Research Fellow - CILE

Job Purpose:

To conduct research on an assigned project, to ensure smooth running of tasks involved in a timely manner, and to produce project status reports periodically.

Key Result Areas:

• Contribute to research with minimum supervision and participate as a team member on research projects, including conceptualization of research survey methodologies, data collection, fieldwork, implementation,interviews, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, report writing, presentation preparations, and reviewand revision or written work.
• Under supervision, apply basic scientific principles, develop research procedures, and perform literaturesearches and reference collection
• Assist with policies and procedures to ensure that work meets research quality objectives toward accreditationstandards
• Develop and maintain repositories of defined priority research topics, research recordists, policies andresearch related documents
• Work with other team members to design and manage databases to support research work
• Carry out fieldwork protocols in order to produce reliable and precise data, and supervise fieldwork and datacollection operations and activities
• Collect and record data from multiple sources, perform calculations for preparation of graphs and tabulate,summarize and interpret results for publication and presentations
• Seek to publish peer-reviewed papers, either independently or in collaboration with other researchers
• Assist in preparing proposal for external fund agencies
• Maintain updated reports on research projects progress
• Participate in research-related scientific gatherings and collaborate on the organization of research-relatedevents such as seminars and conferences to maintain close ties with relevant research institutes
• Provide training on specific research tools in own area of specialty to entry-level researchers and supportstaff and protocols and techniques to researchers and graduate students
• Engage with CIS students and participate in their research projects
• Other reasonable tasks as assigned by supervisor

Minimum Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Master's degree in a relevant field & 3-5 years of relevant full-time work experience
• Proven record of related research
• Professional level of knowledge and experience applying technical principles, theories, professionalcompetencies, and techniques of discipline
• Able to apply knowledge to solve a wide range of complex technical problems
• Excellent writing skills with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports and communications andto articulate ideas clearly and concisely; Arabic proficiency is an advantage
• Proficiency in MS Office applications