GiveDirectly · 1 day ago
Targeting Analyst, Emergency Cash
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$61K/yr - $95K/yr
3+ years expGiveDirectly is a non-profit organization focused on reshaping international giving through cash grants to the world's poorest. The Targeting Analyst will identify and prioritize communities for cash delivery during crises, utilizing various data sources to provide actionable insights for emergency cash programs.
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Responsibilities
Implement approaches for systematically assessing needs in crisis-affected populations
Incorporate humanitarian data sources (e.g., needs assessments, poverty statistics, vulnerability indices, displacement monitoring, etc) into GD’s targeting systems
Surface, test, and use novel data sources, such as from geospatial imagery, call detail records, social media, crowd-sourcing, etc
Provide clear targeting analysis with relevant subpopulations for emergency cash programs as a service to other teams, visualizing data on maps and dashboards
Based on determined targeting criteria, general recipient lists of individuals to be enrolled in GD EC programs
Provide targeting analysis services for both GD’s preparedness and response states – scoping and prioritizing relevant subpopulations based on pre-existing risks and delivering on-demand analysis during response deployments (remote)
Monitor global risks and crises, providing analysis for GD teams to make activation decisions
Communicate with humanitarian agencies, data providers, and crisis monitoring organizations to integrate reliable event and needs assessment data into GD’s workflow
Participate in product development from problem discovery and user requirements gathering to launch and iteration, working with engineering, data science, and operations
Conduct agile iterative experiments and pilots to validate assumptions about crisis detection and targeting, using results to refine strategy
Define and track success metrics for targeting tools, ensuring outputs are timely, relevant, and usable in the field
Maintain internal data source documentation, including a qualitative assessment of accuracy, reliability, and limitations of sources and datasets
Continuously evaluate and improve targeting approaches for speed, accuracy, and inclusivity, while maintaining humanitarian principles
Stay abreast of emerging technology and new data sources to ensure GD is leveraging cutting-edge approaches to targeting
Document learning to scale best practices across different contexts
Qualification
Required
Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity
3-5+ years experience conducting humanitarian needs analysis — assessing vulnerabilities, interpreting crisis data, and applying frameworks such as the IPC, MIRA, or sectoral needs assessments — to directly inform operational planning
2+ years of experience producing data tools, with a track record of providing actionable, humanitarian information products to decision makers and operational teams
Demonstrated ability to design and implement reusable analysis approaches that scale across multiple contexts
High technical fluency across data analytics and data science – ability to ask the right questions, internalize technical tradeoffs between approaches, and shape complex data and technical challenges into operationally viable targeting strategies
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences, including humanitarian agencies and data providers
Proven ability to thrive in fast-changing, high-stakes environments
Ability to adapt to change and navigate ambiguity and a curiosity-driven mindset
Ability to balance speed and rigor in high uncertainty
Preferred
Prior field experience in humanitarian response or international social protection programs in resource constrained contexts
Familiarity with data security and privacy frameworks in sensitive contexts
Comfort working in SQL, Python, or R for data manipulation and analysis; Experience working with a data visualization tool
Experience in geospatial data analysis and knowledge of applications for GIS in humanitarian response
Experience using generative AI for decision support
Benefits
Equal Opportunity Employer
Reasonable Accommodations
Company
GiveDirectly
GiveDirectly is a nonprofit organization.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
GitLab FoundationOmiseGO
2025-01-30Grant
2018-03-28Grant· $1M
Leadership Team
Paul Niehaus
Co-founder & director
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