Principal Researcher or Senior Researcher

‍Responsibilities and Duties:  

1. Research & Intellectual Leadership:  

● Develops internal Knowledge Products on gender and social inclusion, and learning for publication in Includovate’s marketing channels.  

● Presents research findings verbally or in writing and in an audience-conscious and engaging way.  

● Participates in Includovate’s Institutional Review Board to review the methods proposed for research to ensure their ethicality.

● Provides constructive feedback, delivers internal training and workshops, and writes joint publications to support and build the capacity of other researchers.

● Includovate wants to be a learning organisation. In addition to delivering client work, we would like you to run regular internal learning events to help us reflect and learn about new topics, our strengths and weaknesses, comparative advantage, etc.

2. Project Management & Coordination:

 ● Assists project managers in planning and delivering multiple projects to various clients on time, on quality and on budget.

● Provides project leadership to balance client needs with team welfare effectively.  

● Identifies at-risk projects and/or deliverables and troubleshoots corrective courses of action.  

● Negotiates potential and actual changes in project scope with relevant clients to ensure effective project delivery and profitability.

● Supervise and organise the work of research or project teams to ensure clear roles, effective working methods, performance standards, and research quality.  

● Oversee the creation and management of budgets by project managers.  

3. Business Development and fundraising:  

● Leverages experience and professional network to identify new commercial opportunities.

● Builds relationships with clients and potential clients

● Writes methodologies for proposals (RFPs) and reviews final proposals created by the business development team

● Attends client interviews and prepares teams for client interviews