Samuel Hall Co-Pillar Lead / Senior Research Manager Jobs in Kenya

Samuel Hall Co-Pillar Lead / Senior Research Manager Jobs in Kenya

Over half the world's population is currently under 30, and yet this demographic is often misunderstood and marginalised. At Samuel Hall, we're passionate about understanding the needs, rights, and aspirations of children and youth in contexts affected by migration. Our Children & Youth Pillar is dedicated to delivering research that responds to the global explosion of this demographic and its central role in shaping the future.

To continue strengthening our work under this pillar, Samuel Hall is currently seeking an experienced and driven Co-Pillar Lead to join our team and take on leadership responsibilities.

As the Co-Pillar Lead, you'll work closely with your co-lead and the Director of Programmes to lead personnel management, ensure oversight and final approval on all projects and help define the strategic direction of the pillar,

In addition to your Co-Pillar Lead responsibilities, you'll also have the opportunity to act as a Senior Research Manager on projects. In this role, you'll be responsible for producing high-quality field research plans, methodologies, and tools, as well as delivering required project outputs. You'll also conduct post-project debriefs including lessons learned, and evaluations, ensuring your institutional contribution and maintaining Samuel Hall research standards.

We're looking for someone with a passion for driving impactful research on key themes of priority for our organisation. Our expertise in child protection, education in conflict contexts, and decision-making and youth aspirations is well-known, and your contributions to these areas will be essential to our continued success. If you're a strategic thinker, an excellent communicator, and a proven leader in research and personne; management, we'd love to hear from you!

Primary Reporting Line: Pillar Lead

Secondary Reporting LIne: Director of Programmes

Who We Are

Our research connects the voices of communities to changemakers for more inclusive societies. Samuel Hall is a social enterprise that conducts research, evaluates programmes and designs policies in contexts of migration and displacement.

Our approach is ethical, academically rigorous, and based on first-hand experience of complex and fragile settings. With offices in Afghanistan, Germany, Kenya, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates, we are based in the regions we study.

We have over ten years’ experience in 70+ countries and have become a trusted partner and leading voice in the field of migration and displacement research, working with governments, donors, multilateral organisations and NGOs, as well public and private sector entities.

It’s an exciting time for Samuel Hall – we were recently selected by Stanford University as one of the Global South’s high-potential, fast-growth social enterprises.

Tasks & Responsibilities

Objective 1 – Pillar Management and Coordination

Hold regular coordination meetings with the pillar staff

Manage and coach pillar and project team members

Participate in goal-setting processes and strategic pillar discussions

Make recruitment decisions for each project - high level project staffing

Hold coordination and staffing meetings with pillar staff and other RMs

Liaise with Human Resources on contract discussions / recruitment, aligned with the pillar

SWP or on project basis; flag any team or HR concerns in real time

Maintain a pool of external consultants, researchers, partners on specific thematic issues

Monitor the implementation of the project A to Z cycle for pillar projects

Review Research Planning Team (RPT) content ahead of time

Objective 2 – Research Management

Focus on specific thematic area of research and develops said in-house expertise

Set the vision for projects, implement all processes and obtain all required approvals

Guide the project teams to understand and implement the vision for the research

Lead on methodology and tool design as per industry, academic, SH standards

Review and evaluation of data quality

Lead on analysis and report writing

Lead on visualisation and presentation

Objective 3 – Business Development, Representation, and Communications

Drive proposal and business development for the Children and Youth Pillar in coordination with the Partnerships Unit

Contribute to dissemination strategies and activities

Opportunities for Growth

Working at Samuel Hall means that you are contributing to ground-breaking, innovative, and rigorous work that bridges research, implementation and policy. We commit to helping you to:

Grow within the organisation, with gradual increases in responsibility and accountability

Grow to become a sought-after focal point for development and humanitarian actors, with the opportunity for continued learning, and the chance to become a key voice in your area of expertise.

Grow your personal and professional network as we expand our list of partners.

Vacancy Requirements

Applicants should have a Master’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience managing people and research projects.

Must have proven expertise in Child- and Youth-related research and desire for a strong role in strengthening the pillar’s thematic knowledge.

Should be able to articulate how their skillset will specifically add to the pillar and Samuel Hall’s work.

Applicants must also have proven strong experience in the project management of research in diverse and challenging contexts, preferably with UN organisations and / or NGOs, and understanding of contracting, administration, and finance needs.

Experience with working with child-focused organisations and international organisations and their programming, priorities and frameworks is highly desirable.

The applicant is further required to have:

Proven experience in writing research papers, consultancy reports, evaluation assignments

Proven experience in project management, experience in managing field research

Proven experience in people management

Proven experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and tools

Excellent spoken and written skills in English; French preferred

How to Apply

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