Senior Researcher

The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) advances rights and opportunities for women and girls to ensure a more gender-equal world. For 49 years, ICRW has been the world’s leading non-profit building evidence and promoting solutions for how to improve the lives of women, girls, and other marginalized people.
Serving the continent from its offices in Kenya and Uganda, ICRW Africa has a history of working in more than 25 African countries. To generate and provide contextually grounded evidence on four thematic focus areas: economic opportunity and security; health and sexual and reproductive rights; equitable social norms and power dynamics; and climate action, our work in the region frequently involves active collaboration with communities as well as national, regional, and international bodies.,
About the role
ICRW Africa is a lean, high-impact research-to-action NGO tackling some of the most pressing development challenges in Africa. The Senior Researcher will conceptualize and provide technical oversight on a research and evaluation project focused on ICRW Africa’s SRHR thematic area. The incumbent will maintain recognition outside of ICRW through authoring and publishing peer-reviewed and grey literature, speaking in relevant forums and conferences, and representing ICRW in the media and with colleague organizations; serving on coalitions and building advocacy efforts in line with the project and ICRW Africa’s research program. The incumbent will contribute to institutional grant-seeking activities for ICRW Africa, including the conceptualization of development strategies, proposal development, and prospect identification. The position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya, with regular travel within and outside Africa.
Primary Duties:
• *Research leadership: ** Design, direct, and supervise research activities, in partnership with the team; Develop methodologies and analytical tools; Supervise the analysis and interpretation of data; Develop high-quality