Senior Research Associate

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Global Women's Institute (GWI)

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Research/ Data analysis
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 2-5 years
  • Organisation type: Research
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: USD 50,741.17 USD-USD 97,112.96 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 02/03/2026
  • Location: United States 
Movement building
The Global Women’s Institute (GWI) is a leading organization that bridges research, education, and action to advance gender equality and reduce violence and discrimination against women and girls. By strengthening the global knowledge base on gender issues and being a catalyst for change, GWI makes a difference in the lives of women at home and abroad. GWI finds interventions that work, explains why they matter, and takes action to bring about change.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support global mapping and synthesis of SEAH prevention evidence, tools, and promising practices
  • Contribute to the design and documentation of participatory, feminist, and community-led research and learning processesS
  • upport co-creation of toolkit content with local partners, women-led organizations, and humanitarian actors across pilot and micro-pilot contexts
  • Assist with qualitative data synthesis, learning documentation, and development of case studies and practice examples
  • Draft and review technical products, including guidance notes, tools, briefs, and reports
  • Support monitoring, learning, and validation processes, including partner feedback and advisory group engagementCoordinate communication and inputs across thematic pillars, countries, and partners to ensure coherence and quality
  • Contribute to dissemination, learning, and evidence uptake strategies linked to the knowledge platform
  • Support donor reporting, presentations, meetings, events, and internal learning products as required
  • Travel to humanitarian countries where the toolkit will be piloted – Ukraine, Central African Republic, Bangladesh – to conduct participatory data collection, analysis, and/or validation activities with humanitarian stakeholders. (Approximately 10% of the time)Performs other work-related duties as assigned. 
  • The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.

Qualifications: 
  • Qualified candidates will hold a Master’s degree in a related discipline and 3 years of direct experience in the field. 
  • Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position.
  • 3yrs+ of relevant experience in research, monitoring, evaluation, or learning in humanitarian or development contexts is preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience working on GBV, SEAH/PSEA, safeguarding, or violence prevention is desired.
  • Strong qualitative research, synthesis, and analytical writing skills preferred.Experience in translating research and evidence into practical, user-oriented tools and guidance is desired.
  • Familiarity with participatory, feminist, and community-led research approaches.
  • Experience working with UN agencies, INGOs, or interagency coordination mechanisms is an asset.
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines are preferred.Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; proficiency in one of the following additional languages (reading, writing, and speaking) highly desired: French, Ukrainian, Bangla, Spanish, and/or Arabic.
  • Ability to travel to humanitarian country contexts for field work.Flexible, detail-oriented, able to work well in teams and individually. 
  • Excellent organizational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple and shifting priorities and deadlines
  • .Works well with collaborative creative processes—where ideas and plans may change—while ensuring timeline, budget, and reporting requirements are met.

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