Job Description:
Department: Conflict, Gender and Inclusion
Salary: £45,000 – £55,000
- Contract Type: Full-Time
- Contract Duration: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract (with possibility of extension)
- Location: Preferably based in the UK (hybrid, 2 days in office and 3 days remote)
Note: Exceptional candidates may be considered in other EU locations, subject to pre-approval and ability to meet time zone, travel, and contractual requirements. - Right to work: Candidates must have the legal right to work in their country of residence.
- Closing: October 12, 2025
Job Description
About the role
Bodhi is seeking a Senior Researcher (native French speaker) to join our Conflict, Gender & Inclusion (CGI) Team. This role offers the opportunity to lead high-impact research and evaluations at the intersection of conflict, gender, climate change, and the triple nexus (humanitarian-development-peace).
As a Senior Researcher, you will be responsible for designing and delivering projects from inception to close, ensuring quality, timeliness, and compliance. You preferably will bring strong quantitative skills (i.e., evaluation design, survey methods, GIS mapping, social network analysis) combined with thematic depth related to conflict and peacebuilding, including stabilisation, climate security, and women, peace, and security (WPS). You will also mentor junior staff, support business development, and represent Bodhi in external forums.
This position will require regular international travel (at least 30% of working time) to support field research, workshops, and client engagement in fragile and conflict-affected contexts.
You would be ideal for this role if you:
- Are a native French speaker with excellent written and spoken English (mandatory – applications will not be considered without this requirement).
- Have 7+ years’ experience leading conflict/gender/climate-related research in FCAS.
- Have advanced skills in quantitative research methods (i.e., survey design, statistical analysis, GIS, SNA).
- Can balance multiple projects and deliverables while maintaining high quality.
- Enjoy mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to a collaborative team culture.
- Are proactive in identifying business opportunities and strengthening client relationships.
Working with Bodhi, you will:
- Have ample opportunity to develop your professional experience and interests across different thematic and geographic contexts, including the MENA, sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia
- Be able to pursue your research interests, with the flexibility to propose research ideas and innovative approaches
- Collaborate with and influence the work of key international and national humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors, including donors, national governments, INGOs/NGOs, and civil society organisations
- Work closely with a team of energetic, dynamic, and expert researchers as well as local researchers and experts with a breadth of knowledge, experience, and expertise
- Have the opportunity to improve your foreign language skills and/or learn a new one
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Research
- Lead Conflict and Peacebuilding research and analysis projects, including project design, data collection, analysis, and reporting, ensuring that deliverables meet quality expectations and deadlines
- Manage multiple, concurrently-running projects, balancing competing deadlines and internal resource requirements
- Identifying appropriate research designs to understand questions of interest and developing tools and approaches
- Engage with, and adapt, new research practices and approaches, and participatory research tools and methods applied in development research
Business Development
- Drive the development of project and framework proposals, taking lead authorship on technical sections and contributing to budgets, methodologies, and staffing plans.
- Preparing for and attending interviews with potential clients
- Representing the company in the form of attending or presenting at conference events
- Conducting quality assurance on technical sections of proposals
- Lead identification of new business opportunities, including mapping clients, partners, and emerging research themes relevant to conflict, gender, and inclusion
- Contribute to organisational knowledge development and positioning in the field, including authoring blogs, think pieces, and policy briefs.
Person Specification
- Qualification and experience
- Masters degree in Peace and Conflict Studies, Development Studies, International Relations, or a related discipline
- Conceptual understanding and application of conflict and peacebuilding analytical frameworks and/or approaches, including conflict sensitivity, conflict prevention, conflict, transformation, mediation and dialogue, and stabilisation
- At least 7 years of experience delivering conflict analysis or other research on FCAS
- Demonstrated fieldwork experience in FCAS environments
- Advanced knowledge of data collection software and analysis packages (e.g., SPSS, Stata, R, NVivo, GIS platforms, SNA tools).
- Native French speaker (mandatory – applications not meeting this criterion will not be considered).
- Fluency in English.
- Knowledge of Portuguese, or other UN agency languages consider an asset
- Experience of, or interest in, feminist research principles is desirable
- Ability to cope well under pressure, and to occasionally work irregular hours to meet tight deadlines
- Core competencies
- Research skills: Advanced analytical and conceptual ability, ability to distil information for relevance and context, excellent report writing skills and ability to write in a lucid accessible style
- Attention to detail: A commitment to high quality deliverables and reports, meticulous in approach to research and report writing
- Initiative and flexibility: Must be able to work independently, show initiative towards completing goals and objectives, but also have the flexibility to adapt and answer to different demands necessary to fulfil assigned tasks
- Teamwork: Openness to ideas and input from others on the team, ability to work collaboratively, and strong listening and interpersonal skills
- Organised: Must have a systematic approach to work, with the ability to multitask and manage time efficiently, meeting deadlines under pressure
- Integrity: Must have a strong sense of research and professional ethics (including willingness to complete safeguarding training and checks, and knowledge of ‘no no harm’ principles), be conscientious in approach to work and be committed to Bodhi’s research standards
- Communication: Ability to communicate (verbal and written) confidently in English and to adapt to different audiences and cultural contexts
Benefits
- Work from Home Budget
- Access to WeWork Space
- 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays (aligned with country of residence)
- Training budget, including budget for learning a new language
- Exciting opportunities for international travel to FCAS
- Comprehensive medical insurance, including dental and optical coverage (location-specific)
- Staff bonus scheme
How to Apply:
Please apply via the link provided or visit the Bodhi Jobs site to apply:
https://bodhiglobalanalysis.com/jobs
Shortlisted candidates will first be asked to complete a short written test. Successful candidates will then be invited to one or more rounds of remote interviews before a final hiring decision is made.
Any questions may be directed to [email protected] (please note that we do not accept applications via email).
We look forward to receiving your application and learning more about how you can contribute to our team. For more information about our organisation and the work we do, please visit our website at Bodhi Global Analysis.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
Bodhi is committed to diversity in its workforce. We actively seek a diverse applicant pool and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religious beliefs, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic background or disability.