IWMI Vacancy - Deputy Director General (Research for Development)

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) seeks applications from highly motivated visionary leaders in research with exceptional capacity to successfully motivate, manage and lead teams of different disciplines and multiple cultures to deliver on the research outputs and development outcomes. 

The Deputy Director General (Research for Development) will drive the science agenda within IWMI to address global development challenges for water security and natural resource management. This includes leading the identification of innovative research areas, ensuring relevance of thematic content for the development agenda that contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global climate agenda, and other regional and national imperatives, and assuring the quality of outputs. The DDG will be responsible and accountable for IWMI’s contributions to, and engagement in, the CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs), including the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE), which the Institute leads.

The DDG will also play a key role in stimulating ideas and lines of investigation, synthesizing and communicating research findings to key stakeholders, and in identifying and guiding the scaling up and scaling out of research findings. The person will play a vital role in the overall management and direction of IWMI, will be a member of the Institute’s Management Team (MT) and will lead the Program Leadership Team (PLT). Approximately 25% of the DDG’s time is expected to directly contribute to projects as a lead or team member. The position holder will report to the Director General (DG) and be based at IWMI’s headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

If you possess a PhD in an area relevant to IWMI’s mandate and research program; with a minimum of 15 years of extensive experience in related areas of research, research for development, research institutions, development organizations and key stakeholders; proven ability to deliver research for development of international excellence, and demonstrable capacity to guide programs to deliver impact; proven ability to create and lead a strategic vision; and proven ability to manage a team to secure significant funding, please apply through www.iwmi.cgiar.org/jobs together your resume, cover letter and names and email addresses of 3 professional referees, to be contacted if you are short-listed.  The detailed job description is attached.

We would appreciate it very much if you could assist us in our search for a suitable candidate by making this vacancy announcement known to colleagues and others whom you think might be interested and suitable to apply. 

This is an internationally recruited position with a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes a housing allowance, transport, education, shipping assistance, annual home leave, retirement and health insurance package.  IWMI’s policy is to appoint staff initially on three-year contracts which are subject to renewal, depending on performance and the Institute’s needs. 

• Closing date: June 30, 2016