Deputy Director General, Management and Administration

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is the world’s newest international organization.  Headquartered in Seoul, it is a new kind of international organization – interdisciplinary, multistakeholder and driven by the priorities of emerging and developing economies – established by an initial group of eighteen governments pursuant to a treaty signed at the United Nations Rio+20 conference in June 2012. 

GGGI is dedicated to helping government and industry pioneer and diffuse a new model of economic growth, known as “green growth,” that integrates strong economic and environmental performance in such areas as poverty reduction, job creation and social inclusion as well as mitigation and adaptation to climate change, biodiversity loss and energy and water security.  Its approach is particularly suited to developing countries, because it starts from the premise that growth is an essential ingredient in economic and human development.

GGGI’s theory of change leads it to focus on three major outcomes:  adoption and implementation of analytically rigorous green growth plans that form the core of national and provincial economic development strategies in emerging and developing economies; research which builds a strong theoretical and empirical basis for green growth, while providing concrete options and guidance for policymakers; and public-private partnerships that enable the scaling of resource-efficient investment, innovation and practice in key industry sectors as well as the engagement of companies in the implementation of national and subnational green growth plans.

GGGI is already providing technical and capacity building support to over a dozen governments which are seeking to capitalize on the potential co-benefits of strong socioeconomic and environmental progress as well as gain better access to the public and private finance and technology that can help place their economies on a more sustainable and resilient development pathway.  It has launched several cutting-edge research and public-private partnerships with leading international institutions.  The organization’s strategic plan envisions considerable growth over the next three years.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The post holder will provide executive level direction and management of key administrative and external relations functions of the organization, including Human Resources; Information Technology; Communications, Event and Facilities Management and Government and Stakeholder Relations. The role will include:

• Responsibility for HR functions, including policies and procedures, recruitment, appraisals, retention, training and health and safety, contract management;
• Responsibility for communications and public affairs, including media, annual and institutional reports, and major conferences and events;
• Responsibility for key IT functions, including the knowledge sharing architecture (in cooperation with the Chief Economist and Head of Public-Private Cooperation), Web presence, telecommunications, etc.;
• Responsibility for the organization’s external and public affairs and stakeholder engagement; and
• Participation in the organization’s Management Committee and thereby sharing collective responsibility with other members of the top management team for achieving the organization’s strategic objectives.

The successful candidate will be educated to Masters level (or equivalent) and experienced in managing the administrative and operations of a substantial organization.  He or she will also have a track record in motivating cross-cultural teams in the delivery of high-quality outputs; providing timely and reliable counsel and support to senior executives or policymakers; and working collegially and flexibly in an international environment.  Experience working in the Republic of Korea is a plus as is a track record of management of an international organization with satellite offices. Other requirements and desirable attributes include:

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken;
• Language skills in Korean or anotherlanguage is highly desirable;
• HR and IT management experience;
• Experience in developing countries;
• Experience in the management of external and public affairs; and
• Event management experience.

You will be expected to perform at the highest levels within a globally integrated organization that aspires to combine the results-orientation and entrepreneurship of the best private and non-governmental organizations with the transparency and accountability of the best public institutions.  The appointee will measure his/her success by results and have the resilience and maturity to manage internal relationships in a rapidly growing and ever changing organization.

HOW TO APPLY 

Interested applicants should apply by 21 December 2012 to: recruiting@gggi.org(including position number in subject line is a MUST). GGGI will only contact candidates with whom GGGI wants to have further discussions. For more information on GGGI, please visit our website at www.gggi.org.