Senior Research Liaison

6 days ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Grassroot Soccer Full time

Role Summary

Grassroot Soccer is seeking a highly skilled Senior Research Coordinator to join its Global Research & Development team. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating research partnerships, managing project timelines, budgets, and deliverables, and facilitating communication between internal teams and external partners and consultants.

The role includes contributing to the development of research protocols, data collection tools, and data analysis. Additionally, the Research Officer will support thought leadership efforts, including abstract submissions and the dissemination of research findings through publications and presentations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Research Partnership Coordination: 60%
    • Support coordination of research partnerships with GRS teams, implementing partners, and external research partners, with a special focus on projects in South Africa and key GRS partnership geographies (Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi, and Zimbabwe)
    • Support coordination with research consultants, including recruitment and onboarding process, tracking project timelines, budgets, and deliverables
    • Coordinate scheduling of meetings; prepare and share agendas, relevant documents, and resources; document and circulate record of discussions with internal and external teams participating in research
    • Support drafting, review, and formatting of research protocols, quantitative, and qualitative data collection tools
    • Contribute to analysis and interpretation of primary and secondary data as needed
  • Thought Leadership: 20%
    • Track relevant international, regional, and local scientific meetings, conferences, and workshops and GRS submissions
    • Support coordination of GRS scientific abstract development and submission process, including formatting, copy editing, etc.
    • Review and contribute to dissemination of GRS evidence through publications, abstracts, posters, presentations, panels at conferences, and or special events
  • Internal Learning: 20%
    • Coordinate and contribute to internal and external information-sharing and learning calls (including leading the coordination of the quarterly Learning & Insights calls)
    • Lead the development of the Scouting Report
    • Support maintenance of research team intranet pages

What We Offer

  • A dynamic and collaborative work environment
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • A competitive salary and benefits package


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