Employer
SRI Executive Search
Posted
Friday, June 6, 2014
Closes
Friday, June 27, 2014
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Job Role
Contract Type
Hours
Salary
Competitive
Further information
Director, Centre for Population and Reproductive Health
Since 1978, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) has shared its knowledge with the world, training more than 27,000 health professionals from over 78 countries. Dedicated to saving lives through research and treatment, icddr,b addresses some of the most critical health concerns facing the world today.
icddr,b is commencing a new exciting phase in its history by making the organisation best in class and creating a new operational strategy to better and more efficiently address some of the challenges outlined by the MDG’s in a changing world. This exciting appointment needs an individual who will lead a Centre research agenda on relevant population and reproductive health issues including his/her own research programme in an area of relevance to the Centre. This will require securing research funding, both directly by the Director and through support of Centre research staff, requiring capacity development and mentoring of junior scientists, and guidance on strategic directions in a changing research environment. As a member of the Leadership Team, the Director will ensure the highest research standards within icddr,b. A significant task will be managing the longitudinal health and demographic surveillance system and supporting the studies which use this platform. The successful candidate will be a recognized professional with Doctoral degree and experience in managing demographic, biomedical or epidemiological studies in a longitudinal surveillance environment; experience managing a large team of researchers; a strong publication record and experience translating findings into national and global policy. For further information and full details of the role profile please refer to www.icddrb.org and www.sri-executive.com
icddr,b is commencing a new exciting phase in its history by making the organisation best in class and creating a new operational strategy to better and more efficiently address some of the challenges outlined by the MDG’s in a changing world. This exciting appointment needs an individual who will lead a Centre research agenda on relevant population and reproductive health issues including his/her own research programme in an area of relevance to the Centre. This will require securing research funding, both directly by the Director and through support of Centre research staff, requiring capacity development and mentoring of junior scientists, and guidance on strategic directions in a changing research environment. As a member of the Leadership Team, the Director will ensure the highest research standards within icddr,b. A significant task will be managing the longitudinal health and demographic surveillance system and supporting the studies which use this platform. The successful candidate will be a recognized professional with Doctoral degree and experience in managing demographic, biomedical or epidemiological studies in a longitudinal surveillance environment; experience managing a large team of researchers; a strong publication record and experience translating findings into national and global policy. For further information and full details of the role profile please refer to www.icddrb.org and www.sri-executive.com
Expressions of interest together with a full CV (MS Word format) and supporting statement should be directed in confidence to SRI Executive Search by email by clicking 'Apply now'.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm GMT, June 27th, 2014
The closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm GMT, June 27th, 2014
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