This is the 8th post in the Working At EA Organizations series which I started in autumn 2015. The posts so far:

Why work at an EA organization?

The following are my notes from an interview with ACE’s executive director Jon Bockman, which he reviewed before publishing.

Mission and current projects

ACE is looking for and promoting the most effective ways to help animals. They do this by doing research into charities and interventions as well as giving advocacy advice to animal rights organizations.

ACE’s updates goals for 2016 can be found here along with a detailed Gantt chart. Next to the main activities, more staff time will go into making case studies of social justice movements (more info in the 2016 research plan). In November, ACE is going to organize an academic conference to bring advocates and researchers together and encourage research that is useful for animal advocacy (while also helping researchers further their personal goals). In addition, they plan to do more promotion, by speaking at four conferences and building media contacts.

The team currently consists of 8 paid staff of or 5.625 full-time equivalents, all working from home.

In 2015, ACE moved $826,000 to effective animal charities, almost six times the amount of 2014, with operating expenses of only $141,106. They also updated their top charities and standout charities and doubled the size of the team. More info can be found in the yearly review.

Current talent needs

ACE is looking to hire a research associate. You can find a detailed job description here. In addition, ACE is considering to hire another person for operations and a person for development. These are still very hypothetical and depend on the future funding situation among other things. Read this recent post to learn more about ACE’s room for more funding and how they would use additional donations.

Generally, ACE is looking for people who think critically about effective animal advocacy, and have relevant experience. Since the work is remote, it is also important that you can demonstrate your ability to work independently. Often, people demonstrate these abilities through internships.

How can you get involved on a lower commitment basis?

Internships

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Working at EA Organizations