Research Lead

Job Summary
We’re looking for a Research Lead at Busara to manage a portfolio of current Busara projects, ensuring high-quality work is delivered; manage our academic network, academic – advisory partnerships, and new collaboration opportunities; support on Busara’s international lab expansion; and line manage our team of managers and specialists with a growth mindset focused on mentoring and developing their expertise.
Responsibilities
Lead on delivering top-notch research

Manage a portfolio of projects to deliver high-quality work, including managing internal and external client relationships, and managing Busara’s management teams.
Ensure Busara’s standards for lab protocols, pre-analysis plans, and research ethics are followed across our work, leading work-plan development and coordination across portfolios and projects.
Design state-of-the-art research systems to support field and lab research.

Manage internal research portfolios and initiatives

Manage initiatives like our Off the Record (here) series, including our research agenda, work-plans, and blog outputs.
Develop our academic network further and lead new and innovative ways of collaborating with academics and researchers.
Support on lab expansion to new regions/geographies and with new partners.
Lead other internal initiatives like developing tool-kits and handbooks, redesigning a gender-sensitive lab, updating standards for lab research, streamlining lab processes, etc.

Lead and manage teams across Busara offices

Manage mid-level Lab staff across our Kenya, Nigeria, and India offices.
Help facilitate the development of team members’ skills and expertise.

Represent Busara externally

Disseminate results, prepare project reports, and present results at conferences.
Contribute to content creation and execution for Busara’s internal and external capacity building and learning initiatives