Dear all,

The call for the position of Director General of ICOS is open.

The European ICOS Research Infrastructure (ICOS RI) carries out the long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) observations required to understand the present state and predict the future behavior of the global carbon cycle and greenhouse gas sinks/sources (see ICOS Preparatory Phase http://www.icos-infrastructure.eu/).

The ICOS RI seeks a distinguished Director General (DG) for a full-time position. The position is initially for 5 years but the General Assembly can decide upon the extent of the duration. The DG is the legal representative of the ICOS legal entity and the director of the Head Office of ICOS. It is expected that the DG will be selected by June 2013 and that he/she can start working by September 2013. The ICOS Head Office is based in Helsinki, Finland (the statutory seat), with a secondary node in Paris, France. The Head Office in Helsinki is hosted by the Kumpula Science Campus (see http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/english/index.html and http://www.fmi.fi/).

See the Director_General_Call_ICOS document for the detailed information.

With Best Regards, Timo Vesala

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Timo Vesala
Professor of Meteorology
Department of Physics
PO Box 48
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
Tel: +358-405779008
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