Responsibilities (dependent on level appointed):
- Provide leadership to scientific research teams or projects in an area related to early childhood development (ECD);
- Contribute to policy engagement and the Theme’s strategic planning activities;
- Lead and contribute to proposal development and fundraising for research projects in the Theme;
- Mentor young researchers, and facilitate sessions in the Center’s training programs as needed;
- Secure and manage the necessary human, financial and material resources in the Theme, project or program;
- Represent the Center at high level national, regional and international forums, including relevant technical working groups and expert committees;
- Contribute to institutional publications including and not limited to lay dissemination materials such as policy/research briefs and fact sheets; and
- Oversee data quality and analyses.
Qualifications and Experience:
- PhD in developmental psychology, educational psychology, early childhood development, or any other related discipline;
- Experience working in a research institution, conducting research, leading or managing research programs or projects;
- Experience with conducting impact evaluations of ECD and/or early years’ interventions will be an added advantage;
- Fluency in English. Being multilingual (English and French) will be an added advantage;
- Excellent scientific writing skills;
- Good quantitative or qualitative skills. Experience with mixed methods will be an added advantage provided one is very strong in either quantitative or qualitative methods;
- Strong proposal writing skills and a track record of winning research grants.
Successful candidates may be appointed as postdoctoral (0-2 years after PhD), Associate Research Scientist (3-5 years after PhD), Research Scientist (6-11 years after PhD) or Senior Research Scientist (12+ years after PhD) levels depending on experience and track record. These positions are classified under Internationally Recruited Positions (IRP), Grades III to VI in our scales.
