Remote, Research Opportunity At Elrha! Salary £49,955 APPLY NOW! 2024
Location: London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Manchester, or home-based
Employment Type: Full Time – Fixed Term Contract until 31 March 2025
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £46,350 – £49,955 per annum
Overview
Are you a research professional with a profound understanding of the humanitarian sector? Do you believe in the power of research and innovation to enhance humanitarian outcomes? If so, the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub (UKHIH) invites you to join our dynamic team as a Senior Research and Learning Manager. This role is crucial for driving forward our agenda by leading state-of-the-art research initiatives, promoting learning, and ensuring our work is informed by evidence-based practices.
About Elrha and UKHIH
Founded in 2020, the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub (UKHIH) is hosted by Elrha, a global organization dedicated to solving complex humanitarian challenges. Funded by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), UKHIH aims to address significant humanitarian issues through rigorous research and innovative solutions. We bring together diverse stakeholders from the humanitarian sector and beyond, fostering collaboration, co-creation, and resource mobilization. Our approach integrates the perspectives of crisis-affected communities with the expertise of humanitarian actors, leveraging both UK and global capacities to develop effective, relevant solutions.
Since its inception, UKHIH has been at the forefront of advancing humanitarian innovation through Accelerated Innovation Collaborations (AICs), which are high-impact partnerships driving major advancements in the field via a shared strategic learning process. Key features of these collaborations include the inclusion of researchers from Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) through the UKHIH fellowship scheme, providing invaluable insights and strengthening local capacities. Additionally, UKHIH supports the Humanitarian Rapid Research Initiative (HRRI), conducting real-time research on emerging crises and producing pivotal reports on issues such as ethical concerns in Afghanistan, response capacities to cholera, and the humanitarian impacts of natural disasters like the Turkey/Syria earthquake and the Pakistan floods. More recently, UKHIH has expanded its efforts to include ecosystem development within the humanitarian sector, focusing on UK capability mapping and exploring emerging technologies to tackle future challenges effectively.
Role Description
The Senior Research and Learning Manager will be based in one of our office locations in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Manchester, or can work remotely from home. This is a full-time, fixed-term contract position until the end of March 2025, requiring 35 hours of work per week. The salary range for this position is £46,350 – £49,955.
Key Responsibilities
- Leadership in Research and Learning
- Oversee a portfolio of world-class research and learning products, ensuring they align with our strategic objectives and contribute to improving humanitarian outcomes.
- Lead the design and delivery of research initiatives, fostering innovation and ensuring our work is evidence-based and impactful.
- Communicate complex research findings to diverse stakeholders, making sure that our work is accessible and informative.
- Technical Expertise and Innovation
- Provide technical expertise in research and innovation, particularly in areas related to innovation practice and systems change.
- Drive impactful strategic collaborations involving various stakeholders, including government bodies, public and private sectors, academic institutions, and NGOs.
- Stay informed about emerging research trends and the evolving humanitarian research landscape, leveraging this knowledge to inform our work.
- Network Building and Partner Outreach
- Build and coordinate networks within the international humanitarian research community, promoting collaborative efforts and sharing best practices.
- Persuade stakeholders to embrace new methodologies and approaches through effective advocacy and communication strategies.
- Engage with partners to foster innovation and drive forward our strategic agenda.
- Project Management
- Manage research projects from inception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and to the highest standards.
- Work closely with team members and external partners to coordinate activities, monitor progress, and achieve project objectives.
- Provide guidance and support to junior staff, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
- Knowledge Management and Capacity Building
- Contribute to knowledge management reviews, sharing best practices and lessons learned across the organization.
- Support the development of team members, providing mentoring and professional development opportunities.
- Promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team and across the organization.
Qualifications and Experience
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as international development, humanitarian studies, social sciences, or a related discipline. A Master’s degree is preferred but not required.
- Experience: Extensive experience in research and innovation, with a strong background in designing and delivering research initiatives. Experience in the humanitarian sector is highly desirable.
- Skills and Competencies:
- Advanced analytical skills, with the ability to perform complex data analysis and generate actionable insights.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information to diverse audiences.
- Strong leadership and project management skills, with a track record of successfully managing research projects.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Proficiency in using research and data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, SPSS, R) and software (e.g., NVivo, MAXQDA).
Diversity and Inclusion
Elrha is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work, both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBTQ+, from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference, or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.
Flexible Working
Elrha is a remote-first organization, promoting flexible working practices wherever possible. Other than the expectation to attend occasional team meetings in person at our office locations in Cardiff and London, employees can choose to work either in their designated office base or at their home within the UK. We work 35 hours per week and are happy to discuss flexible working patterns. Many of our staff work non-standard working hours.
Salaries and Benefits
All our vacancies are advertised with clear salary bands. New employees are usually appointed at the bottom of the advertised range. In some circumstances, relevant skills and experience may also be taken into account when determining the appointed salary. Elrha is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff. Salaries are reviewed annually subject to eligibility.
Elrha staff benefit from all of the Save the Children UK rewards and benefits, including a minimum 5% employer pension contribution (3% employee contribution), life cover, organizational sick pay, family-friendly pay and leave schemes, incremental increase in annual leave (25 days basic entitlement) depending on length of service, opportunities for learning and development, a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), and retail discounts platform.
Pre-employment Checks
Any employment with Elrha will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:
- A satisfactory police record check, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (if applicable).
- Receipt of satisfactory references.
- Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
How to Apply
Candidates must have the independent right to work in the UK and be resident in the UK at the time of appointment as we are unable to support visa sponsorship for this role. When applying, you will be taken through the Save the Children UK recruitment system. UKHIH is hosted by Elrha, an independent subsidiary of SCUK. Please read through the job description for a detailed list of requirements and ensure you complete the personal statement to explain how you feel you meet the requirements of the role and why this is the next career move for you.
Closing Date: Sunday, 7 July 2024
Interview Dates: 17 & 18 July (online)
We look forward to hearing from you.
Contact Us
For more information about this role or the application process, please contact us at:
- Email: info@elrha.org
- Phone: +44 (0) 20 7012 6400
- Address:
- 8 Cathedral Rd, Cardiff, CF11 9LJ
- 1 St John’s Lane, London, EC1M 4AR
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