Research Fellow

The Management University of Africa (MUA) is a premier private university focused on providing innovation, leadership, and management solutions to industries and communities in Africa and beyond. Its distinct focus is to be the center of excellence in capacity building in management, leadership, governance, and entrepreneurship.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Director, Research Development & Innovations, the Research Fellow will oversee the planning and implementation of research and innovation duties of the directorate and advise 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.
• Engage 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 an 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 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

Qualifications 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.

Key Skills:

• Statistical data analysis skills using SPSS, STATA, or E-Views.
• Strategic mindset and sense of corporate result focus.
• Good administrative and coordination 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, honesty, trustworthiness, with a high degree of personal integrity.
• Creativity, innovation, objectivity, insight, and ability to work independently and in teams.