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Vacancy Announcement: Vice-Rector in Europe/Director for UNU-EHS

The United Nations University (UNU) is looking to fill the position of Vice-Rector in Europe/Director of the UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).
Application deadline is 15 November 2009.

Please download the full vacancy announcement here.

Under the authority and supervision of the Rector, the Vice-Rector in Europe/Director of UNU-EHS in Bonn, Germany, will:

Assist the Rector in his role of chief academic and administrative officer of UNU and will be a fully integrated member of the management team of UNU.

Work in close cooperation with the Rector and as assigned, will initiate, stimulate and coordinate new and existing activities of the UNU, including institutes, networks, associated institutions, programmes and projects.

Assist the Rector in ensuring the overall integration and coherence of UNU academic activities.

Serve as Director of the UNU-EHS where UNU-EHS assesses the vulnerability and coping capacity of societies facing natural and human-induced hazards in a changing environment. The Institute spearheads research, capacity development and policy-relevant advisory activities relating to the broad interdisciplinary field of 'risk and vulnerability'.

Candidates for the Vice-Rectorship/Directorship should have a Ph.D. in an academic field relevant to environmental issues in particular climate change and hazard risk and vulnerability.