New Executive Director for TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world Trieste, Italy

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. 
 
TWAS is also responsible for the administration of three organizations hosted by the Academy: the Inter-Academy Panel on International Issues (IAP), the Inter-Academy Medical Panel (IAMP) and the Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS).

How to apply

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".