Search: Director for the “Partners for Sustainable Leadership" Program

LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND CENTER DIRECTOR POSITION

Partners is the only international organization designed to create sustainable national Centers which develop laws (mediation statutes), mechanisms (cooperative advocacy and consensus facilitation) , and consultancies for business, government, and civil society to address disputes and manage social change. Partners’ Centers apply negotiation, mediation, facilitation, cooperative advocacy (for activist civil society groups) and consensus facilitation, enabling stakeholders to work out agreements on complex policy, program, and resource issues, in four areas: Accountable Governance; Inclusive Communities (national minority groups); Sustainable Environment and Economic Development; and, Corporate-Community Engagement.

Search:  Partners is seeking a social entrepreneur Director for the “Partners for Sustainable Leadership” Program, supported by the General Electric Foundation, to establish a Center in Indonesia. The Director must be a native of Indonesia and have experience in and display a commitment and passion for promoting conflict management, collaborative processes and change management methodologies in Indonesia. The Director must also be capable of establishing an Indonesian non-profit organization and must have a background and experience in organizational development, fund-raising, financial management, staff hiring and supervision, and entrepreneurial skills to achieve organizational sustainability.

Vacancy at Rainforest Alliance: Director, Sustainable Agriculture Network

Location:     San Jose, Costa Rica (Preferred) or London, UK

The Sustainable Agriculture Division of the Rainforest Alliance, based in San José, Costa Rica, is the international secretariat of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), a coalition of independent conservation and rural development groups that promote responsible farming practices. The program began in Latin America in 1992. Now, more than 25,000 farms in 18 countries are certified, and Rainforest Alliance Certified products are widely available in mainstream markets.

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VACANCY: Program Director at Amazon Watch

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Amazon Watch is seeking a passionate professional for a new position. The Program Director is responsible for managing and directing program staff to deliver results in our advocacy campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems. The Program Director is also responsible for helping our program teams deliver effective support to indigenous and local communities in the regions of the Amazon where we work. This position reports to the Executive Director and is part of the senior management team at Amazon Watch.

Deadline for Application: Open until filled

Location: San Francisco, CA or Washington, DC

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Vacancy: Director of Global Maize Program

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is seeking applications from outstanding, visionary, and highly-effective scientific leaders for the position of Director of a dynamic multidisciplinary team of scientists. The CIMMYT Global Maize Program (GMP) is challenged to provide solutions that will contribute to doubling maize yields in the developing world by 2050 under conditions of increasing scarcity of natural resources, impacts of climate change and consumer demand. The GMP is the foremost public provider of improved tropical maize germplasm and associated knowledge and information targeted to resource-poor farmers in the developing world, with a principal focus on developing stress tolerant and nutritionally enhanced maize. The program includes over 30 internationally recruited scientists and 150 research support staff posted in Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, and Zimbabwe. Research disciplines include genetics, molecular and field-oriented breeding, physiology, entomology, pathology, nutritional quality, and seed systems...

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VACANCY: Director of PLAAS / Chair of Development Management

The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is located in the School of Government within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, and is an internationally recognized centre of excellence. The Director occupies a Chair in Development Management within the School of Government.

Applications are invited for the post of Director/Chair, beginning on 1st January 2010. The Director/Chair will provide overall strategic management of PLAAS, supervise Senior Researchers and senior administrators, raise funds for core functions, work closely with finance staff in managing the Institute’s finances, report to donors and maintain good relations with them, ensure a high public profile for PLAAS, and represent PLAAS on university and non-academic bodies. In addition, the Director/Chair will actively pursue his/her own research and publications agenda, lead PLAAS’ policy engagement activities, teach on the post-graduate teaching programme, and supervise MPhil and Doctoral students. The incumbent will provide strong intellectual leadership for the Institute, and work closely with a recently funded DST/NRF Research Chair in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies.

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Vacancy: Research Area Director for LAC

CIAT is seeking applications for the newly created position of Research Area Director—Latin America and the Caribbean. The position will be based at CIAT headquarters (Cali, Colombia) under the Principal Manager Category and reports to the Director General. The LAC Research Area includes the following Programs: Decision and Policy Analysis, Amazon Ecoregional Program, Tropical Fruits, and the Agronatura Science Park which includes a CIAT Foundation (FundaCIAT) that is currently being established and which will provide the ground to achieve development impact in LAC... further info