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Director of Science
2015-07-23 17:04:35| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Directorate of Science The European Space Agency is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women POST Director of Science. GRADE Offscale. LOCATION ESAC, Villanueva de la Caada Spain. Regular presence at ESA Headquarters, Paris, is required. DUTIES The European Space Agency ESA is Europes gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europes space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Under the direct authority of the Director General, the Director of Science is responsible for contributing to ESAwide management, supporting the ESA Director General in discharging his responsibility and tasks and participating in the pursuit of ESAs overall objectives. The Director contributes, in the area of Space Science and Exploration, to forming the Team of Teams at senior management level. In the framework of the ESA matrix organisation comprising programme directorates and support directorates, the Director of Science, under delegation from the Director General, is responsible for the definition, planning and execution of the Agencys Science Programme, for setting the cooperative links with the related programmes of ESA Member States and international partners and for the definition of the scientific elements of exploration projects as well as of the PRODEX Programme. Heshe will provide, as required, scientific advice and support to programmes managed by other directorates of the Agency. QUALIFICATIONS Applicants for this post should be toplevel scientists of high international repute with indepth knowledge and experience in functions similar to those described above. Experience in flight hardware and management of largescale international scientific projects is an important asset. Key qualities required for the post are an innovative spirit and a strategicallyoriented mind, a proven capacity to lead change and manage people and teams, excellent relationship management and negotiation skills and the ability to influence highlevel decisions. For the full set of competencies expected from ESA leaders, please refer to Leadership Competencies. Applicants must be eligible for security clearance by their national security administrations. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required together with a working knowledge of the other or German. Good complementary knowledge of Russian would be an asset. CLOSING DATE Applications for this post should reach the Head of the Human Resources Department, ESA, 810 rue MarioNikis, 75738 Paris Cedex 15 France, no later than 16 September 2015. Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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