Senior Director of Research at International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization.

 

Senior Director of Research

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationPhD/Fellowship
  • Experience10 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldProject Management  , Research 
  • The Senior Director of Research will lead the organizational vision for conducting research to improve impact and scale across IRC programs and influence the humanitarian sector to uptake research results and findings. They will continue to build organizational capacity and systems for research, drive ambitious research agendas across IRC technical sectors, and lead research teams and projects to answer the most pressing questions to improve humanitarian impact and scale.

Major Responsibilities
Oversee research agendas and manage teams to deliver high quality research.

  • Refine and oversee technical research agendas with IRC technical units driving towards improving IRC impact, equity, influence and scale across outcomes.
  • Lead high performing research teams to develop research projects and deliver on ambitious workplans to carry out research agendas.
  • Oversee workforce planning to deliver the research agendas and proactively identify and fill staffing gaps where needed.
  • Cultivate and support passionate team members, creating a space of belonging, professional development, and research excellence across a geographically dispersed team.
  • Oversee community of practice for research across IRC countries

Build and support data science team. Strengthen organizational systems to carry out high quality, ethical analysis.

  • Support country and regional program teams to streamline and carry out high quality data collection for research priorities.
  • Strengthen and continuously improve our research systems, including standards and support for high quality data collection, cleaning, coding, analysis, writing and dissemination, including to participants and communities involved in research.
  • Strengthen systems for data storage, cleaning, sharing and analysis, as well as for version control and reproducibility.
  • Serve as IRC’s Institutional Review Board Chair. Support teams to maintain high ethical standards in research.

Develop strong partnerships and represent research internally and externally.

  • Develop and maintain effective partnerships for research priorities at country, regional and global level that will amplify IRC’s ability to generate evidence and influence targeted policy and practice.
  • Present, publish and represent IRC research and innovation at events and meetings to influence key stakeholders.
  • Cultivate strong relationships across departments within IRC. Represent the Airbel Impact Lab with senior leaders across the organization.
  • Collaborate with Technical Units, Communications and Advocacy on strong research communications to key audiences.

Fundraise and ensure strong financial management of research team

  • Raise funds needed to support IRC’s research agenda and research systems
  • Oversee budgets and the financial health of research teams, initiatives and projects. Identify and communicate gaps or concerns in a timely manner, and proactively seek out viable solutions.

Job Requirements
Education: Ph.D. in field related to development and humanitarian intervention (e.g., economics, epidemiology, political science)
Work Experience: 10+ years in research, with significant experience in humanitarian or development contexts
Demonstrated Skills And Competencies

  • Extensive experience in designing research and managing research teams in low resource environments.
  • Fluency in translating the use of empirical evidence to support technical and implementing teams to know what works best to achieve meaningful results for people.
  • Demonstrated success in business development for research projects with public and private donors.
  • Experience developing and driving research strategy and learning agendas across a large, complex international organization.
  • Strong record of publication and authorship/co-authorship of peer-reviewed articles.
  • An existing and strong professional network in humanitarian and development research communities.
  • Very strong leadership and management competencies including the ability to bring people from divers backgrounds along with a stated vision and strategy, and capacity to communicate effectively with IRC leadership, technical peers, and colleagues in fundraising, communications and advocacy.
  • Excellent public speaking and writing skills.

Language Skills: Fluency in English is required; Proficiency in French, Arabic or Spanish is a plus.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to International Rescue Committee on rescue.csod.com to apply

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Project Director at LVCT Health

LVCT Health is an indigenous Kenyan non-governmental and not-for-profit organization established in 2001. We are driving Kenya towards HIV prevention, with an ultimate goal of reducing HIV infections to zero. We offer integrated HIV services through development of models that are scaled up to the national models. We also carry out sexual and reproductive ...   Project Director Job Type Full Time Qualification MBA/MSc/MA Experience 7 - 10 years Location Kiambu Job Field Medical / Healthcare  Job purpose The Project Director will be responsible for providing overall strategic and technical oversight to the Dhibiti Project in Central region. This includes responsibility for the technical, monitoring and evaluation and financial and operations components of the project. S/he will work closely with the Program Director and other directors/managers to ensure adherence to technical and contractual requirements of the grant, achievement of targets and project alignment to institutional vision
Read more

Information Communication Technology - 12 Posts at Judiciary of Kenya

The Judiciary is one of the three State organs established under Chapter 10, Article 159 of the Constitution of Kenya. It establishes the Judiciary as an independent custodian of justice in Kenya. Its primary role is to exercise judicial authority given to it, by the people of Kenya. The institution is mandated to deliver justice in line with the Constitut...   Information Communication Technology - 12 Posts Job Type Contract Qualification Diploma Experience Location Nairobi Job Field ICT / Computer  , Internships / Volunteering  Job Description For appointment to an internship position in ICT, a candidate must:  Have a Diploma in any of the following fields: Computer Science, Information Technology, Information and Communication Technology or its equivalent from a recognized institution. Have graduated not earlier than the  year 2022;  Method of Application Interested and qualified? Go to Judiciary of Kenya on jobs.court.go.ke to apply
Read more

School Office Administrative Officer (a female preferred) at Tamkeen Integrated Schools

School Office Administrative Officer (a female preferred) Job Type Full Time Qualification BA/BSc/HND , Diploma Experience 3 - 5 years Location Nairobi Job Field Administration / Secretarial  Tamkeen Integrated Schools (TIS), is a private school in Kileleshwa providing the revered Cambridge System from Kindergarten to A-levels with a strong emphasis on STEM, Islamic Education, and Coding Programs. Our holistic approach integrates spiritual enrichment, recreation, and specialized teaching in Islamic Values, Arabic, and Quran memorization, fostering student ownership of learning in a modern Islamic education system. Tamkeen Integrated Schools is actively seeking a highly skilled Administrative Officer to join our team. The ideal candidate will bring a wealth of experience in school office administration, with a specific focus on the Cambridge system and academic matters. Exceptional organizational skills and a strong commitment to customer service and problem solving are essential. Key R
Read more