Research Lead – Operational Learning and Accountability
DAI
- United Kingdom
- Contract
- Part-time
- Experience designing and managing research projects with teams of internal and external partners.
- Experience in designing and delivering qualitative evaluations including process learning.
- Experience of producing research and evidence products to exceptional standards of rigour, quality and impact including leading peer review processes.
- Ability to communicate complex information in creative, precise and engaging written and visual formats.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in one or more of the following programmatic fields: disaster risk financing, public financial management, social protection.
- A strong understanding of the key actors and policy environment of the international development architecture.
- Experience co-delivering research with partner organisations including universities, NGOs and research institutes in low- and middle-income countries.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. Other languages, particularly French given our expanding portfolio in Francophone countries, should be highlighted.
- Demonstrate willingness to learn key principles, features and functions of disaster risk financing to a level where you can critically engage and challenge.
- Show an understanding of and commitment to the Centre’s values and mission.
- An ability to take initiative and work proactively and effectively as part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary team in a hybrid working environment.
- Whilst a significant amount of travel is not anticipated, applicants should be willing, if required, to travel to Africa, Asia, and other international locations as needed including lower income and fragile, conflict-affected contexts.
- Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing learning, including technical and non-technical skills.