Grant Operations Coordinator Application - Animal Charity Evaluators

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Are you available to work 12-16 hours per week, with regular working hours Monday through Thursday?(Required)

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Are you able to maintain routine availability between 8–10 am PT for team coordination and all-staff meetings?(Required)

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Tell us what you think ACE’s mission is, and how you are aligned with working toward achieving it.(Required)

At ACE, we prioritize doing the most good we can. Describe a time you chose not to pursue something (like a project, a request, or an idea you cared about) because something else would have more impact. How did you make that decision, and what were the tradeoffs?(Required)

Tell us about a belief you used to hold (for example about how to help animals, or about how to do your job well), that you changed because of evidence. What changed your mind, and what did you do differently afterward?(Required)

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Do you have any prior grantmaking experience? If yes, please describe. For both yes and no answers, tell us why this type of work appeals to you.(Required)

Tell us about your past experience with administrative work, without naming your previous employers or educational institutes. If you do not have direct past experience, please share any other relevant experience and why you think that experience would translate well to this role.(Required)

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From: Stien van der Ploeg

To: Kyrie Smith

Dear Kyrie,

Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) is pleased to offer you the position of Administrative Assistant beginning on April 31, 2027. You will be supported by Stien van der Ploeg, executive Director. You will be paid $29.83 USD per hour and will work 20 hours per week, equivalent to a weekly salary of $587.60.

Your first three months will be a trial period to enable both you and ACE to evaluate the employment relationship. You will be given an initial evaluation at the conclusion of the trial periods.

In an organization of our size, each new person has a substantial impact on our overall operations. We work hard to find the person who best matches our needs We believe that you are that person and we are looking forward to having you join us as our new Adminstrative Assistant.

Sincerely,

Stein van der Ploeg, Executive Director

Animal Charity Evaluators

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Demographic questions

Diversity, equity and inclusion are a crucial and permanent part of our strategy to help animals. To help us increase and maintain a diversity of perspectives of our staff at all levels in our organization, we invite you to fill out this voluntary survey so we can further our DEI efforts. Filling out this survey is optional and declining to answer these questions will not affect your application. If you do choose to answer, your responses will be fully anonymized: they will not be visible to the hiring committee, and will not be associated with your application, your name, or your email address. This data will only be used in aggregate to help us determine whether our hiring process was accessible to a sufficiently diverse pool of candidates, which we believe gives us the best chance of finding the most qualified candidate for the role.

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How can we improve this survey? What phrasing do you think currently works well? What other categories, especially those underrepresented in research and animal advocacy, should we ask about? Do you have suggested reading you'd like to share? How do you think the data that comes out of this survey can increase animal welfare?

2026 Grant Operations Coordinator

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