Research Analysts will receive intensive training and mentorship, and over time will become
highly experienced with our approach to reasoning transparency, cost-effectiveness analysis,
critical evidence assessment, grant investigation, and balancing thoroughness with efficiency.”
Could you please elaborate a bit more on the training and mentorship part? E.g.: How much time is reserved for training? Who would be the mentors? What would the relation with the mentor(s) be like?
In general, people who have been in the Research Analyst role for a while will be the managers and primary mentors of new Research Analysts. There will be regular (~weekly) scheduled checkins as well as informal interaction as needed (e.g., over Slack).
There’s no hard line between training and “just doing the work”—every assignment should have some direct value and some training value. We expect to lean pretty hard toward the training end of the spectrum for people’s first few months, then gradually move along the spectrum to where assignments are more optimized for direct value.
Hi Holden,
the job description for Research Analysts says:
Could you please elaborate a bit more on the training and mentorship part? E.g.: How much time is reserved for training? Who would be the mentors? What would the relation with the mentor(s) be like?
Thanks for offering this Q&A!
I answered a similar question here: http://effective-altruism.com/ea/1mf/hi_im_holden_karnofsky_ama_about_jobs_at_open/dpl
In general, people who have been in the Research Analyst role for a while will be the managers and primary mentors of new Research Analysts. There will be regular (~weekly) scheduled checkins as well as informal interaction as needed (e.g., over Slack).
There’s no hard line between training and “just doing the work”—every assignment should have some direct value and some training value. We expect to lean pretty hard toward the training end of the spectrum for people’s first few months, then gradually move along the spectrum to where assignments are more optimized for direct value.