****OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE****
****Research Fellow – Chronic Poverty Advisory Network****
****Contract: Fixed Term Contract – 2 years****
****Salary: Research Fellow 1: £38,155 – £48,263****
****Location: London****
****Ref: CPAN/01/15****
****The UK’s leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues.****
****About us****
****ODI**** aims to inspire and inform policy and practice to reduce poverty by locking together high-quality applied research and practical policy advice.
The Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) is seeking a Research Fellow to develop, fundraise for, conducting and managing policy relevant, high-quality and innovative research, policy advice and public-affairs programmes. It has recently published the third Chronic Poverty Report 2014-5: the road to zero extreme poverty.
The Chronic Poverty Advisory Network builds on the work carried out by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre. It is:
- developing sectoral and thematic policy guides addressing chronic poverty and poverty dynamics
- working with network partners on Chronic Poverty Reports, national policy briefs and policy engagement
- working towards a fourth Chronic Poverty Report on Pro-poorest Growth in 2014.
- Developing an evaluation of anti-discrimination measures.
You will work closely with the Director of CPAN to contribute to policy research and advisory projects, often cross-country and cross-institutional, engage with policy-makers in research and advisory processes and disseminate results.
You may also work more widely with ODI’s Poverty and Inequality cluster and with other programmes across ODI.
Key responsibilities include:
- research and policy advisory work:conducting high-quality applied research and policy advisory work
- fundraising: attracting funds through bids and marketing, including the development of a substantial personal research portfolio
- public affairs: disseminating and promoting the programme’s work and ideas.
- supporting the network:undertaking joint projects and policy engagement.
The successful candidate will have:
- a degree and post-graduate qualification in a relevant social science
- extensive knowledge of key issues and organisations in international development
- experience and interest in the micro analysis of poverty dynamics and/or inequality
- fluency in English, and preferably a good command of at least one other language, in this case preferably French, Spanish or Portuguese.
- experience in policy-oriented research, demonstrated by a track record of publications and reports
- extensive developing-country experience
- experience of either quantitative or qualitative analysis of poverty (or both) and of policy responses to poverty.
- demonstrated ability to win work and attract funds.
****Closing date: 8 March 2015****
****Interview date: w/c 23 March 2015****
ODI is an equal opportunities employer Charity Reg. No.228248
HOW TO APPLY:
For more information, please download an application pack from our website at www.odi.org.uk/jobs. If you are experiencing difficulties downloading, please telephone 020 7922 0351 or email ****recruitment@odi.org.uk****
