If you are looking for a career opportunity, want to give meaning to your professional achievements and contribute to making the world a better place, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is the place for you!
IDRC is home to people who share a passion for international development research. We look for employees who believe that knowledge and innovation can help solve the world’s most critical challenges.
Come join the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange team within our Education and Science program division and help us build a more sustainable and inclusive world!
Our employment opportunity of the moment: Senior Program Officer
Location: Nairobi, Kenya (Hybrid Mode*)
Employment Status: 1 year term
As the next Senior Program Officer, you will be responsible for the management of on-going grants for a regional knowledge network for education officials and practitioners, plus applied research projects in partnership with a range of universities, think tanks and NGOs in Africa. You will support high-quality research, knowledge mobilization and communications to ensure that research makes a difference in the improvement of national education systems. You will offer support to project teams to ensure that evidence helps improve gender equality, equity, and inclusion in education, and you will help implement program-level knowledge synthesis, and monitoring and evaluation. You will help connect all aspects of the program with national, regional and global initiatives to mobilize evidence and innovation to strengthen education systems.
Then we are interested in your profile!
At IDRC, we support your professional development.
We appreciate your interest, however, only candidates selected to continue in the process will be contacted.
The International Development Research Centre is committed to creating and fostering a respectful, diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace culture that reflects the people’s lives we impact and the Canadian community we work within, where everyone can truly be themselves. We welcome Indigenous peoples and persons from all races, ethnicities, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, as well as persons with physical or mental disabilities to be part of our team. At IDRC, we place human rights and dignity at the center of our work. We have a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in the delivery of our mandate and during our research-for-development activities.
We strive to ensure barrier-free selection processes. If you are contacted regarding a career opportunity, testing or interview, please advise the People and Corporate Culture Division representative of the accommodation measures that must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.
All IDRC employment offers will be contingent on satisfactory references and self-declaration results. IDRC will request information from references provided by job applicants about any findings related to sexual exploitation, abuse and/or harassment in the context of employment. By submitting an application, job applicants confirm their understanding of the recruitment process above.
Who can apply? The general public - national and international populations.
This vacancy is archived.