Summary
Rethink Charity is looking for a highly skilled, tech-focused generalist to aid us in a variety of tasks supporting our two main projects: RC Forward, Canada’s high-impact donation platform, and our fiscal sponsorship program for promising projects. This is a mostly remote, full-time position open to candidates residing anywhere in Canada or the US.
Key details
Location: Remote, open to candidates in Canada or the US
Starting compensation (including benefits): $55,000 - $64,000 CAD
Role type: full-time (35 hrs/wk)
Start date: ASAP. June 1, 2022 is our goal, but sooner if we can get through the application process faster (and it works for the applicant), later if we need to extend deadlines.
Deadline: April 3, 2022. Rolling thereafter.
About us
Rethink Charity (RC) has incubated and hosted many projects since we launched in 2016, including Students for High-Impact Charity (SHIC), which has since suspended operations, Rethink Priorities, which has spun off to become a highly regarded effective altruism (EA) aligned research organization, and EA Giving Tuesday, a successful community building and fundraising event held annually.
Our current primary focus, however, is RC Forward, an online donation platform that Canadians have used to donate over $16 million to high-impact charities since 2017. We are turning our focus to outreach in 2022, after spending the majority of 2021 building an entirely new CRM system to handle donations and improve the donor experience.
In addition to RC Forward, our fiscal sponsorship program has seen incredible growth since late 2020. It not only allows us to support promising projects that otherwise may struggle to receive resources, but also provides RC with sustainable funding for our entire organization.
What we’re looking for
Our organization is one of humble beginnings, but our projects are outgrowing our scrappy four-person team, so we’re looking for a fifth full-time team member to add some bandwidth to the mix. But with small teams come great (and varied) responsibilities, so we are seeking an experienced generalist who is versatile and can diligently complete a wide variety of tasks and projects and successfully juggle competing priorities.
The things we need the most help with are tech-based, so experienced website (WordPress, PHP) administration skills are a must. Secondarily, experience with data management and quality assurance (QA) will almost certainly play into your weekly routine.
The job is mostly remote (as is our entire team) but we do like to meet in person a few times a year, so living in the Pacific Northwest is a plus, and anywhere in the Pacific Time Zone is the next best. However, anyone living in Canada or the US will be considered.
We’re looking for someone with a cultural fit and a personal alignment with EA. At RC, we have long characterized ourselves as the “every-person’s EA org,” in that it’s our goal to take complex ideas and make them palatable for a wider range of people. We pride ourselves on our high emotional intelligence as a team, which comes in handy when working with everyday donors.
Other qualities we’d look for in our ideal candidate
Detail-oriented, organized, and conscientious. You feel confident in your ability to keep on top of a large number of open items and next steps while making sure nothing gets dropped.
Inclined to take full responsibility and ownership over the outcome of a task.
Optimization-focused; you constantly seek out improvements and question the status quo in pursuit of a better solution or system.
A clear communicator, and not afraid to ask lots of questions to check your understanding.
Service-minded and comfortable with some amount of repetition in your work; motivated by the idea of doing whatever will have the most impact, even when it’s not glamorous.
Can work independently with minimal guidance, as well as collaboratively in a team.
Role requirements
You live in Canada or the US.
You have 3 to 5 years experience in operations/administration or as a reliable small-team generalist.
You have experience with website management (Wordpress, PHP).
You are familiar with effective altruism concepts and are excited about putting these ideas into practice.
And here are some qualifications that would be great (these are not required):
You are located in the Pacific Time Zone, or are able to work on this schedule.
Familiarity or experience with bookkeeping (Quickbooks)
Familiarity or experience with data analysis/QA
Familiarity or experience with Salesforce
Familiarity or experience with Google Sheets and Excel
Familiarity or experience with Google Ads/Analytics/Optimize
Familiarity or experience with social media marketing
Comfort with donor communications
Familiarity or experience with productivity software (we primarily use Slack, Asana, Notion, and Google Docs/Workspace)
Ability to speak and write in French at an intermediate level
Don’t meet all of our requirements but think this is the perfect job for you? In the application form, please pitch us why!
The application process
Please fill out this form. To be guaranteed consideration, the deadline is April 3, 2022. Applications are rolling thereafter.
Top candidates will be asked to complete one or two video or in-person interviews with our team.
Finalists may be asked to complete one to three paid trial tasks.
The top candidate will be offered a 3-month paid probationary position to determine long-term fit.
Please also note that this application will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. There is no advantage to completing the application before the deadline, we will consider all applications equally.
We’re also aware that factors like gender, race, and socioeconomic background can affect people’s willingness to apply for roles for which they meet many but not all the suggested attributes. We’d especially like to encourage those from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
Thank you for your interest in working at Rethink Charity!