Head of the EA Infrastructure Fund

📋 Job Overview

We’re hiring a Head for the EA Infrastructure Fund (EAIF). This is an opportunity to shape millions of dollars in grantmaking toward the organizations, research, and community-building efforts that strengthen effective altruism's foundations, while also overseeing an updated version of CEA's Community Building Grants (CBG) program. Few roles offer this much leverage over the trajectory of EA. Your work and decisions will directly shape what exists in the ecosystem and what doesn't, from the organizations that get built to the research that gets funded.

🏢 About Centre for Effective Altruism

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 who are motivated by EA principles to take significant action to address pressing problems, 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 (e.g., events, courses, groups) grew by 20-25% year over year. We merged with EA Funds and are rapidly scaling up our capacity for grantmaking and associated fundraising.

In 2026, we’re maintaining ambitious momentum while building the foundations for a step-change in the wider EA ecosystem’s growth trajectory from 2027 onwards.

🎯 The Role

You will be responsible for high-quality grantmaking, strategic leadership of the fund, and fundraising. You will make grants yourself – including actively sourcing high-impact opportunities – while working to grow the fund's capacity over time.

With EAIF's integration into CEA and this new leadership hire, we're looking to bring fresh strategic energy to the fund. As the fund’s leader, you'll have significant latitude to define what EAIF should focus on and how it can add the most value. The right candidate will be guided by EA principles, think rigorously about where EAIF's marginal dollar does the most good, and be willing to update that thinking over time.

We are genuinely open to your perspective on questions like:

• How should EAIF position itself relative to other funders supporting the EA ecosystem?
• What types of grants and grantees should EAIF prioritize to best support the community's potential to do good?
• How do we make EAIF a compelling product for donors, whether they're already excited about supporting EA infrastructure or just starting to see its value?

Community Building Grants
In addition to leading EAIF, you will also lead an updated version of CEA's Community Building Grants (CBG) program, primarily focused on its grantmaking role. This program will continue to provide funding to professionalized local and national EA communities around the world. It is a distinct program with its own funding sources and grantmaking process, but its mission is closely aligned with EAIF's scope. We see the combination of these responsibilities as a natural fit and an opportunity to take a more integrated view of how funding supports the EA community ecosystem.

Contributing to EA Funds' broader strategy
As a senior member of the EA Funds team, you'll also contribute to the overall strategic

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Make high-quality grantmaking decisions, including actively sourcing high-impact opportunities.
• Define the strategic direction of the EA Infrastructure Fund.
• Grow the fund's donor base and build EAIF into a compelling vehicle for impact.
• Lead an updated version of CEA's Community Building Grants (CBG) program.
• Contribute to the overall strategic direction of EA Funds.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Visa sponsorship is not provided for this role.