Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
Responsibilities:
1. Research Leadership (40%)
- Lead research projects, advise and oversee the research team from conceptualization to research output.
- Find and assess research grants and opportunities for the center and report to the Executive Director or Deputy Executive Director on the nature of the project and whether to accept or reject it.
- Oversee and/or participate in the production of research publications.
- Lead in policy engagement and research dissemination to policymakers and relevant stakeholders.
2. Strategy, Resource Mobilization, and Representation (30%)
- Represent the center in management meetings, brief team members on management updates and promote teamwork within and across centers.
- Participate in strategic national, regional and international meetings, workshops, seminars and dialogues.
- Participate in national and regional research committees and networks.
- Build and maintain research committees and networks.
- Build and maintain research partnerships and collaboration with policymakers, development partners, research institutions, and other stakeholders to foster collaboration and policy impact, generate and share resources for capacity building, raise CDRI's profile and attract potential funding.
3. Administration and Budget Management (15%)
- Establish and oversee the center's work plan and maintain the center's annual total operating budget.
- Manage workload and cooperate with the operation team on time management and resource mobilization, including the annual budget and timely implementation and delivery of activities and outputs.
- Lead and take over all responsibilities in preparing regular reports to donors.
- Collaborate with other research centers on other special initiatives if required.
- Take lead responsibility for resolving problems affecting the delivery of research projects and for planning and implementing future research projects that emerge from the current project.
- Approve administrative matters, including leave requests, procurement of good services requests for the center, etc.
4. Supervision, Mentoring, and training (15%)
- Lead in human resource planning and prepare training and capacity-building activities for team members to achieve their professional development and career goals.
- If required, advise on, design, organize, and/or deliver specific capacity-building activities for CDRI.
- Advise the team members of emerging trends, development issues and opportunities within the center and CDRI.
