25 December 2015

2 Thematic Research Head Employment Opportunities - BRAC International









Organisation: BRAC International


Duty

Station:
Kampala, Uganda


BRAC International is one of the world’s largest

Non-Governmental Development Organizations, working in a number of countries in

Africa and Asia on poverty alleviation Programs, is registered in Uganda as BRAC

Uganda. The organization implements integrated development approach combining

Education, Health, Agriculture, Livestock, Adolescent Empowerment and

Microfinance.


Key

Duties and Responsibilities: 


·        
The

incumbent will initiate new projects in consultation with respective programme

and research teams, mobilize resources and build relationships with external

research partners.


·        
Ensure

project adherence in the field to general research design, sample selection,

data management and analysis, and overall project management


·        
The

job holder will oversee project financial management


·        
Work

collaboratively with relevant departments to ensure sound human resource

development and operational management of projects.


·        
Directly

supervise and mentoring project researchers (Research Associates, Research

Assistants, Field Supervisors), and help with continuation and on-boarding of

new research staff.


·        
Actively

promote inter-project best practices and take a lead in sharing best practices

with projects through periodical meetings and training opportunities.


·        
Attend

meetings with development organizations, universities, and government

officials.


·        
Support

the dissemination of results via presentations and reports to academic and non-

academic audiences.


·        
Maintain

effective communication between BRAC International, Country Representative and

Program Managers for all developments on the research projects.


Qualifications,

Skills and Experience: 


·        
The

ideal candidate should preferably hold a postgraduate degree, preferably PhD In

economics, agricultural economics, development economics, sociology,

anthropology, public health, rural development, or any other related field.


·        
Excellent

demonstrated ability to coordinate with other important organization


·        
Excellent

and analytical and demonstrated ability to write reports and publish findings

in peer-reviewed journals.


·        
Demonstrated

ability to combine quantitative and qualitative research methods.


·        
Previous

exposure and experience with data management statistics, and advanced knowledge

of Stata, Nvivo, Atlas ti or any other data analysis packages.


·        
Strong

qualitative and quantitative skills.


·        
Demonstrate

ability to supervise and qualitative and quantitative skills.


·        
Ability

to identify relevant partners, maintain existing relations, and build new linkages

and effectively facilitate stakeholder processes on poverty issues.


All suitably qualified and interested

candidates should send their application letters, Curriculum Vitae not scanned

(including bio-data such as: Date of birth, Education qualification, language

proficiency, work experience and at least three professional referees in Ms.

Office Word Document) and all Scanned copies of academic /other supporting

documents. They should all be merged into one PDF file. In total, there must

only be two attachments sent to hrd.uganda@brac.net.


Deadline:

31st December 2015













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