Director CEMCA, Location: New Delhi, India
Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) was established by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in 1994 as a regional centre with a mission to promote the meaningful, relevant and appropriate use of information and communication technologies to serve the educational and training needs of the Commonwealth member states of Asia. CEMCA provides advice and expertise relating to the competencies required for the effective use of open, distance and technology-mediated learning. CEMCA’s services are available to all developmental and educational institutions and agencies in the eight member states in Commonwealth Asia.
COL helps governments and institutions use technology to expand the scope, scale and quality of learning. Headquartered in Vancouver, COL promotes policies to make innovation sustainable and works with international partners to build systems and applications that facilitate learning in support of development goals.
The Position: The Director of CEMCA, reporting to the Vice President of COL, will be based in New Delhi, India and is expected to:
- conceptualise and develop a programme of work fitting within COL programme sectors of Education and Learning for Livelihoods for Commonwealth Asia;
- manage relations with key stakeholders and ensure a high profile for CEMCA as well as COL in the region;
- seek additional funding sources to support the CEMCA programme; and
- manage the CEMCA office and its staff.
Applicants should have a minimum of 10 years of professional experience including 5 years of international development work experience. The position requires proficiency with office technology and a readiness to travel extensively.
This 3-year initial appointment is renewable for a further term by mutual agreement.
The Person: The applicant must be a citizen of an Asian Commonwealth country, with ability to network across the region with multilateral organisations and with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. An ability to exercise professional judgment, diplomacy and teamwork, while representing CEMCA’s and COL’s interest internally or externally, is paramount to this role.
Full Job Description
To Apply: Interested applicants must provide a resume and cover letter highlighting the professional background and experience relevant to the post. Applications must be submitted by email to opportunities@col.org marked ‘Attention: Director CEMCA position’, latest by February 19, 2012. While we appreciate the interest of all applicants, those who have not been contacted by March 31, 2012, should consider that there will be no follow-up to their application.
Applications from women candidates are particularly encouraged.
President & C.E.O., Location: Vancouver
COL’s Board of Governors is in the process of selecting a new President and C.E.O., as Sir John Daniel will be stepping down on 31 May 2012. The executive search deadline of 5 December 2011 has now passed. For any further information or follow-up please contact Odgers Berndtson.