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IHE Delft is looking for a Netherlands IHP-HWRP Committee Secretary 24 hours p/w.
IHP-HWRP Committee The Committee is a platform of Dutch scientists, policy-makers and practitioners. Together, the Committee members define the Dutch position regarding the water programmes of UNESCO (the International Hydrological Programme IHP) and of the World Meteorological Organisation WMO (Hydrology and Water Resources Programme HWRP). The Committee members are representatives of Dutch ministries, knowledge institutes, research organisations and operational agencies with a strong research component. Since its establishment in 1964, it connects academic, operational, and research institutes and the three ministries focused on water. The Committee is chaired by two cochairs (one from policy, and one academia), and is supported by a Secretariat. For more info about the Committee see www.ihp-hwrp.nl.
The goals of the Committee are:
Responsibilities of the Committee Secretary
A pro-active role of the secretariat is essential to establish a successful link between the Dutch water sector and the international programmes. The secretariat provides good, substantial, flexible and sustainable support to the members. The secretariat helps the Chairs to represent the Committee in (inter)national IHP and HWRP related meetings and events.
The secretariat:
As staff member of IHE Delft, you may also be asked to contribute to other activities of the institute.
The successful candidate:
Personal qualities:
This is a temporary position for one year and is explicitly subject to the condition of availability of funding in the IHP (NLCom-Phase 2) project. The contract of employment will end prior to the agreed end date if the project funding is not available. The intention is to extend the temporary contract with an additional two years, subject to the condition of availability of project funding. The position is based in Delft, The Netherlands. A competitive salary (scale 10) is offered depending on qualifications and experience in accordance with the conditions of employment for Dutch Universities. The appointment implies entry into the Netherlands' Civil Service Pension Fund (ABP).
IHE Delft is the largest international graduate water education facility in the world and is based in Delft, the Netherlands. The mission of IHE Delft is to work in partnership to strengthen capacity in the water sector, to achieve global sustainable development. IHE Delft has a permanent staff of 200 of which more than 100 are academics from all over the world, while about 250 guest lecturers from academia and industry contribute to our educational programmes. Each year 750 professionals (including about 200 new MSc students per year) from all over the world attend various water-related courses at IHE Delft. The Institute has an international staff & student community with English as the working language.
IHE Delft also hosts the Secretariat of the Netherlands IHP-HWRP Committee, which supports the Dutch contribution to UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (IHP) and WMO’s Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP).
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