Country: Bangladesh
Closing date: 21 Nov 2016
Department: WSUP Bangladesh
Duration: Full-time: 40 hours per week
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Salary: WSUP offers competitive compensation package (gross annual) from BDT 2,600,000 to 2,800,000 based on relevant experience inclusive of other admissible organizational benefits.
WSUP Bangladesh are seeking a Research & Policy Specialist to coordinate WSUP’s sector influence and research activities in Bangladesh. The Research & Policy Specialist will develop and implement WSUP Bangladesh’s sector influence strategy from 2016-2020, providing key support to the Country Programme Manager. In conjunction with WSUP’s Evaluation, Research and Learning (ERL) team based in London, the Research & Policy Specialist will design and manage the organisation’s research-into-policy programme from 2016-2020. The successful candidate will coordinate WSUP’s research and research-into-policy efforts, as well as the Bangladesh team’s ongoing sector influencing/advocacy work, ensuring cohesion between WSUP Bangladesh and WSUP London regarding research and sector influence.
WSUP’s Evaluation Research and Learning team are embarking on an exciting new research strategy and are looking for Research and Policy Lead in Bangladesh. Over the current business period 2016-2020, WSUP will place strong emphasis on policy influence in the urban WASH sector in Bangladesh, and will implement a major programme of research designed to drive urban sanitation change. For more details on WSUP’s overall vision and plans for Bangladesh 2016-2020 (including policy influence), see WSUP Business Plan 2016-2020 and WSUP Bangladesh Business Plan 2016-2020. For more details on the vision and aims of WSUP’s research in Bangladesh 2016-2020, see WSUP’s Research Strategy 2016-2020. All of these documents are downloadable from our website. The Research Strategy document is centrally important to understanding the Research & Policy Specialist role.
You must have the right to work in Bangladesh at the time of application.
How to apply:
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