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Executive Director of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) based in Trieste, Italy
Location: Trieste, Italy
Organisation:
TWAS as part of UNESCO
Closing Date: 8 December 2009
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UNESCO is seeking the appointment of a renowned scientific leader and administrator to serve as Executive Director of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) based in Trieste, Italy. UNESCO promotes international cooperation in science in the interests of peace, human rights and development. The Academy is administered by UNESCO within the Natural Sciences Sector (SC), and operates under the direction of a steering Committee appointed by UNESCO and the Italian Government, as well as the TWAS Council.
The main objectives of the Academy are to:
(i) recognize, support and promote excellence in scientific research in the South;
(ii) provide promising scientists in the South with the research
facilities necessary for the advancement of their work;
(iii) facilitate contacts between individual scientists and institutions in the South;
(iv) encourage North-South cooperation between individuals and centres of scholarship; and
(v) promote scientific research on major challenges faced by developing countries
Responsibilities
For details of the responsibilities please visit: http://recrutweb.unesco.org/pdf/ITASC0824.pdf
Experience Required
For details of the experience required please visit: http://recrutweb.unesco.org/pdf/ITASC0824.pdf
Salary Benefits
For details please visit: http://recrutweb.unesco.org/pdf/ITASC0824.pdf
Application Procedure
Candidates wishing to apply for this post should do so through the following website: http://www.unesco.org/employment
Candidates without easy access to the Internet may, exceptionally, apply by mail, by sending a full curriculum vitae in English or French, preferably on the official UNESCO curriculum vitae form, showing their nationality, date of birth and gender, to:
Chief, Recruitment and Staffing Section,
Bureau of Human Resources Management,
UNESCO,
7 Place de Fontenoy,
75352 Paris 07-SP,
France
An Assessment Centre may be used in the recruitment process of this post.
Applications should reach UNESCO before 8 December 2009.
Please quote post number “EU/VC/ITA/SC/0824”.
THERE IS NO APPLICATION, PROCESSING OR OTHER FEE AT THIS OR AT ANY STAGE OF THE PROCESS.
Contact Details
Chief, Recruitment and Staffing Section,
Bureau of Human Resources Management,
UNESCO,
7 Place de Fontenoy,
75352 Paris 07-SP,
France
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