Principal Researcher and Senior Researcher:
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**GCRO Principal Researcher: Inclusive Economies (Wits University level AC06)**
GCRO is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and multi-skilled Principal Researcher (equivalent of Associate Professor) to the Inclusive Economies Research Programme (IERP) who will:
- Provide intellectual leadership on inclusive economic development to government, business, labour and civil society stakeholders.
- Develop a comprehensive Inclusive Economies Research Programme in close consultation with the IERP’s Joint Steering Committee (GPG and GCRO) and the GCRO’s Management Committee.
- Manage a team of GCRO IERP staff to effectively implement the IERP’s defined research projects.
- Undertake analysis, research and quantitative and qualitative surveys on inclusive economic development.
- Work in collaboration with a range of research entities, locally and internationally, in pursuit of the programme’s objectives.
- Manage short term appointments (on a consultancy basis) to supplement existing capacity and/or address urgent research needs.
- Initiate policy proposals and/or co-production on inclusive economic development with provincial and/or local government.
- Ensure effective dissemination of the team’s output to stakeholders and society at large via media, social media and dialogues.
- Undertake academic research and publish in academic journals.
- Build international and national profile for the programme and its outputs, for example through projection of findings into conferences and other forums, and/or through engaging in selected international comparative research projects.
We are looking for (selection criteria):
- Applicants with a PhD-level qualification, or in exceptional cases a Masters with substantial experience and evidence of progress towards attaining a PhD.
- Applicants with substantial experience in translating research into public policy.
- Ability to engage at a high level with a wide range of academic, research, government and civil society stakeholders.
**GCRO Senior Researcher: Inclusive Economies (Wits University level AC07)**
GCRO is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and multi-skilled Senior Researcher (equivalent to Senior Lecturer) to the Inclusive Economies Research Programme (IERP) who will:
- Assist in the development of a comprehensive Inclusive Economies Research Programme.
- Participate as a GCRO IERP team member to effectively implement the IERP’s defined research projects.
- Undertake analysis, research and quantitative and qualitative surveys on inclusive economic development.
- Work in collaboration with a range of research entities, locally and internationally, in pursuit of the programme’s objectives.
- Initiate policy proposals and/or co-production on inclusive economic development with provincial and/or local government.
- Participate in the effective dissemination of the team’s output to stakeholders and society at large.
- Undertake academic research and publish in academic journals.
- We are looking for (selection criteria):
- Applicants with a PhD-level qualification, or in exceptional cases a Masters with substantial experience and evidence of progress towards attaining a PhD.
- Applicants with experience in translating research into public policy.
- Ability to engage at a high level with a wide range of academic, research, government and civil society stakeholders.
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