Events Program Lead – Special Events and Virtual Programs
Nonprofit organization that builds and supports the global effective-altruism community through conferences, groups, online resources, community support, and grantmaking.
Funding history
Investors
About Centre for Effective Altruism
Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) is an Effective Ventures project and a U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity with UK entities. Its work includes EA Global conferences, support for local groups, community health, the EA Forum and other online resources, communications, and EA Funds grantmaking.
Skills
About the Role
You will own a program end to end as either the Special Events Lead or the Virtual Program Lead. As Special Events Lead you design and produce small convenings for people shaping effective altruism, set goals, build attendee lists, act as main contact for attendees and partners, and own logistics. As Virtual Program Lead you own the virtual events portfolio, design events as experiments, measure outcomes, oversee execution of large virtual events and manage external contractors. You will work closely with the Head of Events, have substantial autonomy, and may build a team over time. The role involves 3–10 trips per year.
Requirements
- Experience designing and producing events
- Knowledge of the EA community
- Ability to manage complex projects with fixed deadlines
- Management experience with contractors, volunteers or team members
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Willingness to travel 3–10 times per year
- Special Events: deep EA context and ability to represent CEA to senior people
- Virtual Programs: strategic and product thinking and data-informed iterative mindset
Responsibilities
- Identify where new events would add value and propose them
- Set goals, build attendee lists and shape content, sessions and facilitation
- Serve as main point of contact for attendees and partner organizations
- Own event logistics end to end including venue, vendors, travel, catering, AV and budgets
- Set up follow-up processes and contribute to funding proposals and impact reporting
- Own the virtual events portfolio and define which virtual products to run
- Design virtual events as experiments and measure attendee outcomes
- Oversee end-to-end execution of large virtual events
- Manage external contractors and build a team
Benefits
- Private health insurance
- Flexible work hours
- $6,000 annual professional development allowance
- $6,000 mental health support allowance
- Extended parental leave
- Ergonomic equipment
- 25 days of paid vacation
- 10% unconditional 401k contribution (US)
- Remote work
Hiring Process
Application, test task 1, short interview, test task 2, final interviews (3–4), possible 1–2 day work trial, reference checks.
