Head, Research and Publications at The Institute of Directors Centre for Corporate Governance (The Centre or IoDCCG)

Reporting to: The Executive Director/CEO of the Centre

Duties and Activity Expectation

• Conceptualise, undertake and publish policy-relevant research on training/development and corporate governance, ethics, anti-corruption compliance, regulations and other related issues.
• Work with the Head, Programmes and Membership Marketing to conceptualise workshops/trainings/courses/certifications as research may inform.
• Build the Centres reputation as a source of credible research and evidence based advocacy in corporate governance and related fields.
• Seek collaborations with private sector/international organisations for research and forum.
• Source research grants for the furtherance of the Centres research activities.
• Quarterly publications, special sectoral reports, magazines and newsletters.
• Conceptuallse and develop the Centre’s Library (Induding e-library), seek book and resource donations by foreign and/or local organisation/publishers.

Qualifications

• PhD or M.Sc degree in Corporate Governance or related fields (Research-based Masters is preferred)
• Minimum 10 years Postgraduation experience in similar role.

Skills Required:

• Excellent writing, verbal and communication skills.
• Strong research and publications background
• Strong analytical ability
• Excellent time management skills
• Strong start-finish attitude
• Ability to initiate/develop research ideas and write convincing proposals
• Ability to produce high quality research publications that would contribute to the Centre’s objectives of inculcating and acculturating core principles of Corporate Governance in the Nigerian Corporate hemisphere
• Bias for Corporate Governance research will be an added advantage
• Ability to Identify and attract research funding will be an added advantage