Senior Communications Officer, Media & Public Affairs

The role

You will lead how GiveWell's work is represented in media and public conversations. You will set strategy, build relationships with journalists, and lead the external response in fast-moving situations. You will also manage and develop a small team.

What you will do

• Set strategy across media, thought-leader engagement, online communities, and public forums
• Build and maintain relationships with journalists, editors, podcast hosts, and other stakeholders
• Identify, develop, and pitch substantive stories and thought-leadership ideas
• Own inbound media engagement and rapid responses
• Monitor emerging issues and lead external responses in partnership with others
• Advise leadership on external opportunities and prepare them for public appearances
• Evaluate and shape public-facing communications partnerships
• Serve as a spokesperson in select media interviews and events
• Work with grantees on press releases and media-facing communications
• Manage and develop one or two team members

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in media relations, thought leadership, and public engagement
• Experience leading communications in complex, high-stakes environments
• Experience owning communications work end to end
• Exceptional communications judgment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Track record of building and leading, including hiring and managing people
• Recent, hands-on excellence at the craft
• Experience producing direct and factual communications
• Intellectual curiosity to engage with research and ideas
• Experience advising executives or senior decision-makers directly
• Strong alignment with GiveWell's mission and values

Nice to have

• Experience in settings where precision and credibility were at least as important as reach

Benefits

• Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Four weeks of paid time off per year
• Annual summer break
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships
• Automatic 5% gross salary contribution to 403(b) retirement plan for U.S. staff

Before you apply

• Must be based in the United States, United Kingdom, or Canada
• Not able to sponsor visas
• Process includes application, interviews, written exercises, work trials, and values interview

About the company

GiveWell researches the most cost-effective ways to save and improve lives and directs donations to impactful programs. They focus on global health and well-being.