Professional Development Award (PDA)
International Development Research Centre
Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia (ASRO)

The Gender Unit (GU) and the Regional office for Southeast and East Asia (ASRO)
of IDRC seek applications from qualified graduates for a Professional Development Award beginning in May 2005. The Awardee, based in Singapore, will assist the Gender Unit Coordinator and the Regional Director in program development on gender in the region, particularly focusing on questions of womens rights, gender justice, citizenship, governance, and gender mainstreaming. The Awardee will identify areas for research support and capacity building in the region and explore possible research synergies in Asia with the Gender Units Womens Rights and Citizenship programme. This will involve researching and writing a background issues paper, advising IDRC on key themes for expanding work in the region, as well as identifying potential partners in this work.

The position also provides an opportunity for the professional Development Award holder to undertake his or her own program of research. The Awardee will undertake a program of research that falls under any of the following themes: gender equity in governance; decentralization, and state processes; access to justice; migration, citizenship and livelihood; gender, economic rights and citizenship; and sexual and reproductive rights.

Other duties will involve assisting with project and partnership development on gender in the region. The Professional Development Awardee will be called upon to assist with the overall work of the Gender Unit and of ASRO, which could include but is not limited to: participation in team meetings; research tasks to locate, review and synthesize relevant material; preparation of state of the art reviews; preparation of correspondence; writing and editing of various documents; liaison with other parts of the Centre; and assistance with the organization of meetings, workshops and seminars, arrangements for visitors and the preparation of minutes and reports. The Awardee will also have access to funds to travel in the region.

This position is open to citizens (and permanent residents) of Canada and of countries of Asia. Applicants should have recently completed their PhD or be enrolled in a PhD program, with course work and fieldwork completed or completed Masters degree with significant research experience in a social science discipline. They should have knowledge and experience in the fields of development, gender and governance/citizenship, and ideally have conducted work in the Asian region. The position requires fluency in English. Work experience in Asian countries is preferred.

The duration of the award is one year. Stipend is in the range of $42,620 to $44,751, depending on academic qualifications and experience.

Please submit Curriculum Vitae, letter of intent, two reference letters and academic transcripts by April 30, 2005 to:

Gender Awards
Centre Training and Awards Program
Special Initiatives Division, IDRC
PO Box 8500, Ottawa, ON
Canada K1G 3H9

Physical address:
250 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON
Canada K1P 6M1

Tel.: (613) 236-6163 ext. 2098

FAX: (613) 563-0815

Email: cta@idrc.ca

Internet: www.idrc.ca/gender

An IDRC committee will make selection of the successful awardee.

April 8, 2005.