Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Lecturer/Researcher College of Public Administration

The College of Public Administration consists of 4 departments: Land Resource Management, Resources Environment & Urban-rural Planning, Public Administration, and Human Resources & Social Security. It offers 5 bachelor programs, 6 master programs, 4 doctoral programs, as well as one MPA program. Current enrolments stand at over 1,000 undergraduate and 680 postgraduate. There are about 80 faculty in the College.

Formerly named as Land Management College established in 1992, it was the first provider of doctoral education in Land Resource Management and housed the first Public Administration Postdoctoral Research Station in China. The Land Resource Management is rated as the National Key Discipline, and Public Administration as Provincial Key Discipline of Jiangsu.

The College is recruiting one faculty specialised in Land Resource Management, one in Population, Resources and Environment Economics, three in Public Administration, two in Social Security, and two in Educational Economics and Administration.

Responsibilities and Requirements:

Lecturing key subjects in the university during the period of employment.
Conducting research in areas of specialty.
A consecutive 5-year first employment contract signed.
A PhD degree from an internationally-renowned university. A PhD degree from renowned overseas universities is a must for applicants in Land Resource Management and Population, Resources and Environment Economics.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary

A salary of 80,000 RMB per year (housing fund and allowance included) will be offered to PhD degree holders to fill lecturer positions.

Accommodation

PhD degree holders will be provided with an apartment.
A monthly rental allowance of 1,500 RMB will be offered, before the apartment is available for occupancy.
A monthly rental allowance of 2,000 RMB will be offered to PhD degree holders from world-renowned universities and research institutes overseas or awardees of “Dissertations of National Excellence” in China.

Special support

Outstanding new faculty will be supported by the “Zhongshan Early-career Researcher” Program and enjoy an additional yearly bonus of 30,000 RMB as well as other preferential policies for the duration of the program.

How to apply:

Please apply by clicking the Apply button below.

Applicants should clearly state the specific position you apply for, submit a softcopy of updated CV and provide supporting materials about academic achievements.

To learn more about working & living in China, please visit:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/career-tools-and-advice/country-profiles/china

Professor College of Animal Science and Technology (CAST)

Lecturer/Associate Professor/Full Professor

College of Animal Science and Technology (CAST)

The College of Animal Science and Technology (CAST) at NAU, established in 1917, is one of the earliest providers of higher education in animal husbandry in China. The college currently offers 2 bachelor programs, 5 master programs and 5 doctoral programs. It has a total enrolment of about 600 undergraduate students and 350 graduated students. The college generally focuses on research in the fields of animal genetics, breeding, reproduction, nutrition, production and feed science, and will exert great efforts in the areas of animal bio-technology and gastro-intestinal microbiology in the near future.

The College is recruiting faculty to fill vacancies in animal genetics and multiplication, animal nutrition and feed science, animal production, animal biological engineering, and aquaculture.

Responsibilities and Requirements:

Lecturing key subjects in the university during the period of employment.
Conducting research in areas of specialty.
A consecutive 5-year first employment contract signed.
A PhD degree from an internationally-renowned university.
A least 2 academic papers published in international journals within the last 5 years; for the associate professor position, a minimum of 5 academic papers; for the full professor position, 3 academic papers with the total impact factor greater than 15.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary

A salary of 80,000 RMB per year (housing fund and allowance included) will be offered to PhD degree holders to fill lecturer positions. Salary for associate and full professors is negotiable.

Accommodation

PhD degree holders will be provided with an apartment.

A monthly rental allowance of 1,500 RMB will be offered, before the apartment is available for occupancy.

A monthly rental allowance of 2,000 RMB will be offered to PhD degree holders from world-renowned universities and research institutes overseas or awardees of “Dissertations of National Excellence” in China.

Special support

How to apply:

Please apply by clicking the Apply button below.

Applicants should clearly state the specific position you apply for, submit a softcopy of updated CV and provide supporting materials about academic achievements.

To learn more about working & living in China, please visit:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/career-tools-and-advice/country-profiles/china

Professor College of Economics and Management

Lecturer/Associate Professor/Full Professor

College of Economics and Management

The College of Economics and Management (CEM) is one of the earliest providers of higher education in agricultural economics and management in China. It offers 5 bachelor programs, 3 master programs, 4 professional master programs, and 2 doctoral programs. It houses a post-doctoral research station. It has an enrolment of 891 undergraduates, 163 research postgraduates, 651 professional postgraduates, and 98 PhD students. The total number of faculty stands at 67, including 18 professors and 17 associate professors.

The agricultural economics and management is rated the National Key discipline, while agricultural & forestry economics and management and rural development are rated as provincial key disciplines. It enjoys high-standard in education and research in that it has produced 3 “Dissertations of National Excellence” and claimed more than 20 provincial or ministerial awards.

The College of Economics and Management is extending invitations to:

Scholars with PhD degrees from overseas universities;
Tenured professors at overseas universities;
Experts listed in the Recruitment Program of Global Experts, distinguished professors and lecture professors in the “Changjiang Scholars Program”, or recipients of "China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists".

Responsibilities and Requirements:

Lecturing key subjects in the university during the period of employment.
A consecutive 5-year first employment contract signed.
A PhD degree from an internationally-renowned university.
Specialisation in one or more of the following research areas: agricultural economics and management, applied economics and business administration.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary

A salary of 80,000 RMB per year (housing fund and allowance included) will be offered to PhD degree holders to fill lecturer positions. Salary for associate and full professors is negotiable.

Accommodation

PhD degree holders will be provided with an apartment.

A monthly rental allowance of 1,500 RMB will be offered, before the apartment is available for occupancy.

Special support

Initial research funding ranging from 300,000 to 500,000 RMB will be provided, depending on discipline and the applicant’s status. Apart from the benefits provided by NAU, CEM offers an initial research funding of 20,000 to 50,000 RMB and a special allowance of 30,000 to 50,000 RMB per year which lasts for three years.

How to apply:

Please apply by clicking the Apply button below.

Applicants should clearly state the specific position you apply for, submit a softcopy of updated C.V in MS Word, PPT or PDF version and provide supporting materials and three letters of reference (optional).

To learn more about working & living in China, please visit:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/career-tools-and-advice/country-profiles/china

Lecturer/Associate Professor/Full Professor College of Food Science and Technology

The College of Food Science and Technology at NAU evolved from the Department of Agricultural Products and Manufacturing established in 1902 at the National Central University. It now consists of three departments: Food Science and Engineering, Food Quality and Safety, and Biological Engineering, and offers academic programs at undergraduate through doctoral levels. Current enrolments stand at 800 undergraduate and 400 postgraduate. There are 65 faculty and staff, including 20 professors and 18 associated professors.

“Food Science” at NAU is rated as National Key Discipline. The College is proud to house a National Centre of Meat Quality and Safety Control, as well as the MOST (Ministry of Science & Technology) – USDA (US Department of Agriculture) Joint Research Centre for Food Quality & Safety Control and several key open laboratories authorized by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture. Here is also based the China Research Society of Livestock Product Processing.

The College is recruiting faculty to fill vacancies in livestock product processing and storage, food science, nutrition, and food inspection or food hygiene.

Responsibilities and Requirements:

Lecturing key subjects in the university during the period of employment.
Conducting research in areas of specialty.
A consecutive 5-year first employment contract signed.
A PhD degree from an internationally-renowned university.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary

A salary of 80,000 RMB per year (housing fund and allowance included) will be offered to PhD degree holders to fill lecturer positions. Salary for associate and full professors is negotiable.

Accommodation

PhD degree holders will be provided with an apartment.

A monthly rental allowance of 1,500 RMB will be offered, before the apartment is available for occupancy.

Special support

How to apply:

Please apply by clicking the Apply button below.

Applicants should clearly state the specific position you apply for, submit a softcopy of updated CV and provide supporting materials about academic achievements.

To learn more about working & living in China, please visit:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/career-tools-and-advice/country-profiles/china

Lecturer/Associate Professor/Full Professor College of Foreign Studies

The College of Foreign Studies at Nanjing Agricultural University acquired its name in 2001. It was developed from the Department of Foreign Languages in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences established in 1996. It offers programs in English and Japanese respectively, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as a professional Master’s program in Translation. Besides, the College is responsible for providing language instructions – English as required in the curriculum - to all students other than English and Japanese majors, undergraduate up to PhD level. Other languages such as French, German, Russian, and Korean are also available.

It admitted its first cohort of undergraduates of English majors in 1993, followed by that of Japanese majors in 1996. It witnessed the first intake of postgraduates of Japanese and English in 2002 and 2004 respectively. Current enrolments in BA and MA programs add up to 800. There are altogether 87 faculty, including 28 professors and associate professors.

The college hosts three research institutes, namely, the Institute of Research on English Language and Culture, the Institute of Japanese Language and Culture, and the Institute of Contrastive Studies on Chinese and Foreign Languages. It is also home to the Provincial Lab Centre of Foreign Language Teaching. Teachers of CFS are encouraged to do research apart from teaching, in general linguistics, applied linguistics, literature, translation studies and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. In the past five years, they have undertaken six provincial and national research programs, published more than 300 research papers as well as over 40 academic monographs, textbooks, and dictionaries, and received six provincial and national awards; all of which leads the college among all institutions of higher agricultural educational in China.

The College welcomes interested candidates from home and abroad specialised in English or Japanese linguistics, literature, translation studies, and cultural studies.

Responsibilities and Requirements:

Lecturing key subjects in the university during the period of employment.
Conducting research in areas of specialty.
A consecutive 5-year first employment contract signed.
A PhD degree from an internationally-renowned university. A master degree is acceptable for applicants for the interpreting teaching position, but professional training and working experience in interpreting preferred.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary

A salary of 80,000 RMB per year (housing fund and allowance included) will be offered to PhD degree holders to fill lecturer positions. Salary for associate and full professors is negotiable.

Accommodation

PhD degree holders will be provided with an apartment.

A monthly rental allowance of 1,500 RMB will be offered, before the apartment is available for occupancy.

Special support

How to apply:

Please apply by clicking the Apply button below.

Applicants should clearly state the specific position you apply for, submit a softcopy of updated CV and provide supporting materials about academic achievements.

To learn more about working & living in China, please visit:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/career-tools-and-advice/country-profiles/china

Lecturer/Associate Professor/Full Professor College of Horticulture

The College of Horticulture, established in 1921, is the earliest department of its kind in China. Its predecessors, the departments of horticulture at Central National University and Jinling University, made great contributions to the development of modern Chinese horticulture. The vegetable science discipline has developed into a National Key Discipline.

It now offers 5 bachelor programs (Horticulture, Gardening, Landscape Science, Chinese Medicinal Herbal Science, Facility Agricultural Science and Engineering ), 6 master programs (Vegetable Science, Pomology, Garden Plants and Ornamental Horticulture, Chinese medicinal herbal science and Tea Science), and 6 doctoral programs (Horticulture, Vegetable Science, Pomology, Tea Science, Ornamental Horticulture and Chinese medicinal herbal science). It also houses a post-doc research station in horticulture. Current enrolments stand at 1637, including 1056 undergraduates and 591 postgraduates, as well as 10 students from overseas. There are about 100 staff members, including 28 professors and 34 associate professors.

The College is recruiting faculty to fill in vacancies in vegetable science, pomology, gardening, landscape science, Chinese medicinal herbal science, and facility agricultural science and engineering.

Responsibilities and Requirements:

Lecturing key subjects in the university during the period of employment.
Conducting research in areas of specialty.
A consecutive 5-year first employment contract signed.
A PhD degree from an internationally-renowned university.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary

A salary of 80,000 RMB per year (housing fund and allowance included) will be offered to PhD degree holders to fill lecturer positions. Salary for associate and full professors is negotiable.

Accommodation

PhD degree holders will be provided with an apartment.

A monthly rental allowance of 1,500 RMB will be offered, before the apartment is available for occupancy.

Special support

How to apply:

Please apply by clicking the Apply button below.

Applicants should clearly state the specific position you apply for, submit a softcopy of updated CV and provide supporting materials about academic achievements.

To learn more about working & living in China, please visit:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/career-tools-and-advice/country-profiles/china

University of Edinburgh Clinical Lectureships / PhD Fellowships

University of Edinburgh -Edinburgh Clinical Academic Training (ECAT) Programme

£31,523 - £46,708

Applications to join the prestigious ECAT Programme in August 2013 are invited from medically qualified trainees in any clinical discipline from any centre in the UK who are determined to pursue a career in academic medicine. All posts provide funding from the Wellcome Trust for a full-time, three year Research Training Fellowship leading to a PhD in one of the internationally competitive multidisciplinary research centres in Edinburgh. In order to maximise flexibility for individual trainees, two types of post are available: ECAT Clinical Lectureships and ECAT PhD Fellowships.

In order to optimise selection of supervisors and planning of the PhD project (with the support of the ECAT Directors and an academic mentor from your clinical discipline), in both cases the University of Edinburgh and South East Scotland Postgraduate Deanery will provide funding for a preparatory period before beginning the three-year PhD project.

ECAT Clinical Lectureships

A three year, full-time PhD with an introductory year of clinical and part-time research training. On completion of the PhD, candidates who wish to continue clinical training in South East Scotland will be offered a post-doctoral Clinical Lectureship that provides parallel research and clinical training to CCT. Progression through the scheme is subject to satisfactory performance but does not involve competitive interviews after initial appointment.

ECAT PhD Fellowships

A three year, full-time PhD with a three month out-of-programme preparatory research experience period before commencing the PhD.

Candidates for ECAT Clinical Lecturer posts must hold or obtain a specialty training position (including NTN) in their chosen discipline in the UK no later than August 2013 (candidates who have yet to hear the outcome of their application for speciality training in 2013 will be considered). Candidates for PhD Fellowship posts need not hold a specialty training position in their chosen discipline in the UK. Candidates who have already undertaken a period of full-time research leading to a doctoral degree will not be considered eligible.

The ECAT programme is now in its fifth year and has recruited 26 trainees from all around the UK, representing 17 clinical disciplines. Appointees have selected PhD projects in 14 different research centres. Further information is available at www.ecat.ed.ac.uk

Informal enquiries are encouraged and may be addressed to the ECAT Programme Directors, Professor Brian Walker b.walker@ed.ac.uk and Professor John Iredale (john.iredale@ed.ac.uk).

Previous applicants for 2013 entry need not reapply.

Reference number: 008243

Closing date: 5pm on Friday, 3 May 2013

For more information and to submit an application, please use the ‘apply’ button below.

Enterprise Executive

Edinburgh Research and Innovation

University of Edinburgh -Communications & Events

Chancellor's Fellowships University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh -School of Biological Sciences

IT Developer

ESF-COST - European Co-operation in the Field of Scientific & Technical Research

Brussels, Belgium

COST - European CO-operation in Science and Technology - is a unique means for European researchers to jointly develop their own ideas and new initiatives across all scientific disciplines through trans-European networking of nationally funded research activities. Based on a European intergovernmental framework for cooperation in science and technology, COST has contributed since its creation 40 years ago to closing the gap between science, policy makers and society throughout Europe and beyond. COST mission is to enable break-through scientific developments leading to new concepts and products and thereby contributing to strengthen Europe’s research and innovation capacities.

The COST Office, located in Brussels, is provided by the European Science Foundation (ESF) – the implementing agent for COST, through a Grant agreement with the European Commission. The COST Office implements Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) decisions and supports all COST activities, in particular the evaluation and selection of proposals, the monitoring and assessment of COST Actions and the communication and outreach activities to promote their outcomes and impact.

The ESF-COST Office is currently looking for an IT Developer. He/she will be responsible for the provision of development services across a range of business system solutions and technologies. The IT Developer will report directly to the Head of Information Systems.

The person should be available to start as soon as possible.

Position responsibilities:

Developing and maintaining application and reporting systems/solutions, core database structures and technologies;
Undertaking testing of system components, completing bug fixes and development enhancements;
Providing development support for application systems and solutions ensuring that incidents are dealt with in an accurate and timely fashion;
Complying with and adhering to the documented quality standards and methods for development;
Maintaining, improving and integrating in-house built software based on Microsoft technologies;
Providing second and third level support to the COST Office IT Helpdesk;
Contributing to the training of end users;
Endorsing other responsibilities & undertaking other tasks as necessary for the good organisation of the office, under the responsibility of the Head of Information Systems;
Responding to any demand requested by the COST Office Director.

Profile and competencies:

The successful candidate should demonstrate the following competencies:

Education
- University Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering;
Experience
- Recognised 3 to 5 years’ experience in IT development;
- Knowledge of the European and national research structures and institutions;
Profile
- Excellent inter-personal skills, including diplomacy, discretion and confidentially;
- Strong team work capacities and relationship building abilities;
- Demonstrated ability to balance multiple tasks and work well independently and collaboratively;
- Strong aptitude to offer interesting solutions to increase efficiency within the organisation;
- Adaptability to the changing environment;
- Assertiveness and capability to follow decisions from governance and management;
- Commitment and accountability to deliver on allocated tasks as entrusted by the Director;
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills;
- High standard of spoken and written English, knowledge of other European languages appreciated;
Specific Competencies
- Strong working experience in Visual Basic (VB 9.0 or newer) and Visual Basic scripting within MS Access;
- Proven experience in implementing database solutions with MS SQL Server (platform SQL 2005 or newer);
- Experience in a .NET development role including working knowledge developing with .NET 3.5, ASP.NET and C#;
- Experience of building: customer focused web applications utilising PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript and Web Services (WCF and SOAP/RESTful) and web solutions using MOSS are assets;
- Experience working with Agile project team development environments is preferred.

ESF-COST Office offers:

A full-time contract under the Belgian law with a duration linked to the FP7 COST Grant Agreement II (ending 31 May 2014), with an initial probation period of 4 months;
An international working environment located in Brussels (Avenue Louise 149, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium);
Unless a national of the ‘EU and EEE’ candidates must be eligible to work in Belgium and must have a Work Permit.

Electronic applications (motivation letter with possible start date mentioned + CV) should be addressed to Barbara Bottiau and sent to job@cost.eu. Reference code: ITD, preferably using following templatehttp://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae/templates-instructions/templates/doc.doc.

Please note that the COST HR Team will only contact the candidates who are invited to the first round of interviews. Contact will be made as from 23rd April 2013 to organise the first and second rounds of interviews (to be held in the first two weeks of May 2013).

For more information, please visit our website http://www.cost.eu.

Deadline for application: 07th April 2013

Australian Embassy Defence Office Manager

Australian Embassy

Brussels, Belgium

Australian Embassy to Belgium, Luxembourg and Mission to the EU & NATO

The Australian Embassy to Belgium and Luxembourg and Mission to the EU and NATO in Brussels has a vacancy for a Defence Officer Manager. The position will be full-time and the successful applicant must be able to commence in June 2013. The position is based on a fixed-term contract and is available immediately for a period of two years. The position will report directly to and provide support to the Australian Defence Adviser.

Duties include:

Provide office and administrative support to the Australian Military Representative to NATO and the EU;
Liaise effectively with both internal and external agencies and organisations;
Manage the Military Representative’s appointments diary, invitations, correspondence, meetings and conferences, travel, accommodation and itineraries;
Manage the Defence Adviser’s appointments diary, invitations, correspondence, meetings and conferences, travel, accommodation and itineraries;
Register and file inward & outward correspondence, action appropriately and despatch outward mail;
Monitor Australian Defence visits and assist with visitors’ programs and travel arrangements;
Respond to requests for information and carry out research as directed by the Defence Adviser.

Selection criteria:

Mandatory

The position requires an Australian national security clearance. Candidates must be eligible to hold an Australian Security clearance and must have permission to work in Belgium. Because of the requirement to hold an Australian security clearance, candidates cannot hold Belgian citizenship; hence Australian/Belgian dual nationals are not eligible to apply;
Experience in an administrative or personal assistant role, including use of Microsoft Office, internet, email and office equipment;
Ability to work with limited supervision, both independently and as part of a team;
Must have strong written and verbal communication skills and be able to liaise effectively with a broad range of people from junior to senior levels with tact, discretion and initiative;
English as a first language.

Desirable

Good working knowledge of French;
Experience in a finance, accounting or budgeting position;
Knowledge and interest in the work of the Australian Embassy and Mission to Belgium Luxembourg, the EU and NATO and in Defence issues in particular.

Applicants must be eligible to hold an Australian national security clearance. Preference will be given to Australian citizens. Interested applicants should forward their curriculum vitae and a brief statement addressing the selection criteria as well as as the name and contact number of at least two referees to: Senior Administrative Officer, Australian Embassy, by post to: Level 7, Avenue des Arts, 56, 1000 Brussels; or by email to:vacancies.brussels@dfat.gov.au.

Applications close COB 8 April 2013

NB: No late applications will be accepted and applications must address the full selection criteria.
ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED FOR INTERVIEW.

Coordinator, Communications and Outreach Programme

UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Bonn, Germany

Background

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the focus of the international political process to address climate change. The UNFCCC secretariat supports the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol through a wide range of activities, including substantive and organizational support to meetings of the Parties and to the implementation institutions and processes under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol, and support to Parties in the continuing evolution and strengthening of the multilateral climate change regime.

The secretariat’s Communications and Outreach (CO) programme is responsible for external communications, media relations, on-line public information and outreach to stakeholders in support of the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. The programme leads the public advocacy work of the Climate Change Secretariat and the strategic high level engagement of stakeholders involved in the development of climate change policies.

Responsibilities

The Communication and Outreach (CO) programme Coordinator works closely with and reports directly to the Executive Secretary. The programme Coordinator will lead a newly restructured programme and reorient the work of the programme in new directions. The incumbent will be accountable for developing and implementing a new strategic vision for the secretariat’s communications and outreach activities, for better integrating communications across the secretariat, and for building the new programme team. S/he is an integral part of the secretariat’s senior Management Team and contributes to the overall management of the secretariat through membership in various other managerial groups.

The key accountabilities of the Coordinator include:

I. Strategic vision and policy advice.

Developing, directing and delivering the secretariat-wide external communications strategy to enhance public and stakeholder support for the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol and their institutions and market-based mechanisms, to catalyse enhanced action on climate change by all stakeholders; and to position and market the UNFCCC as the global forum to set international climate change policies and agree on action. In addition, the Coordinator provides strategic oversight to communications-related activities of other programmes and plays a leading role in inter-agency communications efforts on climate change by overseeing and contributing to the development of the core substantive messages and how these are best deployed alongside the messages and communications strategies of the Secretary-General and the main UN partner organizations.

II. Programme leadership and management (including resource mobilization)
Leading the Communication and Outreach programme and its staff in implementing its programme of work, fostering staff motivation, creativity and innovative thinking, and ensuring timely implementation and a respectful work environment. In addition, the Coordinator manages the program budget and is accountable for developing and implementing strategies for medium and long term fund raising for communication and outreach projects.

III. Advocacy and senior representation

Building coalitions and partnerships with external stakeholders to foster efforts to address climate change, developing strategic relationships with media and acting as media coordinator for climate change conferences and meetings by overseeing media and broadcasting facilities and services; and guiding the media operations at sessions. In addition, the Coordinator represents the Executive Secretary and the secretariat in negotiations and consultations with host government officials on media relations, media services, TV and radio broadcasting facilities as well as online webcasting for sessions.

Essential Requirements:

Educational background: An advanced university degree, or equivalent, preferably in Journalism, Communications, Public or International Relations. A combination of a university degree plus substantial professional experience in the field may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree in the relevant discipline.

Experience: At least 12 years of progressively responsible experience in strategic communications, public information, or media, including management, in large multicultural institutions. Familiarity with the climate change environment, sustainable development and carbon market issues as well as UN administrative practices would be an asset.

Languages: Fluency in English (both written and oral) essential. Working knowledge of another UN official language desirable.

Job-related skills: Strategic and management-level writing skills; ability to draft compelling content for external or internal dissemination; resource mobilization skills desirable; to build partnerships, and develop networks, with other organizations and with governmental and civil society actors

To apply

Applications against vacancy announcement VA 13/024/CO should be submitted through the on-line application system available at http://unfccc.int/secretariat/employment/recruitment.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Project Director I-MP Health Sector Reforms Program in Bhopal India

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Civil Society, Gender, Youth, Research and Technology– creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states and all U.S. territories. We seek qualified candidates for the position of India Project Director I-MP Health Sector Reforms Program in Bhopal India.

Position Description:

FHI 360 started its operations in India in the mid-90s and positioned itself as a technical assistance agency in the area of health particularly HIV and AIDS, reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP) and health systems strengthening (HSS). Through research, technical assistance and service delivery, FHI 360 builds on scientific knowledge and evidence, as well as human and institutional capacities of local NGOs and Government at the national and state levels. In July 2011, globally, FHI acquired programs, expertise and assets of Academy for Educational Development (AED), building on its strategic approach to reach beyond health and embrace broader sectors of development. FHI 360 represents the broader and the more diversified organization as a result of this merger.

FHI 360 Consortium has been selected by DFID to support a Technical and Management Support Team (TAST) in Madhya Pradesh under the Madhya Pradesh Health Systems Reforms Project (MPHSRP). The current funding is for three years starting 1 April 2012 until 31 March 2015. This position will be based in Bhopal and will work closely with the different departments of the GoMP to support them in achieving ambitious results across Health, Nutrition and WASH sectors.

As a Project Director, this position ensures high quality Technical Assistance is provided to the Government of Madhya Pradesh (GoMP) against all the committed work plans that are approved by Department for International Development (DFID), UK and the GoMP. This position provides overall technical and operational leadership to the Madhya Pradesh Health Sector Reforms Program and works in close coordination with senior government officials from the departments of Public Health and Family Welfare (DH&FW), Women and Child Development (DWCD), Rural Development (RD) and Public Health Engineering (PHED) .

The India Project Director I-MP Health Sector Reforms Program will:

Provide strategic leadership and manage the day-to-day operations of the Madhya Pradesh Health Sector Reforms Program, including consortium management and managing partnerships with GoMP, DFID and all key sub-grantees including consortium partnerships and technical advisory members and senior consultants.
Lead in providing oversight, technical direction, and implementation of strategies and interventions for maternal and child health (MCH), Family Planning (FP), Malaria, Nutrition, Human Resource (HR), Public Finance and on Governance issues.
Provide supervision and technical support for assigned technical specialists within TAST, which requires delegation of responsibilities and assignments, performance monitoring and evaluation as well as jointly coordinating activities for the development and management of new reform activities.
Provide leadership in coordination with the other domain specialists and highest level of government partners from the department of Public Health and Family Welfare (DH&FW), Women and Child Development (DWCD), Rural Development (RD) and Public Health Engineering (PHED) in finalizing work plans, timelines, and deliverables.
Guide and supervise the Program Management Specialist in the implementation of technical assistance for community-based pilots and approaches to improve MCH, Nutrition and WASH outcomes in the identified 10 underserved districts.
Lead on the efforts to strengthen convergence of MCH, Nutrition and WASH activities between DH&FW, DWCD, RD and PHED at all levels of service delivery.
Work closely with the Mission Director, NRHM in keeping abreast of the developments in the health sector and suggest appropriate reforms keeping the social, economical and political situation of the state in view.
Identify and support the Technical Specialists to develop Terms of Reference (ToR) for technical inputs that cannot be provided by core staff or the internal resource pool and ensure quality outputs.
Accountable for ensuring timely delivery of all the key results committed to the GoMP and DFID under the MPHSRP.
Ensure timely submission of monthly, quarterly progress reports, semi-annual reports and others to DFID and GoMP.
Represent TAST in relevant meetings that have bearing on the MPHSRP.
Identify and establish linkages to foster a network of research and academic institutions, NGOs, and international organizations to expand knowledge base as appropriate.
Perform other related duties as assigned by the Supervisor/HSS Advisor and Country Director.

Minimal Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or its international equivalent in Public Health, Community Medicine or a Master of Science in international health or related field. Masters degree preferred. Minimum of 8+ years of work experience in public health programming and policy and 5-7 years in a management and supervisory position. Ability to travel within country or region and internationally if needed.

Dynamic, self-motivated and committed to the welfare of disadvantaged populations.

Prior experience working on projects that included responsibility for technical assistance to government for scaled-up, evidence based, results oriented programming.
Prior experience of leading large consortiums preferred.
Ability to lead, supervise and mentor multi-disciplinary and multi-functional team and with partners especially with government departments and senior officials.
Ability to draw upon high-end international and national technical and management resource and expertize based on emerging requirements of technical assistance.
Prior experience of working in Madhya Pradesh preferred.
Prior experience working for other INGOs and government sector preferred.
Knowledge of Government systems and processes is essential.
Excellent interpersonal, liaison and negotiation skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Strong analytical and strategic planning and management skills.
Computer proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
Prior experience of managing large funds including large procurements and sub-contracts and institutionalizing systems to track utilization and deliverables linked payments.

Interested candidates may register online through FHI 360's Career Center at www.fhi360.org/careercenter or through the Employment section at www.fhi360.org. Please submit CV/resume and cover letter including salary requirements. Please specify source in your application.

AA/EOE/M/F/V/D

Regional Technical Manager in India

Position Description:

To be responsible for ongoing reporting to the Regional Manager and the Portfolio Manager and for the technical monitoring of the Girls’ Education Challenge projects in their regions. To work closely with the in-country monitoring teams and the education monitors specifically.

The Regional Technical Manager will:

Co-ordinate the Country Education Monitors covering the countries their region;
Provide review, oversight and quality assurance of work carried out by the in-Country Education Monitors;
On an ongoing basis, to flag the progress of projects and respond to all questions related to the technical performance of the funded projects that might be received from the Portfolio Manager;
Consolidate the lessons learned from all projects in their region;
Facilitate Peer to Peer learning between projects in their region;
Respond to requests for information and provide feedback on technical issues raised by the Recipients; through the Country Education Monitors;
Be the main liaison point with the DFID education advisors in their country and any other country in their region if needed;
Keep the relevant Regional Manager and the Portfolio Manager informed of project progress through regular monthly, in particular if there are any concerns or risks to projects proceeding as planned;
Coordinate regional networking amongst their portfolio of projects to share lessons learned and best practices;
Review the performance of the in-country education and financial monitors;
Deal with country specific issues such as interactions with government agencies, as required.
Work closely with GEC regional manager to develop regional-level work plans.
Work closely with the GEC regional manager to arrange for and provide training (when required) to the national-level NGOs and organizations in quarterly report writing and reporting of progress as per the GEC format.
Communicate remotely and in person with the implementing projects to discuss progress, challenges, areas or topics of uncertainty, and reporting;
Serve as the primary point of contact for technical matters for the organizations implementing projects
Conduct project site visits on a regular basis
Work closely with GEC UK based education expert and technical team to ensure the UK is informed of project progress and any education related issues that require escalation.
Collaborate with DFID and PwC education advisors to identify projects that require internal evaluations or reviews, in addition to, but particularly for the projects that the Evaluation Manager will not assess, to identify and resolve issues prior to the external evaluations that will assess the overall performance of the GEC.
Operate on a schedule determined with the recipient with frequency adjusted depending on programmatic complexity, performance and levels of risk;
Provide an extra perspective in cases where progress is not as expected, where bottlenecks arise requiring a local solution, in case of disputes and to detect and rectify, at an early stage, any deviation from agreed work-plans, indicators and budgets; and
Help identify further sources of information, support or training;
Liaise, as appropriate, with DFID country offices on all technical matters related to GEC;
Undertake any other reasonable duties as may be requested from time to time.

Minimal Requirements:

An advanced university degree in international development or education;
At least 15 years experience of working in the education sector;
Experience and knowledge of development partners in general and of the education sector in particular in selected country;
In depth knowledge of the broader education systems in selected country;
In depth knowledge of the country and its different communities;
Experience of working on education programmes which have supported/targeted girls;
Previous experience of working in education programme management;
Experience of working in the education sector in challenging contexts;
Strong project monitoring and reporting expertise;
Knowledge of inclusion issues;
Understanding of interventions to promote gender equality;
Knowledge of Project monitoring including participatory monitoring;
Demonstrated excellent writing and communications skills and to be able to disseminate lessons learned effectively;
Good interpersonal skills and ability to establish effective working relations with different stakeholders;
Fluent in English (spoken and written).
In depth knowledge of girls education in the relevant countries;
Experience of regional co-ordination work;
Extensive M&E experience, including knowledge of DFID log frames;
Knowledge of learning measurement;
Knowledge of community involvement in education;
Understanding of interventions to promote gender equality/use of gender analysis;
Knowledge of the local language in the country.

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