Senior Researcher / Research Lead

Position Overview

The Senior Researcher will guide rigorous research carried out in collaboration with participating researchers, subject-matter experts, and accountable authors. The position is responsible for research design, methodological quality, scholarly evidence verification, transparent contribution records, manuscript-development oversight, and peer-review support. The successful candidate will also guide Research Associates and maintain consistent research-quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with research teams to refine research questions, protocols, methodologies, and analytical approaches.
• Review structured literature searches, evidence extraction, methodological decisions, and research synthesis.
• Assess the accuracy of research findings, citations, references, tables, and interpretations.
• Contribute substantive scholarly content and critical revisions alongside project teams.
• Guide Research Associates and review assigned research deliverables.
• Support responses to journal peer-review comments.
• Maintain research documentation, contributor records, and manuscript revision histories.
• Identify research integrity concerns and escalate them appropriately.
• Ensure scholarly contributions receive appropriate attribution.
• Coordinate research-quality reviews before management authorizes journal submissions.

Minimum Requirements

• Master's degree in a research-intensive discipline.
• At least four years of substantial academic or applied research experience.
• Demonstrable experience developing or critically reviewing scholarly research.
• Experience handling manuscript revisions and methodological assessments.
• Familiarity with systematic reviews, scoping reviews, empirical research, or equivalent rigorous methodologies.
• Strong academic writing and evidence-verification skills.
• Knowledge of research ethics and transparent authorship practices.
• Proficiency in academic reference-management and documentation tools.

A PhD is advantageous but not required.

Preferred Experience

• Verifiable contributions to scholarly publications.
• Previous research supervision or mentoring experience.
• Experience reviewing research methodologies.
• Experience with quantitative or qualitative research tools.

Performance Expectations

• Methodological quality
• Evidence accuracy
• Transparent scholarly contributions
• Timely research delivery
• Proper response to reviewer comments
• Research integrity

A 90-day initial performance review is proposed. Performance bonuses may be introduced under a separate approved policy and are not guaranteed.

Research Integrity and Professional Standards

• Research must be based on genuine scholarly investigation and verifiable evidence.
• Research staff must document their actual intellectual contributions.
• Authorship must reflect applicable journal authorship requirements.
• Research contributors who qualify for authorship must receive appropriate recognition.
• Other substantive technical or scholarly assistance must be acknowledged or disclosed as required.
• Fabricated research, manufactured citations, ghostwriting, purchased authorship, and misleading scholarly claims are prohibited.
• Journal acceptance and publication are not guaranteed.
• Responsible AI tools may assist research activities, but evidence and claims must be independently verified.

Employment does not automatically confer authorship, and payment never entitles anyone to authorship. Authorship is determined by genuine contribution under applicable journal standards.

Application Requirements

Updated CV, research specialization summary, and two examples of scholarly work with an explanation of the applicant's actual contributions.