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Head of outreach and communications

Since launching our fellowship in December 2022, we've received over 35,000 applications, making it one of the most selective programs for teenagers globally. With the addition of Stefan Torges (former co-lead of CLR) to run the fellowship, our team of three is ready to scale rapidly. We're hiring a Head of Outreach and Communications to join our executive team, significantly increase our reach, and enable thousands of young people to start tackling the world's most pressing problems.

Overview

  • Location: London (preferred)/Remote
  • Application Deadline: Apply by Sunday November 10th, 2024
  • Start Date: January 2025 (flexible)‍
  • ‍Reporting to: Peter McIntyre (CEO)
  • ‍Hours: 40/week (flexible)
  • ‍Visas: We can sponsor visas for those eligible‍
  • Compensation: £75,000 - £100,000
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About Non-Trivial

Our mission is to build a global community of young people solving the world's most pressing problems.

Non-Trivial helps bright young people tackle pressing global challenges. Since our first fellowship 2 years ago, we’ve received over 40,000 applications and our alums have already gone on to co-author reports for the UN and publish at NeurIPS. High scoring applicants (top ~0.05%ile in the population) grew by 3.5x since last year.

Read more in our abridged review of 2024 and 2025 plans.

About you

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Responsibilities

As Head of Outreach and Communications, you will be responsible for dramatically increasing the number of exceptional teenagers we support. Your work will reach and inspire thousands of the world’s most talented high schoolers.

You will own all aspects of our outreach strategy and its execution, expanding on our existing success and testing new approaches. Working closely with and reporting directly to the CEO, Peter McIntyre, you’ll be a senior member of our executive team helping steer the direction of our organization.

You might do things like:

  • Develop partnerships with elite competitions & youth orgs to identify top performers.
  • Oversee a £100k+ partnership grantmaking budget.
  • Experiment with novel outreach approaches, like collaborating with popular YouTubers.
  • Oversee a contract designer, software developer and marketing agency to expand our reach.
  • Develop resources and programs to upskill promising candidates for the fellowship.
  • Establish KPIs to rigorously evaluate outreach efficacy.
  • Lead the development and maintenance of the organization's brand.
  • Recruit, develop, and manage a team working towards growing the reach and impact of our programs.

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What we look for

You might be a particularly good fit for this role if you:

  • Share our passion for empowering people who want to solve the world’s most pressing problems.
  • Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. You convey complex ideas clearly and transparently. You may have significant writing experience (e.g., blogging or publishing articles).
  • Enjoy solving difficult problems. You carefully use reason and research the best available evidence to answer mission-critical questions.
  • Can build and nurture meaningful professional relationships with a wide range of people.
  • Are detail-oriented, organized, and conscientious. You can manage the many demands on your time by prioritizing effectively.

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It’s a bonus but not required to have:

  • Experience in marketing, communication, business development, or public relations.
  • Experience in one of our focus areas (AI safety, biosecurity etc.).
  • Experience in research, policy, community building, or (non-profit) entrepreneurship.

‍We know the perfect candidate may not tick every box. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all criteria, especially if you come from an underrepresented background.

Program Associate (Fellowship)

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Responsibilities

As our first Program Associate, you'll have the opportunity to help build and shape our flagship fellowship program from the ground up in a fast-paced environment. You'll work closely with our CEO to empower some of the world's most promising young people working on humanity's biggest challenges. This role offers exceptional learning and professional development with the ability to rapidly gain skills, assume responsibility, and have an outsized impact developing the next generation of leaders.

You might do things like:

  • Play a key role in designing and facilitating educational experiences to equip fellows with critical skills to help them solve pressing problems.
  • Hire and coordinate facilitators to help deliver an engaging program.
  • Advise and mentor fellows, increasing their potential for impact.
  • Work with our developer to build systems to offer our product to more people and streamline operations.
  • Ensure the smooth running of the fellowship program
  • Manage our communications (e.g. our newsletter of >110,000 subscribers) and lead initiatives to help us reach more of the world’s most talented and dedicated teenagers.
  • Run events to help fellows start more impactful projects, learn key concepts, and form useful connections.
  • Conduct research and gather data to inform program improvements.

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About You

You might be a particularly good fit for this role if you:

  • Are enthusiastic about empowering talented young people and reducing existential risks.
  • Enjoy talking to people and mentoring promising students.
  • Can grasp complex issues and think critically to solve problems.
  • Communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
  • Excel at organization, attention to detail, and managing multiple demands.
  • Are service-minded and are motivated by the idea of doing whatever will have the most impact, even when it’s not glamorous.

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As Program Associate, you'll gain broad experience and rapidly take on leadership in our mission to nurture talented, dedicated young people tackling humanity's most pressing issues. If you’re interested in this work, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t feel like you meet each requirement.

Application process

  1. Submit your application form by November 10th with your resume/CV and relevant writing sample(s). We’ll be conducting rolling interviews and may not wait until the deadline to make an offer, so apply earlier to be considered sooner.
  2. If selected, you will be invited for 1-2 interviews where we can both assess fit for the role.
  3. Next, you will complete a 2-3 hour work sample relevant to the role.
  4. Finally, promising candidates will be invited for a multi-day work trial with our team (in-person in our London office strongly preferred).

We are committed to protecting your data. See our privacy policy for more information.

CEO job description

As CEO, you'll lead Non-Trivial in dramatically expanding our impact. Your work will reach and inspire thousands of the world’s most talented high schoolers.

You will own all aspects of our outreach strategy and its execution, expanding on our existing success and testing new approaches.

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Why we’re hiring

After successfully establishing Non-Trivial and securing its foundations, our founding CEO Peter McIntyre is transitioning to AI safety work while remaining involved as a board member.

Our previous key funder, Good Ventures, will no longer be funding high school programs. A new major potential funder, Carina, has committed to funding the majority of our budget until the end of 2027 conditional on confidence in the new CEO.

(Good Ventures’ exit does not reflect Open Philanthropy’s assessment of Non-Trivial’s impact. Our lead grantmaker at OP notes: "I think Non-Trivial is filling what is currently a pretty neglected niche identifying and supporting talented high-school students; our estimates suggest they meet OP's cost-effectiveness bar for this kind of outreach work. I would like to see them get funded.")

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Responsibilities

You'll be responsible for setting Non-Trivial's strategic direction and building the systems and culture needed to achieve our mission at scale.

You might do things like:

  • Design and execute our strategy to 3x our impact over the next two years.
  • Lead our programs from admissions through to impact, including selecting from thousands of applicants and developing the curriculum for hundreds of participants each year.
  • Define and track key metrics for organizational success and impact evaluation.
  • Lead fundraising conversations with major donors and foundations.
  • Maintain and build partnerships with top international competitions (e.g. IOI or EGMO).
  • Recruit and develop an exceptional team of facilitators, mentors, and core staff.
  • Shape our programs to maximize both reach and impact.
  • Lead external communications including our newsletter of ~100k students.
  • Build the operational foundation for growth by managing our £600k budget, maintaining compliance with UK charity and safeguarding requirements, and optimizing our core processes.

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About you

You might be a particularly good fit for this role if you:

  • Share our passion for empowering people who want to solve the world’s most pressing problems.
  • Have experience building and growing communities of high-performing people.
  • Demonstrate exceptional analytical rigor and strategic judgment, especially under uncertainty.
  • Are relentlessly resourceful and enjoy managing ambitious projects with multiple moving parts, competing priorities, and tight deadlines.
  • Emjoy teaching the concepts explored in our programs (e.g. opportunity cost, counterfactual reasoning, Fermi estimates).
  • Work autonomously while maintaining high standards of integrity and ethics.
  • Actively seek feedback and demonstrate continuous learning and growth.
  • Excel at clear communication and relationship building. You convey complex ideas clearly and transparently.
  • Are detail-oriented and skilled at building scalable systems.

It’s a bonus but not required to have:

  • Leadership experience, ideally managing teams and budgets >$250k.
  • Experience in research, policy, or (non-profit) entrepreneurship.

We know the perfect candidate may not tick every box. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all criteria, especially if you come from an underrepresented background.

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Application process

  • We’ll be conducting rolling interviews, so apply earlier to be considered sooner.
  • If selected, you will be invited for 1-2 interviews with the team and board where we can both assess mutual fit.
  • Next, you will complete a 4 hour work sample relevant to the role.
  • Finally, promising candidates will be invited for a multi-day work trial with our team (in-person in our London office strongly preferred).

We are committed to protecting your data. See our privacy policy for more information.

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Benefits

Our benefits include:

  • Compensation: £75,000 - £95,000
  • 25 days of paid holiday plus bank holidays
  • Standard UK pension, with 3% contribution from employer
  • £5,000 mental health support allowance
  • £3,000 annual technology budget
  • Flexible work hours & part-time options available
  • A supportive work environment to grow and do your best work
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Logistics

  • We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Many of our strongest candidates won’t meet every requirement. People from underrepresented backgrounds may be particularly likely to rule out positions that they could be a good match for. So we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and submit an application if you’re interested in our work.
  • Location: Non-Trivial's core team is based in London but we are open to a remote position for the right candidate. Some travel to our London office several times per year is expected.
  • UK visa support: We welcome international applicants and can provide visa sponsorship for eligible candidates. Effective Ventures (Non-Trivial’s fiscal sponsor) has successfully sponsored multiple visa applications. We can’t guarantee that your application will be successful, but if you’re offered a role we’ll do our best to get you into the UK.

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Benefits

Our benefits include:

  • Compensation: £75,000 - £100,000
  • 25 days of paid holiday, plus bank holidays
  • Standard UK pension, with 3% contribution from employer
  • £5,000 mental health support allowance
  • £3,000 annual technology budget
  • Private medical insurance
  • Flexible work hours
  • A supportive work environment to grow and do your best work
Apply now
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