Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow - HPG

About us

ODI is an independent, global think tank, working for a sustainable and peaceful world in which every person thrives. We harness the power of evidence and ideas through research and partnership to confront challenges, develop solutions and create change. (odi.org)

The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) is one of the world’s leading teams of policy researchers and information professionals working on humanitarian issues. It combines high-quality policy analysis with a capacity to act as a neutral forum for dialogue and debate.

HPG is looking for researchers to lead and implement key projects within its research portfolio. This includes undertaking innovative policy-relevant research and analysis, informing discussion and debate at all levels through direct engagement with policy makers, practitioners and business leaders and engaging with public debates on critical humanitarian issues through publications, media engagements and public speaking. The selected individual(s) will also have the opportunity to develop their own research interests within the team’s broad areas of focus, particularly gender-responsive programming and forced displacement, including designing research projects, obtaining funding and managing resources for delivery.

Recent programme highlights include:

• Dignity in displacement: from rhetoric to reality (HPG publication series, November 2018)
• The Rohingya crisis: making the transition from emergency to longer-term development (HPG Policy Brief, March 2018)
• Constructive deconstruction: imagining alternative humanitarian action (HPG publication series, May 2018)
• New financing partnerships for humanitarian impact (HPG report, January 2019)

About you:

Knowledge and Qualifications

• a degree and post-graduate qualification in a relevant discipline;
• extensive and deep knowledge of key issues and organisations in humanitarian assistance and development, with a specific focus on gender responsive programming and/or forced displacement; and
• fluency in English, and preferably a good command of at least one other language.

Experience

• experience in policy-relevant research, demonstrated by an extensive track record of publications and reports; and
• extensive experience working on issues related to conflict-affected states;

Skills and Abilities

• strong analytical skills, a capacity to write clearly and analytically In English;
• demonstrated ability to interpret research findings for policy development and decision making;
• excellent oral communications skills; demonstrated ability to communicate complex concepts to a wide variety of audiences and stakeholders;
• demonstrated ability to manage projects and staff and ability to translate research ideas into fundable projects;
• skills in negotiation, listening, problem solving, decision making;
• a demonstrated ability to work as part of a team; and
• excellent organisational and time management skills, including managing a complex, varied and time-sensitive workload and competing deadlines

Closing date: 14th March 2019

Interview date: 25th March 2019

For more information, please download an application pack from here. If you are experiencing difficulties downloading, please telephone 020 7922 8234 or email humanresources@odi.org.uk.