Living With Environmental Change Developments — Vacancy
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Director, NERC
* Employer: NERC
* Posted: 13 May 2008
* Location: UK
* Industry: Education - General,
* Science - Research,
* Senior executive - General
* Contract: Contract
* Hours: Full Time
* Salary: c£85,000 plus
benefits
LIVING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
c£85,000 plus
benefits
The evidence suggests that if we continue on our current path,
by the end of this century - and perhaps sooner - our environment will change
beyond the recognition of modern humans.
Here in the UK, the principal
funders of environment-related research are joining forces and embarking on
a ten year £1 billion programme, that will increase society's resilience to, and
reduce the costs of, environmental change. The responsibility of the Director
will be to develop and deliver this collaborative research-policy
programme.
Spanning the UK Research Councils, Departments of State,
Government Agencies and related organisations, the programme will provide the
required synergies and connections to join world-leading natural, engineering,
economic, social, medical, cultural, arts and humanities researchers with policy
makers, business, the public and other key stakeholders.
Working on
behalf of the 16 partners of the board, that is being independently chaired by
Lord Selborne, you will be responsible for recruiting and leading a supporting
team to work with the programme's advisory groups and partner organisations to
enable the programme to reach its objectives.
This is a five-year
contract with the potential for renewal. The role demands inspirational
leadership, supported by credibility in research relating to environmental
change.
A proven track record of inter-disciplinary working and
outstanding communication and interpersonal skills will enable you to recognise
and represent the varying needs of the range of partner
organisations.
For more information, please visit http://www.directorlwec.co.uk
To apply, please
email an up-to-date CV and covering letter to sllo@nerc.ac.uk (To call direct 01793 442592). Your
covering letter should outline how you would enable this ambitious programme to
succeed and will present your ideas on the feasibility of hosting the Director
within an organisation that will enhance their effectiveness.
Closing
date: 6th June 2008.
Visit http://www.lwec.org.uk for more information on Living
With Environmental Change.
Living With Environmental Change
LWEC
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/job/531042/director
The
principal funders of environment-related research in the UK are seeking to
make this senior appointment to develop and deliver a collaborative
research-policy programme to tackle environmental change. The prospective budget
for this programme is £1Bn over the first 5 years of which over £350M will come
from the UK Research Councils in the current Comprehensive Spending Review
period (2008 - 2011).
The 10-year programme - Living With Environmental
Change (LWEC) - is being designed by an unprecedented partnership spanning UK
Research Councils, Departments of State, Governments and other government
bodies. It will connect world-leading natural, engineering, economic, social,
medical, cultural, arts and humanities researchers with policy makers, business,
the public, and other key stakeholders.
Through interdisciplinary
research activities, knowledge-exchange actions, business-engagement and
training, a successful LWEC programme will increase society's resilience to, and
reduce the costs of, environmental change. It will enable the development of the
interdisciplinary evidence-base, tools and processes that are needed to inform
public and policy debates and people's choices about mitigation, management and
adaptation options and opportunities.
The issues LWEC addresses are of
prime importance to the UK and to many other areas of the world, including the
poorest. Expectations of the programme are high and the Director will need to be
able to manage these and encourage all partners to meet them through coherent
actions. LWEC will provide the knowledge and foresight needed for government and
business to deal with the challenges and take the opportunities that all forms
of environmental change present. It will help decision-makers and individuals
make informed choices for a sustainable future. By encouraging dialogue amongst
stakeholders LWEC will help create conditions in which technological solutions
will be introduced that will be accepted by the public because the benefits will
be understood. As a unique partnership, LWEC will provide the coherent actions
that we need to deal with unprecedented levels and rates of environmental
change.
The Director will work on behalf of the sixteen partners that
have seats on the LWEC Partners' Board. This has an independent chair, The Earl
of Selborne, a distinguished Parliamentarian. The Director will be the public
leader of the overall effort, recruiting and leading a supporting team to work
with the programme's advisory groups and the partner organisations to enable the
programme's overarching strategic objectives to be met.
http://www.directorlwec.co.uk/role.htm
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Maintain links with other research programmes, especially the Research Council's
Energy Programme and such co-ordinating groups as the UK Collaborative on
Development Science and the EU Framework Programmes
· Develop links to
the IPCC and the next national and international phases of the Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment.
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| Contact Telephone | 01793 442592 |
| Contact email | sllo@nerc.ac.uk ( |
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