GiveWell
Senior Recruiter, Research
United States (Remote) · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 35 days ago
A/B TestingRecruitingResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- A few problems we'll want you to think about:
- After candidates apply, is our assessment process effective?
- Our offer rate for senior roles is below 0.1%.
Responsibilities
- We think that sort of work will keep you close to the data and help you develop strong pattern recognition.
- You'd work closely with our research team leaders to own recruiting for our Researcher, Program Officer, Senior Researcher, and Senior Program Officer roles.
- You'll help us develop good heuristics about what to do in situations when candidates' signals are mixed.
- We are rigorous in how we evaluate candidates, and hold really high standards, which can lead to longer hiring rounds with more steps than what is typical elsewhere.
- We want you to be able to speak with candidates about our work and what makes GiveWell special, and provide useful input to hiring managers when we're developing assessments and evaluating candidates.
- Strong partnerships will depend on you building trust, leading with curiosity, and reliably delivering results.
- We consider this a full-lifecycle role, which means you should be comfortable with things like scheduling, building out roles in Greenhouse, and day-to-day coordination with candidates.
- While you might have support from more junior colleagues, you'll be expected to capably manage your own pipelines.
Requirements
- Experience in recruiting, talent operations, research operations, or a generalist role at a mission-driven organization
- Comfort with data - spreadsheets and basic quantitative analysis
- Experience working closely with executive-level leadership
- Recruiting experience is welcome but not required.
- We care much more about the qualities described above than any specific background. That said, some things that might help:
- Strong written communication
- Familiarity with global health, development economics, effective altruism, or adjacent fields is a plus but not required
- Recruiting experience is welcome but not required. Some of the best people in comparable roles at peer organizations came in without it. And we'll support you if you want to move on to other things at GiveWell after making progress on our research recruiting. There's always a place here for generalists who are good at solving hard problems, and we have a history of developing high performers into different roles across our org.
- Key Questions
- What are some of the reasons I might not like this role?
- GiveWell has a unique approach to hiring, and it's possible that you'll dislike it. For example, we tend to lean heavily into work trials and finding empirical evidence about the candidates we hire. We are rigorous in how we evaluate candidates, and hold really high standards, which can lead to longer hiring rounds with more steps than what is typical elsewhere. We're extremely quality focused and would rather hold out for the right candidate than settle on someone who's "mostly right."
- You'll need to deeply understand our work and culture to succeed. We want you to be able to speak with candidates about our work and what makes GiveWell special, and provide useful input to hiring managers when we're developing assessments and evaluating candidates.
- You will be expected to hunt, not just farm. While we receive a high volume of inbound applicants, we are looking for recruiters who effectively source and attract candidates, not just wait for them to trickle in.
- You'll be collaborating with leaders with high expectations. We're a founder-led, performance-driven culture and you'll be collaborating with our executive team regularly in this role. Strong partnerships will depend on you building trust, leading with curiosity, and reliably delivering results.
Skills
- Our process is very competitive. The offer rate for senior research roles is less than one in a thousand.
Compensation
- NYC or the San Francisco Bay Area:
Benefits
- Our work, which focuses on global health and well-being, is funded by tens of thousands of donors who rely on our research to inform their giving.
Company info
- While we receive a high volume of inbound applicants, we are looking for recruiters who effectively source and attract candidates, not just wait for them to trickle in.
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