DEPUTY DIRECTOR, NORTH AND CENTRAL ASIA – GREEN GROWTH PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION

The Green Growth Planning and Implementation (GGP&I) department is at the core of GGGI’s activities. All of GGGI’s country operations around the world are managed within the GGP&I department and include about 20 technical assistance projects supporting developing country governments at different stages of the planning and implementation of their green growth strategies. Projects range from small, sector-focused projects where GGGI plays a support role in a specific area of interest, to large projects where GGGI plays a central and comprehensive role in supporting governments across a number of sectors and activities.

The Deputy Director North and Central Asia will have responsibility for a large regional portfolio of projects across the region, some with substantial GGGI teams in place. The Deputy Director will be responsible for the successful delivery of the projects and to maximize their impact. She/he will provide intellectual guidance and managerial leadership to the teams on the ground, particularly to ensure that the projects remain aligned with GGGI’s strategic objective of assessing the potential for green growth to play a transformative role in the economies of partner countries. She/he will be responsible to manage a budget of $20m+ and a growing staff of 30+ professionals.

Supported by a portfolio management unit and reporting to the Deputy Director General for GGP&I, the Deputy Director NCA will be responsible to report, monitor and evaluate her/his portfolio of countries as well as actively contribute to sharing the acquired experiences, tools and methodologies with other GGP&I, Research and Public-Private Cooperation teams at GGGI.  The Deputy Director NCA will be one of the five leads of the country projects within the GGP&I department.

COMPETENCIES

Ÿ  Professionalism: Demonstrate professional competence, integrity and a strong track record in managing large and complex portfolio of activities preferably in developing countries in the region.

Ÿ  Accountability: Proven ability and willingness to take ownership of responsibilities, honor commitments and to deliver outputs within a prescribed time, cost and quality standards. Demonstrate consistency in ensuring compliance with organizational regulations, rules, norms and standards.

Ÿ  Analytical leadership: A strong propensity to complex problem solving, and a track record of having provided intellectual leadership across relevant fields.

Ÿ  Communication:Proven ability and willingness to speakand write clearly and concisely. Demonstrate effective communication skills that include the ability and willingness to listen to others and correctly interpret messages from the leadership and other colleagues. Create and promote an environment for open communication and to share accurate and truthful information based on facts.

Ÿ  Teamwork:Proven ability and willingness to work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals and to learn from others. Demonstrate an ability and willingness to offer constructive ideas and opinions when working in a team, to place organizational and team interests before personal agenda and to act in accordance with final group decisions even when such decisions do not necessarily reflect personal opinion.

  

QUALIFICATION

Ÿ  Advanced university degree (Masters or PhD) is a requirement; a specialty in economics and development is an asset;

Ÿ  Relevant professional experience (preferably 13-15 years) with managerial and budget responsibilities, in either an international organization, a large multinational business or consultancy, a large non-profit organization or government is a requirement;

Ÿ  Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is a requirement; knowledge of other relevant languages is an asset.

ASSESSMENT METHOD

Ÿ  Shortlisted candidates only will be contacted. The selection process will include a competency-based interview.

REMUNERATION

Ÿ  GGGI offers competitive conditions of employment in line with similar international organizations, including health benefits, a pension plan and, depending on needs, a relocation, housing and schooling support package for employees and their families.

HOW TO APPLY

• Interested candidates should apply to: recruiting@gggi.org.
• Please in include the position number ”HR_13-004” in subject line.
• The deadline for applications is July 19th 2013
• For more information on GGGI, please visit our website at www.gggi.org. 

Organization Description

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is an international organization dedicated to green growth. Headquartered in Seoul, it is a new, hybrid 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 governments and industry pioneer and diffuse a new model of economic growth, green growth, that integrates ambitions for strong economic and environmental performance to achieve poverty reduction, job creation and social inclusion, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation, addressing biodiversity loss and resource security. GGGI’s approach is particularly suited to developing countries as we believe growth is an essential ingredient in economic and human development.

GGGI’s theory of change leads it to focus on three major outcomes: (1) adoption and implementation of rigorous green growth plans based on strong analytics that form the core of national and provincial economic development strategies in emerging and developing economies; (2) research which builds a strong theoretical and empirical basis for green growth, while providing concrete options and guidance for policymakers; and (3) 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.