Application Details
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Application Deadline: October 19th, 11:59 pm London UK time. Applications will be processed on a rolling basis, so early applications are encouraged.
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Expected hours: Full-time
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Location: London (strongly preferred, visa sponsorship and moving costs support available) or Remote
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We are looking to hire a Manager, but we would be open to discussing an accelerated pathway into a Director of Recruitment position with an exceptional candidate. You will be able to indicate this in your application.​​​
ABOUT AIM
Ambitious Impact (AIM), formerly Charity Entrepreneurship (CE), is an organization running training and incubation programs for high-impact career paths. Since 2018, our main Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program has helped 72 talented individuals from all over the world launch 5-10 high-impact nonprofits every year. These charities work on a diverse range of issues, from childhood lead poisoning to farmed fish welfare, and are currently improving the lives of more than 75 million people worldwide and over 1 billion animals.
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For our Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program, in 2026, we are looking to scale from 12 launches per year to 20+. We are now looking for a Recruitment Manager (or Director) to enable us to find and select the most talented people for this program, helping outstanding individuals put their skills to better use for the world.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
How This Role Is Causing Impact
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In the past five years of running our Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program, we have found that the best predictor of which incubated charities will end up causing the highest impact is the quality of the co-founding team. As we scale up, one of our biggest bottlenecks is identifying highly talented, value-aligned people out of the thousands of candidates from all over the world who apply to our programs. The difference in outcomes between a bad and a good hire can be huge, but this variation is even more extreme when it comes to co-founders. The set the pace, tone, culture, and calibre of the entire organisation. We estimate the impact of each average alumna/alumnus of our Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program to be equivalent to donating $200,000-350,000 USD / year to effective charities. Finding 20-30 of these gems each year is difficult but is incredibly impactful. As such, the Recruitment Manager/Director is one of the most important roles we are hiring for.
Furthermore, as we scale from 12 to 20+launched in 2026, the need to identify outstanding candidates is bigger than ever. The Recruitment Manager/Director will work closely with our outreach and programs teams, as well as senior management at AIM. They will develop models and a deep sense of what it takes to excel in these career paths, and then figure out the processes which may be able to select the right talent for them. Top talent identified by us has historically gone on not only to found GiveWell-supported charities, but also work at grantmaking foundations, as charity staff in LMIC, and at leading organizations in the impactful nonprofit space. Our process is also often picked up and adopted by other charities and foundations, so improving our application processes has broader impacts on the high-impact ecosystem as a whole.
Role Responsibilities
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We receive thousands of applications each year, and candidates vary significantly in terms of background, talent, experience, skills, and interests. We need to narrow down this pool to the top few (less than 1%) for each program, taking into account a significant number of both hard and soft factors. Our Recruitment Manager/Director would become an expert in this field over time, refining our unconventional but predictive processes to find the best people for our programs.
MORE ABOUT AIM
Our Track Record
Since 2018, we have:
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incubated over 50 field-leading, benchmark-setting charities across different cause areas, collectively reaching over 75 million people, over 1 billion animals, and raising $68+ million. They are supported by actors like GiveWell, Founders Pledge, Mulago, Open Philanthropy, Animal Charity Evaluators.
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We trained 30+ foundations and grantmakers who annually give $100+ million to do so more effectively through our Grantmaking Program.
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We moved ~$10 million through our funding circles.
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Most recently, we launched over a dozen for-profit companies aiming to donate 50% of their exits to effective charities.
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Our Culture​
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AIM is a highly dedicated but informal and flexible working environment. We believe that friendliness and teamwork, a focus on impact and evidence, critical thinking, and warm connections are key workplace values. Our team of ~20 are close-knit and we have built an active and connected community of charity entrepreneurs and impactful professionals around this. Our office in central London is a lively and vibrant hub where recent developments from our charities are as likely to be discussed over lunch as what the 80/20 of dental hygiene looks like, or what the effects of different sleep habits on productivity are. We are united by our relentless pursuit of counterfactual impact and a perhaps slightly excessive love of spreadsheets.
Learn more about what it is like to work at AIM in this video.
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Commitment to diversity and equal employment opportunities
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​We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. We especially encourage applications from women and people of color as well as neurodivergent humans who are excited about contributing to our mission. AIM is an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, or have any other related questions about applying, please contact candidates@charityentrepreneurship.com
A final word
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If you are excited about working with AIM but are uncertain whether you are qualified enough for this role, please do apply nonetheless. We care deeply about mindset and value-alignment with our approach and are skilled at finding people with high potential whose growth we are happy to facilitate. Don’t hesitate to make the content of your CV for AIM a little unconventional (e.g. by mentioning personal projects, courses, or experiences that are not strictly professional) if that better demonstrates that you can have the mindset, values, and approach that we need to improve the world.
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