Director General of CSRS, Oct 2017

Director General of the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS)

The Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS) is a research centre active in the fields of biodiversity, food security, environment and health. Its mission is to initiate, encourage, support and carry out research in partnership for sustainable development in Côte d’Ivoire and West Africa. Since its creation in 1951, it has been located at the outskirts of Abidjan and hosts an average pool of 50 young researchers at the Master, thesis and post-doc level from Côte d’Ivoire, Africa, Switzerland, the European Union and America. CSRS is placed under the dual governance of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Côte d’Ivoire (whose representative is the Chairman of the Board of Directors) and the State Secretariat for Education and Research Switzerland (through the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Leading House). The CSRS is recruiting a Director General (DG). You can find the full job description, and apply for the role, here.

Closing date: 15 October 2017