GiveDirectly - Senior Manager, Emergency Cash Delivery
Requirements
• Alignment with GiveDirectly values: exceptional alignment with values and an active demonstration of our core competencies — emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity • Alignment with GiveDirectly values: • 5–7+ years of experience: in a role focused on problem solving, team management, cross-functional collaboration and/or new business development. Prior humanitarian/emergency experience strongly preferred • 5+ years of experience: working in difficult settings, including low-resource and high-insecurity contexts • 3–5+ years of experience: providing direct mentoring or coaching to teams, with the ability to assess strengths and opportunities for improvement, as well as measure performance growth • Analytical problem solving: looks at problems with an analytical and iterative mindset, with a strong framework for prioritization and the ability to bring structure and process to ambiguous problems • Analytical problem solving: • Strong project management skills: the ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritize and explicitly deprioritize, and hold a high quality bar • Strong technical skills: including data analysis and ease with learning new third-party tech platforms and tools • Fundraising: preference for candidates with a strong partnership and relationship-management background • Fundraising: • Strong communication skills: skilled in speaking, writing, presenting, and negotiating across multiple stakeholders • Enthusiasm for fast-paced environments: which may lack a pre-defined playbook for success and involve significant "learning by doing." Comfort with ambiguity and building systems from scratch • Enthusiasm for fast-paced environments: • Language Requirement: English (professional fluency) • Language Requirement: • Language Preference: Additional proficiency in French, Portuguese, Arabic, or other languages is a plus • Language Preference:
Responsibilities
• Support and Develop High-Performing Teams • Mentor and train Delivery Managers and surge roster members on response systems, tools, and operational best practices, building long-term capacity across the team • Participate in the evaluation of the team's learning opportunities and contribute to the professional development of individual team members with key performance indicators • Support quality assurance across responses, providing expertise and guidance to ensure consistent operational standards • Contribute to the strategic vision and direction of the Delivery team, in coordination with the Delivery Director • Support broader surge roster readiness, including onboarding and preparing internal and external surge staff for deployment • Strengthen Response Systems and Capabilities • Support steady-state work as assigned by the Delivery Director, including development of tools, protocols, and documentation • Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of operational tools and protocols to accelerate readiness across a growing number of countries • Conduct operational diligence and feasibility inputs for potential responses, in coordination with the Delivery Director • Define, track, and report on operational efficiency metrics to support performance management and continuous improvement • During responses, serve in an assigned functional role as directed by the Delivery Director • Support Fundraising and External Representation • Translate field learnings and operational experience into inputs for donor proposals, updates, and campaign materials, in coordination with the Fundraising team • Represent GiveDirectly at external and internal forums as assigned, including media engagements as necessary • Staff Emergency Cash Responses • Deploy on short notice to implement Emergency Cash crisis response programs • When deployed or remote: supervise program implementation, test approaches and tools, drive program design, liaise with local authorities and other response actors, and ensure excellent communication and documentation during responses • When deployed: conduct field assessments, coordinate field logistics, and ensure the safety and security of the deployed team
Benefits
• United States • Base Salary: $115,000 • Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~$11,500, with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization's current performance multiplier, this amount would be $13,455 in 2025) • Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $126,500+ • Annual Benefits Stipend: $21,393 • United Kingdom • Base Salary: £73,900 • Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~£7,390, with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization's current performance multiplier, this amount would be £8,646 in 2025) • Estimated Total Compensation at Target: £81,290+ • Annual Benefits Stipend: £2,760 • Kenya • Base Salary: $79,825 • Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~$7,983, with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization's current performance multiplier, this amount would be $9,340 in 2025) • Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $87,808+ • Annual Benefits Stipend: $8,453 • If you are not based in the US or Kenya, we will share an estimated salary benchmark for the country you are based in during the hiring process. • Working at GiveDirectly
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