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Contract Full Time Permanent |
Nigeria |
Posted 1 year ago |
Job Title: Research – Project Manager
Location: Nigeria
Contract type: Permanent, Full time
About the Team
- The Research and Learning team supports WaterAid staff to use systematic approaches to research, learning, capacity development and knowledge management.
- The team plays a crucial role in driving forward WaterAid’s research and learning agenda, which includes ensuring effective uptake of research and evidence across the organisation.
About the Role
- In this role as Research – Project Manager you will be play a crucial role in coordinating and managing select research activities. You will also play a critical role in advancing our Research and Evidence agenda to align to our new Global Strategy as well as providing a dedicated research project management function to specific research projects.
You’ll also:
- Research project management, delivering on key tasks as well as co-ordinating the activity of others including of those with senior roles on selected contracted commitments.
- Lead on oversight, tracking and surfacing key evidence and learnings from WaterAid’s programmes, integrating, and leveraging existing structures and processes.
- Provide research quality assurance, research design inputs and advisory to WaterAid departments and Country Programs
- Produce strategically relevant research-based policy outputs, dissemination and engagement activities in liaison with other WaterAid departments and Country Programs
- Work with the Learning and Knowledge Advisor to deliver support to Country Programmes, regions and global teams on various initiatives to strengthen organisational learning and knowledge management practices
About You
- Minimum of a Master’s degree in Social Science or a relevant field, with strong research component or equivalent experience
- 8 years of experience in water, sanitation, hygiene, public health or equivalent sector,
- Experience of applied research, or equivalent demonstrable project management experience of policy-oriented or action research setting
- Experience in project management, coordination and delivery.
- Experience of cross-sector strategic engagement and communications, and knowledge sharing experience.
- Excellent organisational skills and an ability to prioritise workloads whilst maintaining high attention to detail and work standards
- Proven experience writing and presenting research outputs to different audiences
- Excellent communication skills and relationship management, with proven ability to build effective working relations with project partners.
- Ability to travel up to 10%
- Cultural competence. Working style that reflects WaterAid’s values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity, and Innovation.
Salary
Grade F – Starting at NGN11,510,146
Our Benefits
- WaterAid benefits vary depending on the country of the successful candidate.
- For UK-based posts, this includes:
- 36 days’ holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
- Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
- We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangement
- Season Ticket Loan
- Free annual eye tests
- Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
- Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
- Sabbaticals
- Volunteer Day
Apply Now
Deadline: April 30, 2023
Job Features
Job Category | project manager |