Senior Associate, EA Funds

## **About CEA** The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) stewards the movement of people putting effective altruism principles into practice to solve the world's most pressing problems. We're working to build a flourishing future by applying evidence, reason, and compassion to challenges like global poverty, animal suffering, and existential risks. Our work centers on growing and supporting a global community of people who rigorously analyze where they can do the most good and take action on those insights. Current strategic priorities include increasing understanding of effective altruism and its principles, growing the number of people motivated by EA principles to take significant action, and diversifying funding sources for high-impact work. We had significant success in 2025, building momentum within CEA. Our headcount grew from 42 to 66 core staff. Program participation grew by 20–25% year over year. We[merged](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/BLvTcMMEQGFYsh6Jw/ea-funds-and-cea-are-merging) with[EA Funds](https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/) and are rapidly scaling up our capacity for grantmaking and fundraising: our first Fund staffed with full-time employees ([EA Animal Welfare Fund](https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare)) raised almost as much as the previous three years combined. In 2026, we're maintaining ambitious[momentum](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Dy4iGHbAkKAQ4t2Dw/building-sustainable-momentum-progress-report-on-cea-s-2025) while building the foundations for a step-change in the wider EA ecosystem's growth trajectory from 2027 onwards. ## **About EA Funds** Effective Altruism Funds (EA Funds) is the grantmaking arm of CEA. Our mission is to increase the amount of funding dedicated to particularly cost-effective and impactful projects across global health & development, animal welfare, the long-term future, and EA infrastructure. It’s a particularly exciting time to join EA Funds. EA Funds’ recent integration with CEA allows the team to benefit from shared infrastructure and opens up significant opportunities for programmatic synergies. We’ve also seen the example of EA Funds' Animal Welfare Fund scaling from ~$3M to $10M in a single year under full-time leadership with tens of millions more expected this year, and we believe other funds have similar potential. EA Funds is trusted by thousands of donors (including through our partnership with Giving What We Can, which [recommends](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/best-charities-to-donate-to-2026) our Animal Welfare Fund and our Long-Term Future Fund) to allocate their donations to the highest-impact opportunities. We take that trust seriously: we aim to be among the most credible, transparent, and impactful giving platforms in effective altruism. ## **About the role** We're hiring a Senior Associate to be a force multiplier for EA Funds' senior leadership and various grantmakers. This is a generalist role that blends executive support, donor-facing communication, grants operations, and project management. The right person will enable senior leaders and grantmakers to focus on the highest-leverage work (strategy, grantmaking decisions, and donor relationships, etc.) by taking ownership of the operational, administrative, and communication work that keeps EA Funds running smoothly. This role is a clear growth opportunity. You will interact closely with the director of EA Funds as well as the grantmakers of the various funds of EA Funds. This would give you context on EA grantmaking across cause areas, and get a front seat in how philanthropy leaders make decisions. This could be a launching pad for someone who wants to build toward operations leadership, program management, or a chief-of-staff-type role or other leadership roles in CEA/EA Funds or the broader EA ecosystem. ## Key responsibilities ### **Grants operations (~45%)** - **Grant database management:** Maintain the EA Funds grant database (in Airtable), ensuring…