CURRICULUM VITAE

Paul Knipe

Institute of Development Studies E: p.knipe@ids.ac.uk

Library Road T: +44 (0)1273 915788

Brighton W: www.ids.ac.uk/people/paul-knipe

BN1 9RE, UK

society in advisory, management, and leadership roles

• Design and delivery of complex, multi-stakeholder programmes in the UK and fragile and

conflict-affected areas, often relating to empowered, prosperous rural communities and

evidence-informed policymaking

• Board member Peace and Community Action, NGO, Sri Lanka

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2010 – 2011 Foundation Certificate in Professional Skills for International

Development

Harper Adams University College, UK

2005 - 2007 MA Urban Regeneration. Passed with merit.

Essex University, UK

RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT

2018 – PRESENT Research and Learning Programme Manager, Institute of

Development Studies, UK

• Manage £8.5million Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D)

programme, improving impact of FCDO/UK Government development policy and

programming through learning, research and evidence uptake. Increased K4D performance

to ‘A+’ rating (March 2021), citing multiple examples of impact

• Advise a range of donors, policymakers and practitioners on research, knowledge

mobilisation, learning strategy to increase individual and organisational learning and

systems strengthening, girls’ education and climate and other areas

• Oversee delivery of research and learning products, ensuring quality and value. K4D has

delivered over 1000 evidence syntheses and 40 emerging issues reports, reading packs,

topical evidence summaries, short videos, animations, infographics and graphic illustrations

• Lead the K4D consortium of 20+ research, communications, MEL specialists from globally

renowned academic institutes and consultancies, including line managing eight staff at IDS

• Develop research, knowledge mobilisation and learning partnerships, in global north and

south, through K4D, the Covid Collective, and the BASIC Research programme

• Co-convenor of the Shaping Policy with Evidence online short course, working with

partners from global north and south

Smallholder Farmers (FCDO); Principal Researcher: Pathways to Economic and Political

Empowerment for Ethnic Women in Shan State (IDRC); oversaw portfolio including Value

Chains for Rural Development; Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation; various

environmental and social impact assessments

2016 – 2017 Country Representative, Democracy Reporting International (DRI),

Sri Lanka

• Set up and led DRI Sri Lanka office: strategy, operations, relations with politicians,

business, civil society, international donors and embassies, security and budget (EUR

1million pa)

• Led Accompanying Sri Lanka’s Democratic Transition project (German Foreign Office):

management, finance, communications, human resources, programming indicators

2014 – 2015 Advisor, Loka Ahlinn Social Development Network, Myanmar

• Advisor to influential NGO with 50+ staff and field offices, through British Council’s

‘Strengthening Burma’s civil society’ programme

• Organisational development assessment, systems strengthening in governance,

management, finance, admin, HR, project management, M&E, communications

• Project design and initiation: ‘Strengthening farmers’ capacity in Ayeyarwady delta’ (KCF)

‘Legal education, awareness, participation in Mon State’ (USAID); ‘Promotion of

participatory and accountable local governance in Tanintharyi Region’ (EU).

2011 – 2014 Project Advisor, VSO, Sri Lanka

government

and South Asia Partnership, both influential NGOs working with communities and CSOs

across Sri Lanka

2006 – 2011 Communications Manager (2009-2011) and Communications

Executive (2006-2009), London Borough of Hackney, UK

• Communications, Engagement, Advocacy for ‘Transformation of adult social care

programme’ with government, politicians, senior management, CSOs, NHS, brokers,

service providers and users, trade unions

SELECT CONSULTANCY/FREELANCE

• Civil Society Technical Specialist, SWISSAID, Myanmar, (16 days, 2016). Small Grants

Fund for Civil Society Theory of Change, costed inception and implementation plan, fund

for Political Studies, Myanmar, (20 days, 2014-15). Set up and fundraising,

organisational development and strategic plan, start-up funding through Open Society

Foundations

• Communications and Partnerships Advisor, Hambantota Chamber of Commerce, Sri

mapping, partnership strategy

• Editor and contributor, Lucid Magazine, UK/various, (2007-10) On the Dusty Road to

Empowerment [feature on livelihoods and child labour in Bolgatanga, Ghana]; Among the

Modern Nomads [feature on livelihoods, gender empowerment and civil society in Olgii,

Mongolia] See: This is the world that we live in, (Ed. Arthur, Lulu: 2010).

Knipe, P. (2014) The coalition building handbook: experiences from the National Network for

Knipe, P. (2014) People’s priorities for reconciliation and the role of civil society and local

Arthur, S.; Knipe, P.; Kugblenu, A. and Wilsher, J. (2010) This is the world that we live in, Lucid