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EURO: General Manager and Professional Officer

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EURO: General Manager and Professional Officer

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EURO – the Association of Operational Research Societies – is looking to appoint a dynamic individual with a proven commitment to or demonstrable interest in Operational Research/Management Science to fulfil the role of General Manager and Professional Officer.

Salary in the range 33.000 €. To 41.000 €

The key responsibilities of the post are:

  • The day to day management of the EURO Office, located in Brussels;
  • Support to the EURO Officers and Executive Committee who are responsible for the operation of the organisation;
  • Support and advice to member societies, committees, working groups and associated organisations;
  • Delivery of the services provided by EURO, in particular the website;
  • Management of the Society’s prizes and awards.

Further to the above, the individual appointed will be involved in a range of specific projects and new initiatives according to their specific expertise. Recent projects have included: redrafting of the EURO Statutes; organisation, classification and electronic capture of the Society’s archives; …

Potential future projects might be: the development of social networking capabilities to enhance communication between member societies and OR professionals; setting up an online job placement scheme; development of materials to promote OR to young people across Europe; …

The person appointed will be supported by a part-time secretary and will work with the web development team who are all based in Brussels.


Requirements for the post:

Essential characteristics:

  • Proven managerial/administrative ability;
  • Excellent level of IT literacy, including web skills;
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
  • Effective teamworking;
  • A degree or equivalent professional qualification.


Desirable characteristics:

  • Experience or knowledge of the role of company secretary;
  • Knowledge of OR, or a related discipline;
  • Knowledge and experience of European Community frameworks.


The EURO office is located in Brussels and the job demands a regular, although not necessarily full-time presence there. We are looking for someone with the ability and enthusiasm to develop a vision for the development of the EURO office over the next 5 years and a commitment to remain with the Society in order to implement it.

We are interested to receive applicants from individuals at any stage of their career and would be open to discuss the possibility of part-time working.

Salary will be dependent on experience and is expected to be in the range 33.000€. full time equivalent (gross) for a recent graduate to 41.000€ for a recent doctorate. A higher salary pro-rata may be payable to a more experienced person working part-time.

If you would like to discuss the post, please email: Professor Valerie Belton, Past-President of EURO (val.belton@strath.ac.uk).

You can find out about EURO from our website http://www.euro-online.org (but note that the launch of our new site is scheduled for the near future!) and if you would like to find out more about Operational Research you might like to visit http://www.learnaboutor.co.uk/ - a site developed by the UK OR Society, one of the members of EURO.

Applications, in English, should comprise a covering letter (1-2 pages) explaining why you are motivated to apply for the post and how your experience qualifies you to do so, together with a short curriculum vitae.

The closing date for applications is 15 March 2011 24:00.

Application to be sent by email, to: Philippe Van Asbroeck (pvasbroe@ulb.ac.be)
EURO Office: Université Libre de Bruxelles,
SMG/EURO, CP 210/01, Boulevard du Triomphe, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

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