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We create spaces where different stakeholders engage openly, build trust, and collaborate to help solve shared global challenges.\nContext and why we are recruiting?\nThe Knowledge Communities team builds and manages relationships with leading experts and knowledge institutions worldwide, ensuring that the Forum's work is informed by rigorous expertise, diverse perspectives and a strong understanding of the issues shaping the global agenda.\nWe are seeking a Senior Associate, Research Institutions, to manage a defined portfolio of more than 30 institutions, primarily scientific organizations and research laboratories, alongside universities, academies, think tanks and other relevant bodies.\nThe role will build and strengthen institutional relationships, identify opportunities to engage relevant institutions and experts across the Forum's work, and develop knowledge of the scientific and research landscape to support the Forum's intellectual agenda. The role will also lead defined thematic and geographical workstreams within the Knowledge Communities portfolio, in line with priorities established by the Director.\nThe role provides an opportunity to work at the intersection of relationship management, knowledge curation and global issues, connecting leading institutions and experts with relevant Forum programmes, communities, meetings and initiatives.\nReporting line and how is this role embedded in the wider team?\nThe Senior Associate will report to the Director of Knowledge Communities and work closely with colleagues across Forum Centres, regional and industry teams, initiatives, events and other relevant functions.\nThe role will serve as a key working-level counterpart to relevant Centres and regional teams, helping identify and connect appropriate institutional expertise to their priorities.\nExternally, the Senior Associate will independently manage relationships with a range of senior stakeholders across research and knowledge institutions, including presidents and rectors, research and institute directors, laboratory leaders, senior academics and other prominent experts.\nWhat will you be responsible for?\nManage a defined portfolio of more than 30 research institutions and scientific organizations, building and maintaining trusted relationships and developing a strong understanding of each institution's priorities, expertise and potential contribution to the Forum.\nDevelop and deliver tailored engagement plans within agreed team priorities, ensuring institutions are actively connected to relevant Forum programmes, communities, meetings, initiatives and other opportunities.\nBuild a strong understanding of relevant scientific and research ecosystems, monitoring institutional priorities, emerging areas of research and developments in the broader intellectual landscape, and translate this knowledge into practical insights and recommendations for Forum colleagues.\nIdentify and connect relevant institutions, researchers and experts with Forum activities, supporting the continued development of a diverse and high-quality expert community across disciplines, geographies, institutions and perspectives.\nLead defined thematic or geographical workstreams within the Knowledge Communities portfolio, taking responsibility for planning and delivery, managing timelines, risks and dependencies, anticipating stakeholder needs and escalating matters with broader strategic or reputational implications.\nWork closely with Centres, regional teams, initiatives, events and other Forum functions to understand knowledge and expertise needs, coordinate contributions and support an integrated approach to institutional and expert engagement.\nPlan and deliver, or contribute to, institutional visits, expert consultations, workshops and other engagements, preparing high-quality agendas, briefings, correspondence, meeting materials and recommendations for Forum colleagues, leadership and external stakeholders.\nMaintain accurate institutional relationship information, engagement plans and relevant intelligence in Forum systems, and identify practical improvements to portfolio management, knowledge curation, expert engagement and team ways of working.\nSuccess in the role will be reflected in strong institutional relationships, effective delivery of agreed engagement plans and workstreams, useful research and ecosystem insights, meaningful expert engagement, effective cross-Forum collaboration and consistently high-quality delivery.\nWhat core knowledge, skills and experience are we looking to add to our team?\nDomain Knowledge and Experience\nUniversity degree required; a master's degree, particularly in a scientific or research-related discipline, is an asset. Relevant qualifications in public policy, international relations, economics or the social sciences will also be considered.\n4-6 years relevant professional experience within or working closely with the global scientific, research, higher education or knowledge ecosystem.\nExperience working with a scientific organization, research institution, laboratory, university, academy, think tank or similar body, or within an organization that partners closely with such institutions.\nExperience independently managing external stakeholder relationships, including engagement with senior institutional or subject-matter leaders.\nCore Skills\nStrong analytical, research and synthesis skills, with the ability to understand complex information and translate it into practical insights and recommendations.\nDemonstrated ability to lead defined projects or workstreams from planning through delivery, managing multiple stakeholders, timelines and dependencies.\nSound judgement and the ability to work 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