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News Vacancy: Executive Director of the ICSU World Data System

The ICSU World Data System (WDS) is a new programme which strives to build a world-wide ‘community of excellence’ for scientific data, with searchable common data directories and catalogues, while ensuring the long-term stewardship and provision of quality-assessed data and data services to the international science community.

The Executive Director will head the International Programme Office (IPO) for WDS at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan, with core funding provided by NICT. This location was selected following an international call for offers to host the Office.

ICSU invites applications for this post.

The closing date for applications is 15 October 2011.

Full details here and in our Jobs at ICSU section.

Contact information Maureen International Council for Science (ICSU): 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75116 Paris, France (email: maureen@icsu.org)
Phone: +33 1 45 25 06 77 | Fax. +33 1 42 88 94 31
News type Vacancies
File link http://www.isprs.org/news/announcements/111004_WDSIPO_ExDir_announcement.pdf
Source of information ICSU
Subject(s) INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , TOOL TERMS
Relation http://www.icsu.org/news-centre/jobs-at-icsu/executive-director-icsu-world-data-system-wds
Geographical coverage France,
News date 10/10/2011
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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