Research Director

The Africa Institute of South Africa in the HSRC wishes to appoint a suitable Research Director.
AISA leads and coordinates the HSRC's engagements in Africa.
It, therefore, acts as a catalyst for research and implementation support across the continent.  AISA also undertakes basic, applied policy-relevant and comparative research.
The Institute also seeks to build capacity and provide policy advice and implementation support to advance the HSRC's own Africa Research Partnership and Collaboration Strategy as well as South Africa's African Agenda, DSI's Africa Strategy, SADC's Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan 2020-2030 (RISDP), the African Union's Agenda 2063, and the key frameworks of the United Nations (SDG's, UNSCR 1325).
It collaborates with a range of national, continental, and international governments, as well as multilateral institutions, research institutes, universities, and civil society organisations in order to achieve its objectives.
This appointment will be made on the 1 st of January 2025