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 |
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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 |