About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a WRC Director of Global Research and Impact based in United States.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction for research and evaluation initiatives across gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health, protection, displacement, self-reliance, technology
- Lead development of research proposals and secure funding from public and private donors
- Manage and support a geographically distributed research team, consulting experts, and Humanitarian Futures Fellows
- Build research capacity across the organization
- Champion participatory, peer-led, and community-centered research approaches
- Establish standards for community data ownership, ethical research practices, and fair compensation
- Serve as principal investigator for key research projects
- Oversee documentation and dissemination of research findings
- Identify and promote evidence-based program models in humanitarian settings
- Lead finalization and implementation of a flagship conceptual and indicator framework
- Guide the Humanitarian Futures Fellowship program
- Define, measure, track, and communicate organizational impact
- Translate research and impact evidence into compelling narratives
- Collaborate with Programs, Communications, and Development teams
- Serve as a senior global representative
- Convene researchers, practitioners, and policymakers
- Strengthen research systems covering data collection, cleaning, coding, analysis, dissemination, storage, sharing, version control, reproducibility
- Support adoption of appropriate data and analytical tools
- Partner with development colleagues to secure funding
Requirements
- Ph.D. preferred in development, humanitarian intervention, public health, or related social science; master's degree with equivalent experience considered
- 10+ years of research experience, including humanitarian or development settings
- Extensive experience designing and leading research programs and managing research teams in low-resource environments
- Demonstrated ability to translate empirical evidence into actionable guidance
- Proven experience in business development and fundraising for research initiatives
- Experience developing and executing research and organizational impact strategies
- Strong publication and authorship record in peer-reviewed journals
Conditions
- Up to 25% international travel