Senior Vaccination Researcher

GiveWell

Senior Vaccination Researcher for GiveWell, directing funds to cost-effective vaccination programs. Join a small grantmaking team to influence global health outcomes with rigorous research.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $280,000 - $308,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will be joining a small grantmaking team to contribute to our ambitious research agenda on vaccination.
You’ll sift through the countless questions we could try to answer, and home in on those that matter most.
You’ll also communicate externally about your work and mentor and advise other researchers on the team.
You will shape a research agenda that brings rigor and creativity to the thorniest questions the GiveWell vaccination team faces.
Your work will combine empirical evidence review and critical synthesis, cost-effectiveness modeling, discussions with subject matter experts, understanding of the broader context, and your own judgment.
The Senior Vaccination Researcher will help shape a major annual grantmaking portfolio, own grant investigations end-to-end (from research question through grant recommendation), and represent GiveWell to external counterparts.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A quantitatively oriented advanced degree (e.g., in epidemiology, statistics, economics or related fields)
Substantial professional experience in the vaccination landscape (broadly defined). This could include experience in epidemiological or health economics modeling, and/or in program implementation or funding.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance (we cover 100% of premiums within the US for you and any dependents)
Four weeks of paid time off per year, plus a one week organization-wide summer break
16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships
Automatic contribution equal to 5% of your gross salary into your 403(b) retirement plan (for U.S. based staff)

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Hard Skills & Tools

empirical evidence reviewcritical synthesiscost-effectiveness modelingepidemiological modelinghealth economics modelingprogram implementationgrant investigationsresearch question formulationgrant recommendation

Soft Skills

communicationmentoringadvisingjudgmentcreativityrigor

Certifications

advanced degree