Mozambique: Research Manager MOZAMBICAN NATIONALS ONLY

Position: Research Manager

Location: Maputo, Mozambique
*MOZAMBICAN NATIONALS ONLY*

Forcier Consulting is a dynamic, research consultancy firm operating across Africa since 2011. Our core services include monitoring and evaluation (M&E) research, capacity-building, training, and reporting for UN Agencies, NGOs, governments, and private sector clients operating in post-conflict contexts and challenging environments.

Forcier currently has field offices in Mozambique, Sudan, Somalia, Mozambique, The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Egypt. These offices are supported by a remote technical unit in Washington, D.C., USA.

Job Description: The Research Manager will report to the Director of Research and will be responsible for the oversight and management of the overall workflow and quality of outputs of all assigned research staff under his or her direction.

Experience level: 5 years+

Education requirements: Ph.D., MSc or MA with demonstrated experience using quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Language requirements: Written and spoken proficiency in both English and Portuguese.

Reports to: Director of Research

Description of Main Duties:
Client interaction

• Responsible for all client communication and client management throughout the lifecycle of all assigned projects, to include oversight of routine communication between the client and members of the research team on logistics and operationalization.

• Represent Forcier, as required for assigned projects, and manage relationships with clients and partners including government bodies, donors, UN agencies, NGOs, private sector enterprises and civil society associations.**Managing research teams**

• Quality assure and manage delivery for all project deliverables.

• Maintain a macro-level understanding of project objectives, client expectations and management priorities with the overall objective of balancing human resources, staff workload, budget, timeline and resource management.

• Manage project workflow for several research teams, pro-actively work to align team capacities with project requirements.

• Lead and motivate the research management team.

• Ensure that expectations of team members are established.

• Ensure that performance reviews are conducted.

• Identify outstanding staff and bring them to the attention of the Research Director.

• Building the technical and project management capacity of teams

• Mentor the research officers and researcher teams on project management tasks including planning, coordination, budgeting, etc.

• Mentor the research officers and researcher teams on technical research skills including tool development, scripting, sampling, data cleaning, quality assurance, data analysis and report writing

• Coordinating research team workflow with the finance department and operations department in Maputo

• Contribute to internal discussions on organization-wide strategy, policy and organizational issues.

• Expanding the office capacity on business development and analytics

• Support other departments in the implementation of assigned projects as needed, to include proposal development and report writing.

Required Experience:

• Project management (including planning, budgeting, resource management, HR, etc.)
• Research technical (qualitative and quantitative tool development, scripting questionnaires in CAPI software, sampling, operationalization of complex research designs, data cleaning, quality assurance)
• Analytical and writing skills (qualitative and quantitative data analysis, English writing skills)
• Context experience (experience with conducting research in developing countries, preferably in Mozambique)
• Positive can-do attitude – Both the context in Mozambique and the requirements of clients can change at very short notice. The RM should possess the ability to motivate teams to make the required extra effort – a positive attitude of the RM under pressure is essential

Required Behavioural Competencies:

• Accountability - takes responsibility for action and manages constructive criticisms;
• Client Orientation - works effectively well with clients and stakeholders;
• Continuous Learning - promotes continuous learning for self and others;
• Communication - listens and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience;
• Creativity and Initiative - actively seeks new ways of improving projects;
• Leadership and Negotiation - develops effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders;
• Performance Management - identify ways and implement actions to improve performance of self and others;
• Planning and Organizing - plans work, anticipates risks, and sets goals within area of responsibility;
• Professionalism - displays mastery of subject matter;
• Teamwork - contributes to a collegial team environment; incorporates gender related needs, perspectives, concerns and promotes equal gender participation;
• Technological Awareness - displays awareness of relevant technological solutions;
• Resource Mobilization - works with internal and external stakeholders to meet resource needs of Forcier Consulting.

How to Apply:

Submit a single PDF containing your cover letter and CV with the applicant’s name as the filename.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.

Please apply through the link: Research Manager, Maputo:

Or at https://www.forcierconsulting.com/careers