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  <employer-name>Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP)</employer-name>
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*VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Ca. Euros (€) 36,000 net per annum
Science Officer, ESSP Office. Paris, France*

The Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP, http://www.essp.org) was established in 2001 by four global environmental change (GEC) research programmes: (DIVERSITAS; http://www.diversitas-international.org), the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP; http://igbp.net), the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP; http://www.ihdp.org), and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP; http://wcrp.wmo.int). The ESSP facilitates the study of the Earth's environment as an integrated system in order to understand how and why it is changing, and to explore the implications of these changes for global and regional sustainability. More information about the ESSP can be obtained from http://www.essp.org.

The ESSP Science Officer will facilitate the advancement of the Partnership and the implementation of its activities under the guidance of the ESSP Scientific Committee (SC) and the ESSP Executive Officer; organise annual ESSP SC meetings and scientific workshops; manage the Coordination Office, located in Paris, France; interact with donor, policy and GEC-research communities; be responsible for communications and outreach; and undertake extensive international travel as a formal representative of the ESSP.

The successful candidate must have a graduate degree (PhD preferable) in the natural or the social sciences, with relevant international and interdisciplinary experience, excellent oral and written communication skills in English (a good working knowledge of French would be advantageous), and enthusiasm for coordinating international science partnerships. The post will be available in April 2010 for an initial period of two-years, with the possibility of an extension subject to funding.

Applications should be submitted (in English) before *7 December 2009* to Martin Rice, ESSP Executive Officer, with a CV (resume) and contact information of three referees. Please note that we only accept electronic applications. We regret that it will not be possible to acknowledge applications and only the short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview in mid-January.

Send Electronic Applications to:
Martin Rice, Executive Officer
Email: mrice@essp.org
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  <location>Paris France</location>
  <title>Science Officer</title>
  <created-on type="datetime">Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0500</created-on>
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