Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Please submit your application and resume in English.

Reports to: Country Director

Specific responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Country Director to prioritize support areas (i.e. create the project pipeline for your own role) 
• Become a cross-country expert who can effectively disseminate key learnings and areas for improvement across our different areas of operation.
• Design and deliver discrete projects often within fixed and tight timelines at a predetermined operational quality bar
• Work with external parties to carry out collaborative program designs for bespoke foundation or institutional funded projects
• Conducting desk/field-based recon to establish operational feasibility & view on main design features
• Inputting on design of initial pilot and assisting with set-up (e.g. government permission, initial work plan etc)
• Managing all aspects of ground operations, including hiring, training and managing a team of 30+ field staff at a time
• Owning quantifiable targets like operational efficiency
• Building relationships with government and other external stakeholders
• Assisting with implementation of research/academic partnerships on the ground
• Supporting outreach and communications effort
• Assisting with synthesis of key results, including recommendations for operational model/broader sector

Qualities we’re hiring for: 

• Exceptional management consulting and/or project management track record at a high-performing organization
• Strong operational acumen (including the ability to rapidly get up-to-speed on GD field model) & penchant for problem-solving in contexts with a limited pre-existing playbook
• Deep ownership mindset (i.e. the default assumption that when you identify a problem, you’re likely going to be the one to solve it!) 
• A versatile generalist who is comfortable taking on a wide array of projects
• Comfortable with handling large and messy datasets on excel and carrying out basic data analysis
• Willingness to travel and work from differing working locations, some of which will be remote
• Passion for the role cash transfers can play in giving recipients choice & driving impact at scale 
• Strong alignment with GD values

• Assist with design and set-up phase of special projects
• Working proficiency in Portuguese and English required

Desired Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in a relevant field
• 5 plus years experience in the development sector
• Demonstrated success in a high-performance work environment
• Strong interest in advancing the values and mission of GiveDirectly
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and analytical skills
• Ability to approach tasks with resourcefulness and to work in a highly self-directed manner
• Ability to manage day-to-day operations while simultaneously building more robust, efficient systems