Director, UN-Water Decade Office on Capacity Development (UN-WADOC), Bonn, Germany

UN-WADOC, a Bonn-based UN-Water office that will be established in 2007 for the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life', will address all water-related issues concerning education, training, and other forms of knowledge transfer and the question of institutional/legal capacity developments towards integrated water resources management and sustainable development. The director of UN-WADOC will be responsible for the conception, planning, organization, implementation and administration of the activities of the Office. He/she will report to the Chair of UN-Water concerning matters related to programme implementation. Required qualifications include a strong background in human and institutional capacity building for a minimum of 15 years and a proven record of effective leadership and management experience at senior level, preferably in developing countries. Deadline for submission of applications: December 10th, 2006.