Vacancy: Samuel Hall Research Manager and Project Lead

Posting 1: 

Samuel Hall are seeking an experienced and professional Migration & Displacement (Pillar 1) Research Manager (RM) to join its team for a full-time position based in our Nairobi office. Samuel Hall’s Migration & Displacement Pillar covers a wide range of topics on durable solutions, return and reintegration, migration and development, cross-border mobility, trafficking in persons, smuggling, aspirations and migrant ecosystems, internal displacement and IDPs, and refugee protection. The RM holds the overall responsibility for research projects, and is responsible for producing high-quality research plans, methodologies, tools, and deliverables/outputs for a given project. Their role is essential to maintaining Samuel Hall research standards – from conceptualisation to delivery – on key priority themes for the pillar. The RM sets the vision for the project with the Director of Research, and then ensures it is communicated at all levels. There is a strong potential for domestic, regional, and international travel.

About Samuel Hall

Samuel Hall’s 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. Their 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 as 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. For more information, please visit www.samuelhall.org.

For further information, please consult the full job listing.

How to apply: All applicants should send their cover letter and CV in separate PDF files to careers@samuelhall.org; each labelled: “CL/CV – Full name of Applicant” with the email subject line clearly expressed: “Name – Research Manager – Migration and Displacement Pillar” Three samples of relevant work and three references should also be included. Please provide current or previous salary information.

Posting 2  

Samuel Hall are seeking an experienced and professional Migration & Displacement (Pillar 1) Project Lead (PL) to join its team for a full-time position based in our Nairobi office. Samuel Hall’s Migration & Displacement Pillar covers a wide range of topics on durable solutions, return and reintegration, migration and development, cross-border mobility, trafficking in persons, smuggling, aspirations and migrant ecosystems, internal displacement and IDPs, and refugee protection. The PL is in charge of the timely delivery of the research project(s) they manage and of all the associated organisational responsibilities. Their role is essential to the effective operationalising of a research project and ensures clear leadership to the various team-members involved. The Project Lead is also Samuel Hall’s focal point with the client and ensures a smooth and considerate relationship throughout the duration of the research. The position will require travel to Samuel Hall countries of operation and for fieldwork. The position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya in the longer term; may be initially remote due to COVID 19 lockdowns.

Please consult the full job listing for further details.

How to Apply: All applicants should send their cover letter and CV in separate PDF files to careers@samuelhall.org; each labelled: “CL/CV – Full name of Applicant” with the email subject line clearly expressed: “Name – Project Lead – Migration and Displacement Pillar”. Three samples of relevant work and three references should also be included. Please provide current or previous salary information.