Job Description:
HIRING: Principal Investigators – Thematic Sector & Practice Leads
Global Insight is looking for principal investigators, each with extensive research experience (10+ years) and advanced professional training (PhD), to serve as thematic sector and/or practice area leads. This position is meant for those with the ambition and requisite motivation to elevate themselves and their work from “researcher” to “thought leader.” As a Sector/Practice Lead, you will guide the organization’s research agenda within your area of expertise, mentor other scholars, co-write proposals, and develop collaborations with partner organizations, institutions, and funders (public and private sector). In turn, Global Insight offers considerable institutional support, promotion to elevate your profile, and a generous profit-sharing model. The ideal candidate has a defined research agenda, an ambitious entrepreneurial spirit, and recognizes the benefits of an institutional home. Applicants can cover both a thematic sector and a practice area in the following areas:
Thematic Sectors
- Humanitarian Aid/HDP Nexus
- Climate Crisis
- Food Security
- Governance & Elections
- Labor & Migration
- Health
- Education
- Livelihoods
- Poverty & Inequality
- WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene)
Practice Areas
- Behavioral Insights
- Innovations in Participatory Methods
- Conflict/Risk Analysis
- Innovations in Impact Measurement
About Global Insight
Global Insight bridges the gap between research and practice. Our team of academic scholars and independent researchers produce data-driven, gender-sensitive, multi-methods empirical research that answers our most challenging questions in fragile contexts. We are experts in a range of quantitative and qualitative approaches, preferring to develop multi-method studies. Our commitment to scientific rigor is matched by our dedication to research that is unafraid of tackling sensitive questions and working in the most challenging contexts. Global Insight researchers work across thematic sectors to identify, map, and measure the causal mechanisms at the root of conflict, displacement, and vulnerability. Our work often takes the form of applied research, program evaluation, and novel data science projects. We also offer one-off and full-series courses for those undertaking scientific multi-methods research, analyzing and interpreting data, and applying findings in fragile contexts and the Global Insight Institute. We seek to foster partnerships between practitioners, donors, and researchers. Findings from our work are shared with external audiences, including policymakers and donors, during events held throughout the year.
Responsibilities:
- Sector & Practice Area Leads will take a leadership role in business development, in collaboration with other members of the Global Insight Team.
- Meet revenue goals, triggering collective profit sharing.
- Teach Global Insight Institute course(s), as applicable.
- Promotion of the organization, our work, and your fellow Global Insight Team members across social media and other promotional outlets, including listservs and private group lists which you access.
- Speaking at Global Insight and external events, wherever possible.
- Up to 3 GI Leadership calls per year.
- Mentorship of and collaboration with other scholars within your sector/practice area.
- Daily use of Slack and consistently prompt email use
- Located anywhere, but must have consistent wifi access
Qualifications:
- PhD complete (required, PhD nearly complete with extensive experience will be considered). Degree in international development, international studies, gender studies or similar (not required but an asset).
- Demonstrated experience in research/evaluation consulting (required).
- 10+ years of demonstrated experience in international development, humanitarian relief, mixed-methods research, and/or gender equality consulting (required).
- 10+ years of demonstrated expertise and use of advanced quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methodologies (required).
- Excellent writing skills and professionalism on email.
- Expressed motivation to elevate your work, expand your role into thought leadership, and engage in business development and profit-sharing with a team of collaborators.
Compensation: Daily rate and profit-sharing commensurate with revenue secured.
How to Apply:
How to apply: Please complete this short application form and send your CV/resume to [email protected] by November 15, 2022. Use “Application: GI Sector/Practice Area Lead” in the subject line of your email. Any questions can be submitted to the same email above.