WRC Director – Global Research and Impact

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🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote

💵 $78k - $104k / year

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Women's Refugee Commission is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives and protecting the rights of women, children, youth, and other marginalized individuals affected by conflict and crises. Through research and advocacy, the organization partners with communities to identify their needs and promote gender-transformative improvements in humanitarian and development policies.

📋 Description

• Guide WRC's global research agenda and strengthen the organization's ability to define and demonstrate impact • Serve as principal investigator on key studies • Manage the research team and support geographically dispersed research staff, consultants, and Humanitarian Futures Fellows • Lead proposal development for research initiatives • Lead capacity development in research methods, evaluation design, and research ethics • Champion participatory and peer-research approaches and ensure findings reach affected communities in accessible language • Establish protocols for community data ownership and fair compensation for enumerators and peer researchers • Ensure research complies with donor requirements, ethical standards, and implementation protocols • Document and disseminate findings through reports, speaking engagements, and conference panels • Finalize and roll out WRC's flagship framework on the rights and well-being of displaced women and girls • Define, track, and communicate organizational impact through frameworks, metrics, and impact narratives • Work with Programs, Communications, and Development teams to position evidence for key audiences • Represent WRC with donors, UN agencies, research institutions, and humanitarian actors worldwide • Convene researchers, practitioners, and policymakers through roundtables, working groups, and conferences • Strengthen research systems for data collection, analysis, storage, sharing, version control, and reproducibility • Support adoption of data and analytic tools • Partner with Development to raise funds for WRC's research agenda • Oversee research budgets and financial health • Contribute to hosting advocacy delegations to displacement contexts

🎯 Requirements

• Ph.D. preferred in development, humanitarian intervention, public health, or a related social science • Master's degree and equivalent research leadership experience will also be considered • 10+ years of research experience • Significant experience in humanitarian or development contexts, ideally focused on displacement, gender, protection, or related fields • Extensive experience designing research and managing research teams in low-resource and humanitarian settings • Fluency in translating empirical evidence into actionable guidance for advocacy and policy audiences • Demonstrated success contributing to business development and fundraising for research projects with public and private donors • Experience developing and driving research and impact strategies across a complex organization • Strong record of publication and authorship or co-authorship in peer-reviewed journals • Established professional network within humanitarian and development research and policy communities • Strong leadership and management competencies • Ability to align diverse teams around a shared vision and communicate effectively with senior leadership, technical peers, and advocacy and communications colleagues • Ability to represent an organization externally and convene diverse stakeholders around shared priorities • Excellent public speaking, writing, and interpersonal communication skills • Fluency in English required; proficiency in French, Arabic, or Spanish is a plus • Based in a country with high levels of displacement; prioritized cities include Nairobi, Bogotá, Amman, Beirut, Warsaw, Mexico City, Lima, Kyiv, Cairo, and Panama City • Applicants must be based in time zones UTC−8 through UTC+3 • Work authorization in country of residence • Access to a major airport • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time • Ability to work remotely while building strong relationships with a global team

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience • Progressive, globally competitive salary scale accounting for differing costs of living • Statutory protections and benefits through an Employer of Record • Flexible hours across time zones • Remote work arrangement • Opportunities for co-learning and professional development • Humanitarian Futures Fellowship research, advocacy, and professional development support

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