Research Program Specialist - Emirati Hire
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About the Role
The Research Program Specialist supports a museum's research strategy by coordinating scholarly research projects, publications, fellowships, and academic partnerships. The role involves conducting research, managing publications, organizing events, and maintaining relationships with academic institutions.
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Responsibilities
- Support research projects, exhibitions, publications, collections research, and knowledge generation initiatives
- Conduct academic research, literature reviews, and prepare reports, briefing papers, and research documentation
- Manage research publications, journals, conference proceedings, and scholarly outputs, while coordinating peer review processes and ensuring compliance with international academic standards
- Build and maintain relationships with universities, researchers, cultural organizations, and subject matter experts
- Organize workshops, seminars, conferences, reading groups, lectures, and other research focused events, including event coordination, note taking, and reporting
- Prepare and present R&D progress reports and updates for internal and external stakeholders
- Develop and distribute communications related to research programs, events, publications, and fellowships
- Support fellowship and grant programs, including onboarding fellows, facilitating access to resources, monitoring deliverables, and coordinating administrative requirements
- Manage agreements, schedules, visa documentation, program records, and stakeholder communications related to research and fellowship initiatives
- Maintain research databases, archives, and documentation while ensuring effective knowledge sharing across the museum
Requirements
- Strong background in research, humanities, art history, museum studies, cultural heritage, or related disciplines
- Excellent writing, editing, project management, stakeholder engagement, and organizational skills
- Experience supporting academic publications, research programs, and fellowship initiatives within a museum, university, or cultural institution environment
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Research Program Specialist – Summary
- The Research Program Specialist supports the museum’s research strategy by coordinating scholarly research projects, publications, fellowships, academic partnerships, and public research programs.
- The role acts as a key liaison between researchers, fellows, academic institutions, and internal stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery and dissemination of research initiatives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting research projects, exhibitions, publications, collections research, and knowledge generation initiatives.
- Conducting academic research, literature reviews, and preparing reports, briefing papers, and research documentation.
- Managing research publications, journals, conference proceedings, and scholarly outputs, while coordinating peer review processes and ensuring compliance with international academic standards.
- Building and maintaining relationships with universities, researchers, cultural organizations, and subject matter experts.
- Organizing workshops, seminars, conferences, reading groups, lectures, and other research focused events, including event coordination, note taking, and reporting.
- Preparing and presenting R&D progress reports and updates for internal and external stakeholders.
- Developing and distributing communications related to research programs, events, publications, and fellowships.
- Supporting fellowship and grant programs, including onboarding fellows, facilitating access to resources, monitoring deliverables, and coordinating administrative requirements.
- Managing agreements, schedules, visa documentation, program records, and stakeholder communications related to research and fellowship initiatives.
- Maintaining research databases, archives, and documentation while ensuring effective knowledge sharing across the museum.
Ideal Profile:
- A candidate with a strong background in research, humanities, art history, museum studies, cultural heritage, or related disciplines, coupled with excellent writing, editing, project management, stakeholder engagement, and organizational skills.
- Experience supporting academic publications, research programs, and fellowship initiatives within a museum, university, or cultural institution environment is highly desirable.
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