United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Research Advisor
The EISF Researcher plays a key role in the fostering of information sharing, dialogue and analysis for humanitarian security-risk management, amongst the EISF members, other NGOs, Academia and think tanks across the humanitarian and associated sectors. This includes initiating, developing and managing a programme of research and good practice guides; identifying and participating in joint research and collaborative learning projects with NGOs, policy bodies and academic institutions; promoting the use of evidence-based recommendations to enhance EISF’s position as a global reference point; and supporting the EISF Coordinator in networking, coordination and capacity building activities across the humanitarian sector, including NGO coordinating bodies, UN agencies, institutional donors and consultants.
The role also includes responsibility for managing the EISF library and ensuring it is kept up to date and a key resource for the sector.
Key Responsibilities
EISF Publications and Projects: EISF continues to produce relevant and original research papers and best practice guides. Tasks include:
Maintain an oversight of the global debate on humanitarian security risk management, including an overview of global threats, research initiatives and linked events.
Analyse and identify emerging themes and gaps in NGO security-risk management knowledge and capacity and develop new research project frameworks.
Manage all aspects of production of EISF publications including managing consultants and service providers as required, overseeing final text version and external communications.
Identify events for the dissemination of EISF projects to the broader humanitarian community.
Develop regular thematic and contextual alerts, with inputs from EISF team.
Undertake research for EISF publications.
Contribute to research projects for other stakeholders in the sector.
Networking and Coordination:
Network and communicate with security and risk management specialists from the humanitarian and other sectors and act as a hub bringing different experts together to support new and ongoing projects.
Represent EISF at relevant international forums and events, presenting EISF projects to the wider audience.
Promote informed dialogue on security risk management issues in the humanitarian sector as a whole
Develop EISF’s ability to enhance information sharing and exchange of good practice between NGOs and other stakeholders
Manage the EISF Library, ensuring maintained, updated and expanded to remain a key global resource for security risk management for the humanitarian sector.
Support the EISF Coordinator and the secretariat in organising bi-annual EISF meetings as well as specialist workshops and seminars
Essential Skills and Experience
Graduate qualification
Significant experience of humanitarian programme or policy work at field or head office level
Experience and a track record of success in policy development and research
Very strong conceptual thinker with solid problem solving and analytical skills
Strong communications skills (both written and verbal) at a level appropriate for high-level external representation (presentations), and the ability to tailor communications to different audiences
Proven ability to build relationships from a distance with a wide range of stakeholders
Excellent writing and editorial skills in English
Good project management and proposal writing skills and experience (including financial/budget planning)
Experience of developing budgets and working within their constraints
Proven initiative and ability to manage a complex workload, working at times to tight deadlines
Willingness to travel for a minimum of four weeks per year
Desirable Skills
Good level of other European languages, particularly French or Spanish
Fixed term contract for 12 months with possibility of extension
Full time: working 35 hours per week
Salary: £34,244 – 37,405 per annum including London Allowance
Location: London, Waterloo
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