Senior Research Manager

4 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa HSRC Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
In delivering ‘social science that makes a difference’ the Research Divisions, Units, Institutes and Centres of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) undertake policy-oriented research from its offices in Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, and Pietermaritzburg. Our public purpose mandate is set out in the Human Sciences Research Council Act of 2008.

The Equitable Education and Economies (EEE) division undertakes research to transform educational outcomes and increase economic participation. It recognises that education and the economy have long been linked, and conducts research to understand educational performance and improve learning outcomes, and to interrogate social, spatial and structural obstacles to economic participation.

The EEE Research Division has a new project, _U’Good_, which aims to test and further develop relational approaches to wellbeing (RWB); and generate empirical insights into key contemporary challenges to young people’s wellbeing, and how they are addressing these. The programme is structured into four thematic areas to focus on the wellbeing of Young People with regards to: Livelihoods, Climate change, Digitalisation and Mental health.

The research programme will be implemented over five interrelated work packages: 1) the funding of research projects focusing on young people in the 12 focus countries, 2) capacity strengthening of young people and researchers, 3) the development of a community of practice, 4) monitoring, evaluation and strategic learning and 5) communication and dissemination. In line with the ethos of the programme it seeks to employ and approach to monitoring and evaluation that is novel, strategic, learning-oriented and appropriate to the challenges the research programme seeks to understand and have a positive impact on.

EEE is looking to appoint an experienced, Senior Research Manager with expertise in the area of Monitoring and Evaluation, for a period of 4 years to be based in either the HSRC’s Cape Town or Pretoria Office’s, commencing on 1 June 2024. The incumbent will thus be expected to drive and coordinate the monitoring and evaluation function and supporting activities across the work packages to enable strategic learning.

**Senior Research Manager (1 Position)**

**Four (4) year fixed term contract**

**Ref. No: M&ES 04/2024**

**Minimum Requirements**:

- A Master’s degree, preferably in the area of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) or Planning.
- A doctoral degree in the Social Sciences would be an advantage.
- A minimum of between 3-5 years M&E experience.
- Qualitative and quantitative data analysis expertise.
- Experience in managing monitoring and evaluation projects.
- Track record of peer reviewed, accredited publications (at least 3, with some first authored and some international).
- Experience in research-oriented administration and coordination.
- An understanding of administrative procedures linked to research processes and activities will be an advantage;
- Fluency in English.
- Competency in computer programmes such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, referencing software and data analysis programmes such as SPSS and Atlas.ti.
- A problem-solving mindset, and attention to detail.
- Sound organisational, written and verbal communication skills.
- The capacity to work under pressure, to meet deadlines and to work after hours if required.
- Ability to develop innovative and/or alternative data gathering or synthesis approaches towards MESL.
- Experience in participatory research and using innovative data collection or analyses approaches would be an advantage.
- Preference will be given to South Africans and those who contribute to meeting the equity targets of the HSRC.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Supporting the **development and execution** of an integrated Monitoring, Evaluation and Strategic Learning (MESL) framework under the guidance of the Principal Investigator, two Co-Principal Investigators and a national research funding partner (NRF);
- **Coordinate** all aspects of MESL across the U’Good research programme as part of a large multi-country research team
- **Support the **_u’Good_** programme team**, on all aspects of planning, monitoring, evaluation and strategic learning;
- **Coordinate MESL activities** - including timelines scheduling engagements with partners, work with team members to attend and document all project activities, monitoring milestones and overseeing staff;
- **Manage, plan and coordinate** MESL timelines, project meetings, dissemination workshops and events;
- **Coordinate fieldwork** activities, both qualitative and quantitative;
- **Oversee and write** reviews and team outputs;
- **Assist with the write up of research results** for research reports, conference/dissemination presentations, and manuscripts for publication with programme team;
- **Provide expert insights on the development and implementation** of the u’Good MESL framework, activities (data colle

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