The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Singapore seek to recruit a Director to head a newly established Global Center for Public Service Excellence in Singapore.

The Center will be a hub for cutting-edge research, knowledge and dissemination on public services and a convener of the best practice in the field of leadership and public service.

The ideal candidate shall be a recognized expert in public services, covering areas of public sector management, institutional capacity development, public administration reform, and state citizen interface platforms and processes. The individual should be an energetic leader capable of providing vision and operational dynamism as the overall manager of the Center, a convener of people; generator of ideas, and able to liaise on behalf of UNDP with peers and senior government officials around the world.

This is a senior UN position based in Singapore with an expected start date of January 2013. The detailed job description, requirements and details for the application can be accessed at the following website: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=32440