About Omidyar Network:

Omidyar Network (ON) is a social impact organization that uses grantmaking, investments, advocacy, and a range of other tools to improve societal health and well-being. Established in 2004 by Pam and Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, the organization has committed more than $1 billion to innovative for-profit companies and non-profit organizations. To learn more, visit www.omidyar.com, and follow on Twitter @omidyarnetwork.

About the team:

The original promise of technology was that it would change our lives for the better. It’s increasingly clear that technology changes faster than the norms that govern it. The Beneficial Technology team draws upon Omidyar Network’s long-standing beliefs to build opportunities, empower people and promote social good. The team works across multiple initiatives to influence the change we seek. We partner with technologists to invest and co-create solutions to better anticipate, prevent and correct issues arising from the products we use. To learn more about our work please visit: https://www.omidyar.com/beneficial-tech

About the position:

Reporting into the leadership team in Redwood City, CA, the Analyst will act as a chief of staff within our Beneficial Tech team and work across a diverse set of responsibilities including strategy, research, operations, learning and more. This role will be based in Redwood City, CA.

How you’ll contribute to our success:

Execution: Act as the glue that keeps our teams in Silicon Valley, Washington DC, Nairobi, Mumbai and Bangalore, on track. You will help us execute on our mission across a range of tasks, from organizing regular offsites to developing materials to communicate our strategy and progress internally and externally.
Learning: Work with the team to implement learning processes and experiments linked to our strategy, ensuring we measure and reflect on our progress and constantly course-correct. You’ll facilitate learning by tracking relevant news and conversations, shaping hypotheses to guide our work, and writing compelling memos based on rapid research and strong analytics
Insights: alongside the team’s leadership and staff, you’ll explore new areas of interest through research, data analysis and future sensing to help us decide where to spend our time and resources. You’ll leverage the diversity of your education and life experiences to bring highly relevant perspectives to our work.
Relationships: core to our work is building our network with diverse and sometimes high profile external stakeholders. You’ll help us build systems and suggest efforts to make sure we’re building and maintaining the right relationships.

What you’ll bring to the team:

At least two years of relevant work experience
Preference for candidates with experience in a range of the following areas: technology, policy, entrepreneurship, consulting, journalism/media, research

Qualifications:

Education and expertise relevant to the role
Passionate about the mission of the team
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Strong analytic skills
Sense of humor and care about team culture and harmony
High sense of personal responsibility and integrity
BA/BS

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Please include a resume and, in lieu of a cover letter, your response to the following prompt (no more than 500 words):

What do you see as being the most pressing issues in the role technology plays in society today? What solutions do you think are most promising and why?

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