Job Posting: IDRC seeks Senior Program Officer - Globalization, Growth and Poverty (GGP) Program, Canada

Closing date: July 09, 2008
Information: www.idrc.ca/

The Globalization, Growth and Poverty (GGP) Program goal is to support policy reforms in developing regions aimed at promoting inclusive growth and poverty reduction, and appropriate international integration strategies, by generating necessary evidence and analysis, and by strengthening the capacities for their production and use in democratic policy making.

The Senior Program Officer, under the guidance of the Program Leader, takes the lead in managing a portfolio of research projects. His/Her role is to review, develop, monitor, manage and evaluate research projects within the framework of priorities of the GGP programme. Moreover, the successful candidate will analyze or commission analyses of project experiences to document lessons learned and liaise and maintain productive working relationships with partners, researchers and government institutions. He/she will work in collaboration with the Program Leader and other members of the team to produce communications materials and communicate project results to a variety of audiences.