JOB PURPOSE

• Reporting to the Director, Research Development &Innovations, the Research Fellow will oversee the planning and implementation of research and innovations duties of the directorate and advice the director accordingly.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan, develop and recommend policies governing research and development programmes
• Coordinate provision of skills in grant proposal writing to academic staff and students.
• Determine priority areas of research in consultation with stakeholders
• Mobilize financial and other resources for research, Innovation and development.
• Work out modalities of implementing funded research projects.
• Engagement of staff and students in research and consultancy
• Undertake research, consultancies and disseminate findings aimed at promoting quality leadership, management and governance practices;
• Organize, encourage and support public lectures, seminars and conferences
• Produce competitive research project proposals.
• Develop a strong multidisciplinary research culture and encourage synergy.
• Provide administrative duties for collaborative research including capacity building, mentorship, assessing needs and identifying areas of priority.
• Foster enabling environment for local and international collaboration for research programmes.
• Promote academic linkages, interchange, contact and co-operation with the public and private sectors.
• Foster entrepreneurship, business innovation, investments and private sector development particularly in micro, small, and medium enterprises MSMEs.
• Provide business support needs of small enterprises and emerging entrepreneurs among groups that are underrepresented in the business community;
• Provide expertise in the business research activities, Business planning, Repository, production and innovation.
• Assist students and staff to market their research proposals and business plans to funding agencies.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• A holder of a PhD degree in a business-related area or its equivalent in the relevant field with at least 3 years research experience.
• Minimum of 24 Publication Points of which at least 16 should be from refereed journal articles.
• Must be a registered member of a recognized professional body
• Statistical data analysis skills using SPSS, STATA, or E-Views
• Strategic mind set and sense of corporate result focus
• Good administrative and co-ordination skills
• Good networking and relationship building skills
• Be a team player and possess excellent interpersonal, communication both oral and written, proposal/report writing and presentation skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, honest, trustworthy with a high degree of personal integrity
• Creativity, innovation, objectivity, insight and ability to work independently and in teams.