The Nonlinear Library EA - Join GWWC's governance or advisory boards by Luke Freeman
Nov 28, 2023
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Giving What We Can (GWWC) is seeking dedicated individuals to join our governance and advisory boards across our current projects as well as multiple newly formed or soon-to-be-formed entities in different countries.
* Apply now *
About the roles
Our governance and advisory boards will collectively shape GWWC's strategic direction, ensuring that our organisation is robust and that our activities are effectively bringing us closer to achieving our mission. Our goal is to build a diverse, mission-aligned, and strategic-thinking governance structure that can drive us forward.
Across the governance and advisory boards we aim to ensure robust coverage across several domains: strategic guidance, risk management, fundraising, legal compliance, financial stewardship, advocacy, organisational health, and grantmaking.
We are seeking individuals who can leverage their unique skills and experiences to contribute in a significant way to these collective responsibilities. These roles would be part of a global team, working remotely with a commitment of approximately five hours per month. Although this position is unpaid, your contributions will significantly shape our approach to philanthropy and our impact on the world's most pressing problems.
Governance boards
These boards bear the legal responsibilities under the laws applicable to GWWC in their respective geographies and will participate in oversight of the international collaboration. Their duties include areas such as strategic planning, local risk management, legal compliance, financial stewardship, and executive management. Some governance board members will sit on more than one board depending on the jurisdiction and the structure of the relationship between the entities.
Advisory boards
Operating across our various entities, the advisory boards provide insights, recommendations, and strategic advice to the governance boards and the GWWC team. For example, a Risk and Legal Advisory Board would work in tandem with relevant governance board members and staff members from each legal entity and incorporate volunteers with specific expertise in risk and legal matters.
Similarly, a Marketing and Growth Advisory Board would provide advice to the international collaboration and to specific geographies. Being a part of an advisory board also provides an opportunity for members to demonstrate their fit for potential future roles in the governance boards.
About Giving What We Can
GWWC is on a mission to create a world in which giving effectively and significantly is a cultural norm.
We believe that charitable donations can do an astonishing amount of good. However, because the effectiveness of different charities varies wildly, it is important that we donate to the most effective charities if we want to have a significant impact.
We are focused on increasing the number of donors who prioritise effectiveness, and helping them to maximise their charitable impact throughout their lives. We are best known for the Giving What We Can Pledge, where 8,598 people have pledged to give over 10% of their lifetime income to high-impact charities. To date, our pledgers - representing over 100 countries - have donated an estimated $333 million USD to high-impact charities, and have committed nearly $3 billion more via their lifetime pledges.
The GWWC team is hard-working and mission-focused, with a culture of open and honest feedback. We also like to think of ourselves as a particularly friendly and optimistic bunch.
In all our work, we strive to take a positive and collaborative attitude, be transparent in our communication and decision-making, and adopt a scout mindset to guide us towards doing the most good we can do, incl...
Giving What We Can (GWWC) is seeking dedicated individuals to join our governance and advisory boards across our current projects as well as multiple newly formed or soon-to-be-formed entities in different countries.
* Apply now *
About the roles
Our governance and advisory boards will collectively shape GWWC's strategic direction, ensuring that our organisation is robust and that our activities are effectively bringing us closer to achieving our mission. Our goal is to build a diverse, mission-aligned, and strategic-thinking governance structure that can drive us forward.
Across the governance and advisory boards we aim to ensure robust coverage across several domains: strategic guidance, risk management, fundraising, legal compliance, financial stewardship, advocacy, organisational health, and grantmaking.
We are seeking individuals who can leverage their unique skills and experiences to contribute in a significant way to these collective responsibilities. These roles would be part of a global team, working remotely with a commitment of approximately five hours per month. Although this position is unpaid, your contributions will significantly shape our approach to philanthropy and our impact on the world's most pressing problems.
Governance boards
These boards bear the legal responsibilities under the laws applicable to GWWC in their respective geographies and will participate in oversight of the international collaboration. Their duties include areas such as strategic planning, local risk management, legal compliance, financial stewardship, and executive management. Some governance board members will sit on more than one board depending on the jurisdiction and the structure of the relationship between the entities.
Advisory boards
Operating across our various entities, the advisory boards provide insights, recommendations, and strategic advice to the governance boards and the GWWC team. For example, a Risk and Legal Advisory Board would work in tandem with relevant governance board members and staff members from each legal entity and incorporate volunteers with specific expertise in risk and legal matters.
Similarly, a Marketing and Growth Advisory Board would provide advice to the international collaboration and to specific geographies. Being a part of an advisory board also provides an opportunity for members to demonstrate their fit for potential future roles in the governance boards.
About Giving What We Can
GWWC is on a mission to create a world in which giving effectively and significantly is a cultural norm.
We believe that charitable donations can do an astonishing amount of good. However, because the effectiveness of different charities varies wildly, it is important that we donate to the most effective charities if we want to have a significant impact.
We are focused on increasing the number of donors who prioritise effectiveness, and helping them to maximise their charitable impact throughout their lives. We are best known for the Giving What We Can Pledge, where 8,598 people have pledged to give over 10% of their lifetime income to high-impact charities. To date, our pledgers - representing over 100 countries - have donated an estimated $333 million USD to high-impact charities, and have committed nearly $3 billion more via their lifetime pledges.
The GWWC team is hard-working and mission-focused, with a culture of open and honest feedback. We also like to think of ourselves as a particularly friendly and optimistic bunch.
In all our work, we strive to take a positive and collaborative attitude, be transparent in our communication and decision-making, and adopt a scout mindset to guide us towards doing the most good we can do, incl...