Work with us

80,000 Hours helps people use their careers to tackle the world’s most pressing problems. We’re currently focused on making the transition to advanced AI go well.

We do this through in-depth research, our podcast and job board, and free one-on-one career advising. Over 10 million people have read our work, and more than 3,000 have told us they significantly changed their career plans as a result.

We’re actively growing and currently hiring across advising, web, video and ops. If you don’t see a role for you, come back to check – there will be more roles soon.


Open positions

Advisor Career services
Business Operations Associate / Specialist Operations
People Operations Associate / Specialist Operations
Recruiting Associate / Specialist Operations
Operational Partner to Aric Floyd

Video
Senior Video Operations Video
Executive Assistant to Aric Floyd Video · Contracting
Pair Writer / Writing Support to Aric Floyd Video · Contracting
Product and Growth Manager Web
Web Product Lead Web

Expressions of interest

We’re actively monitoring the below expressions of interests and we’ll be in touch if we think you’d be a great fit.

Chief of Staff Operations
Contract video editors for the podcast team Podcast
Contracting for video work Video

If nothing here fits, browse our job board for hundreds of vacancies at organisations working on top problems, or sign up for our newsletter, where we advertise any open positions at 80,000 Hours.

Factors like gender, race, and socioeconomic background can affect whether people apply when they meet most but not all of the listed criteria. We’d particularly like to encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.


Referrals

Know someone who’d be a great fit for one of our roles? If you refer them and we end up hiring them, we’ll send you a thank-you of up to £750 (or $1,000). See our referral guide for how it works.


Benefits

  • 25 days of paid holiday, plus public holidays
  • Private medical insurance
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Pension scheme / retirement plan with employer contributions
  • Up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave and childcare allowance for children under five
  • £5,000 annual mental health support allowance
  • £5,000 annual self-development budget
  • The option to use 10% of your time for self-development
  • Gym, shower facilities, and unlimited free food at our London office