Research Director: Strategic Partnerships

1 week ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa HSRC (Human Sciences Research Council) Full time
Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Providing strategic leadership for Research Impact, ensuring quality assurance, science communication, impact assessment, and dissemination of research outputs.
  • Working with Unit managers to oversee strategic administrative leadership for the Unit's support team and ensuring each Unit component is adequately resourced.
  • Sourcing strategic external partners (locally and internationally) aligned with the social research objectives of the HSRC and facilitating successful liaising between strategic partners of the policy-making environment and researchers within the HSRC.


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