale. As a Senior Nutrition 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. The researchers on our team combine rigorous evidence review, cost-effectiveness modeling, and thoughtful judgment. The role involves: - Joining a small grantmaking team to contribute to our ambitious research agenda on nutrition. - Sifting through questions to focus on those that matter most. - Communicating externally about your work and mentoring other researchers. - Shaping a research agenda that combines empirical evidence review, cost-effectiveness modeling, and critical synthesis. What you might work on in your first year: - Tackling thorny research questions in existing portfolios. - Designing and overseeing learning grants. - Building our evidence base in new programmatic areas. - Providing research support to grantmakers. Qualifications - A quantitatively oriented advanced degree (e.g., in epidemiology, statistics, economics, public health, nutrition or related fields). - Substantial professional experience relevant to nutrition, including roles in research, program design, implementation, or funding. Requirements - Curiosity and willingness to interrogate others’ work. - Ability to surface value judgments and strategic commitments in your work. - Strong communication skills, especially regarding confidence levels in findings. - Ability to assess whether the team is working on the most important questions. Benefits - Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance (100% of premiums covered for you and dependents in the US). - 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. - Automatic contribution equal to 5% of your gross salary into your 403(b) retirement plan (for U.S. based staff).

Role Description Flexion is seeking a senior user experience designer/researcher with start-up experience to join an agile application development team. The work is primarily remote, but may require some client on-site work estimated at <10%. As a member of a cross-functional agile development team, you’ll partner with our clients to tackle holistic issues. You’ll facilitate tough conversations about what clients (and their users!) really need, which isn’t always what they want. You’ll work to build UX thinking into everything the team does. Specifically, you’ll: - Lead UX design and research activities on client projects, which could involve collaborating with designers from other consulting firms or the client side. - Iteratively evolve strategy and guidance to help clients solve their thorniest business problems. - Facilitate continuous discovery with customers to identify opportunities and evaluate solutions as the team’s understanding of the problem space evolves. - Facilitate design workshops. - Advocate for the users in the context of business needs/goals throughout the project. - Effectively communicate goals, designs, research, feedback, ideas, and requirements (both verbally and visually, when needed) to the team and client. - Lead and participate in UX design work, including sketching, mockups, prototypes, design patterns, content audits, heuristic reviews, user research, data modeling, user journeys, card sorting, personas, workflows, requirements, information architecture, microcopy, interaction design, and more. - Conduct user and business research to understand requirements, goals, and constraints, generating insights that shape the UX strategy and design decisions. - Analyze and provide feedback on proposed technical solutions that affect the interface design or user experience. - Pair or mob with other members of a cross-functional development team. - Coach other team members on basic HCD knowledge that all developers should have. - Prototype, test, and iterate on designs. - Drive and analyze client and user feedback to identify opportunities to improve the overall user experience throughout the design process and product lifecycle. - Follow lean and agile methodologies to deliver a quality product with minimal churn. - Help shepherd the project to the finish line and ensure a great user experience from end to end. Qualifications - At least 8 years working on UX design and research for clients. - At least 2 years experience working with agile Scrum methodologies. - USWDS (U.S. Web Design System) experience. - At least 1 year of Lean UX experience working with agile methodologies. - Experience in a start-up or start-up-like business setting. - A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. - A track record of successfully developing complex products. - Strong understanding of Incremental/Agile UX practices. - A black belt in mixed UI/UX disciplines. - A “can do” attitude devoid of ego. - The ability to play nicely with others, and the belief that teamwork is always the best solution. - Service Design experience. - Experience designing dashboards for complex data systems and enterprise applications (FinTech experience is a bonus). - Skilled in designing interfaces that adapt seamlessly across devices and screen sizes, ensuring a consistent and intuitive user experience. - Experienced in using tools like Adobe Creative Suite and Figma to create prototypes at varying levels of fidelity, enabling effective collaboration and feedback loops. - Successfully coached teams and clients. - Superb time-management, communication, and problem-solving skills. - Experience using workflow and modeling tools such as OmniGraffle, LucidChart, etc. Requirements - You are a master of applying human centered design techniques using a startup mentality. - You prefer to incrementally drive learning and development, from strategy to surface details, through authentic use and rapid iteration. - You love solving big problems and can balance high-level strategy with detail-oriented tactics. - You’re just as at home leading a discovery session with C-level executives as you are sketching prototype ideas or writing user stories. - You can speak “developer” and co-create designs and solutions throughout the process. - You’re a self-starter and don’t need to be told what to do next. - You have a wide range of UX-related skills and can flex different muscles as required. - You know how to create and implement design systems and value consistency, but also know when to make adjustments to improve usability. - You value data-driven decision-making, but won’t become paralyzed if the data doesn’t exist. - You understand that often “good enough” is as good as it can get and can live with compromise where it’s needed. - You embrace agile methodologies, preferring to delay design decisions until they need to be prioritized. - You design small pieces while still thinking about how they fit into the whole. Benefits - The salary range for this role is $130,000-$150,000. - Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage. - Life and disability insurance. - Flexible spending accounts. - 401(k) plan. - Generous paid time off. - Referral bonuses. - A commitment to well-being and career success.

Role Description AIR is seeking a Principal Researcher specializing in survey methodology to join our Healthcare Transformation team. The Principal Researcher would lead and contribute to the design, collection, and analysis of survey data used in health program evaluations and other projects. Activities include: - Survey design - Development of questionnaires and test items - Processing and cleaning data - Analysis of data - Creating research data files and data documentation - Producing statistical reports This position has the flexibility to work remotely within the United States (U.S.) or from one of AIR’s U.S. office locations. This does not include U.S. territories. Responsibilities - Support the development and execution of theoretically sound, practical approaches to achieve the statistical objectives of a study or project, including: - Developing and evaluating sampling frames - Selecting samples based on complex designs - Constructing weights for studies with complex designs - Assessing the potential to supplement, improve, or replace survey data with administrative or other extant data - Applying appropriate procedures to produce point and variance estimates, including from samples with complex designs - Conduct technical reviews of data collection and data processing plans and specifications for accuracy, completeness, and technical soundness - Author technical reports, memoranda, and documentation - Clearly communicate methods, findings, and implications to technical and non-technical policy audiences - Develop and manage budgets (in collaboration with a Project Manager) and communicate timelines, scope, and resources with clients - Ensure the quality, accuracy, and consistency of all work products through appropriate QA/QC processes - Supervise and mentor research staff in completing project tasks and supporting professional development - Work effectively in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment and contribute to and lead proposal development - Contribute thoughtfully and creatively to project teams - Assist with conducting disclosure risk analyses on restricted- and public-use data files to ensure the protection of measured entities Qualifications - Ph.D. in fields such as survey methodology, economics, psychology, sociology, statistics, computer science, public policy, public health, or other social science related fields plus 8 or more years of relevant experience - Demonstrated understanding of survey methodology and survey operations - Experience with clinical quality measure development - Experience with statistical software packages such as Stata, SAS, WPS, R, Python - Proficient understanding of basic descriptive and inferential statistics - Experience leading, developing, and writing proposals for federal agencies - Experience leading projects - Direct experience with CMS is strongly preferred, but not required Skills - Effective communicator about survey methods, results, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences - Strong attention to detail and commitment to rigorous quality control - Strong organizational and interpersonal skills - Ability to work as part of a team and support multiple tasks - Comfortable working in a virtual/dispersed work environment Disclosures - Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship is not available for this position. - American Institutes for Research is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. - AIR adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. - All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo reference and background checks. - AIR maintains a drug-free work environment. Accessibility Notice If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please send an email to Taliba Boone at tboone@air.org or call 202.403.5000. Fraudulent Job Scams Warning & Disclaimer AIR is aware of individuals falsely presenting themselves as AIR representatives. To protect yourself, please be aware that AIR recruitment will only email you from an “@air.org” domain. Benefits - Anticipated Annual Salary Range: $155,000 — $190,000 USD