US Program Director, Emergency Cash

About the role

This role is fully remote but will regularly work on East Coast hours. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visas in the U.S. or U.K. at this time.

Responsibilities

• Bring a high level of ambition, vision-setting, and follow through to scale up this work
• Understand and clearly communicate how GiveDirectly’s unique capacities, track record, and value proposition fit into the market/landscape
• Build and motivate teams and advocate for resources to sustain them (through proposals, budgets, workplans)
• With the leadership, partnerships, and communications teams, identify donors and set strategies for acquisition and management
• Oversee excellence in design and implementation, with a constant drive to improve, iterate, and learn
• Spot and evaluate technologies that can scale, and drive smart implementation of those tools within our wider delivery toolkit
• Program design and implementation
• Oversee end-to-end design, planning, and improvements to U.S. disaster response capabilities, and identify, coordinate, and align external and internal stakeholders to ensure successful end-to-end execution
• Scope, develop operational process, and execute partnership agreements with 3rd-party platforms or governments to target pre-verified populations of low income households
• Oversee the design and execution of disaster response programs, including assessing trade-offs and risks of different design decisions (e.g. targeting, payments, customer service) and supporting a wider team to make day-to-day operational decisions
• Conduct operational diligence, feasibility, and risk assessments (including go/no-gos) for individual disaster responses
• Support goal-setting and programmatic prioritization by drafting and driving towards goals independently
• Oversee/ensure high quality management of partners, vendors, subgrantees, subcontractors, and other internal and external stakeholders to support implementation
• Assess project resource needs and drive the development of resource requests (funder budgets, internal staffing proposals) to ensure projects are resourced for success; monitor resource utilization (e.g. manage and monitor budgets), assessing areas of over and underinvestment
• Team management and talent development
• Build team to enable GD to respond to all major disasters; maintain high standards for end-to-end talent development (hiring, performance management, offboarding, etc)
• Manage Senior & Program Managers, and support them to manage field teams (including full-time, part-time, and temporary staff)
• Work with direct reports to identify pathways for growth and development, with ultimate responsibility for retaining and developing more junior team members
• New business, partnerships, and thought leadership
• In coordination with the U.S. Executive Director, U.S. partnerships manager, and broader fundraising teams, identify and pursue fundraising opportunities for individual disaster responses and general disaster funding, supporting end-to-end deal cycle from scoping/feasibility to diligence, contracting, and close of sale
• Establish and maintain high quality relationships with designated donors and operational partners
• Represent GiveDirectly at external and internal fora, including but not limited to conferences, media engagements, and Town Halls
• Drive communication and alignment across a variety of internal and external stakeholders including GD senior management, donors, operational partners, researchers, and payment providers

Requirements

We are looking for an individual with a strong drive to take ownership, a desire to work in a fast-paced, evidence-driven team, and interest in maximizing GiveDirectly’s impact by building, managing, and scaling relationships and projects with GiveDirectly’s partners. 10+ years of experience managing large scale program delivery in complex funding environments. Prior humanitarian/emergency experience strongly preferred

Qualifications

• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity
• We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve
• Strong technical skills and product sense, including data analysis and appetite for evaluating and stress testing third-party tech platforms and tools as well as building internally
• Fundraising: Preference for candidates with a strong partnership and relationship management background, especially on fast-paced sourcing and deploying cash
• Experience working cross functionally with finance, grants, and partnership teams
• Clear communicator who can work with state agencies, funders, and internal leaders
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, with strong judgment and comfort managing complex risks
• An excitement and energy for the work we do and for collaborating with others
• A proclivity for giving and gracefully receiving direct, honest, and constructive feedback

What You’ll Bring

• English, additional languages like Spanish a plus

Compensation

The base salary for this role is $128,000. The bonus band is 15%.

Why work at GiveDirectly?

Role At GiveDirectly, we work to ensure that you have everything you need to excel in your role and on your team, including:

• A positive and supportive team with opportunities for advancement
• A demonstrated commitment to helping all staff develop and grow
• A competitive salary, including bonus
• A robust health benefits plan
• Unlimited PTO (that we encourage staff to take!)
• Desk allowance and flexible work location

Venue

We conduct interviews over Google Meet with camera on (unless communicated otherwise).

Accessibility

Closed captioning is available during all Google Meet interviews, and interviewers will also post interview questions in the chat box throughout the call. If you need assistance accessing either of these features, please let your interviewer know at the start of your interview!

Working at GiveDirectly

GiveDirectly is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to the person’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Safeguarding

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible work environment. If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of the role, please email us at careers@givedirectly.org with the email subject “Accommodation Needed”. We will work with you to ensure reasonable accommodations are made to support your needs.