[kictanet] Fwd: Vacancy for position of Chief Executive Officer of UbuntuNet Alliance

[UbuntuNet Alliance]

Dear Colleagues,
A job opportunity at UbuntuNet Alliance as advertised below. The same is
available at www.ubuntunet.net.

Best wishes,
Tiwonge

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From: UbuntuNet Alliance <info at ubuntunet.net>
Date: Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 5:06 PM
Subject: Vacancy for position of Chief Executive Officer of UbuntuNet
Alliance
To: nuance at lists.ubuntunet.net


*VACANCY*
*POSITION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER*

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the demanding
position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UbuntuNet Alliance for
Research and Education Networking, which becomes vacant in July 2014. The
Alliance, whose Head Office is based in Lilongwe, Malawi, is a regional
not-for-profit organization covering Eastern and Southern Africa. Its core
functions are to develop and provide affordable high speed connectivity
among its member National Research and Education Networks (NRENs –
currently 14) and with the rest of the world; to develop and share the
knowledge and skills of NREN ICT practitioners; and to lead in research
aimed at improving networking infrastructure. The Alliance is governed
through the Council of Members and an independent Board selected by the
NRENs. It is managed by the Chief Executive Officer who is also a member
of, and secretary to, the Board.

* Minimum requirements*
The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:

   - Minimum of 5 years high level experience as a manager with
   discretionary operations and expenditure powers in areas that have very
   strong relevance to both the technology and business side of research and
   education networking;
   - A balanced combination of technical knowledge related to ICT in the
   research and education environment as well as research and education
   networking on the one hand, and business and management skills on the other
   hand;
   - Experience at regional and international level, including working in
   multi-cultural, multi-national environments;
   - A self-motivated and output-oriented person with good leadership and
   inter-personal skills;
   - Excellent communication and report writing skills; very good command
   of the English language, with French and Portuguese as desirable additional
   languages

*Duties and Responsibilities*
The duties and responsibilities of the CEO include the following:

   - Developing and implementing UbuntuNet Alliance’s strategy;
   - Supporting UbuntuNet Allinace governance processes;
   - Managing operations;
   - Planning and implementing staff and general capacity development;
   - Developing and managing relations with member NRENs;
   - Developing and sustaining relations with the Research & Education
   Networks community worldwide;
   - Developing and sustaining relations with development partners;
   - Developing and sustaining relations with suppliers.

*Terms of employment*
This is a full-time contract position for an initial term of 3 to 5 years,
renewable by mutual agreement, tenable at the Head Office although the
successful applicant may raise the possibility of an alternative work
location. The Alliance provides an attractive negotiable salary and
benefits to the CEO in accordance with its emoluments structure.

* Method of application*
Applicants should provide details of all their qualifications, including
university degrees as well as management and industry certifications.
Shortlisted candidates will be informed about their status by mid-December
2013 with a view to arranging for their interviews between 24th and 31st
January 2014. The new CEO will be engaged by 1st July 2014 to allow for an
induction and transition period before the expiration of the current CEO’s
contract.

Applications, including detailed curriculum vitae and three traceable
referees, should be submitted in electronic form as pdf files *not later
than 20th November 2013* to:
The Chairman, CEO Search and Selection Committee
UbuntuNet Alliance Secretariat
P. O. Box 2550, Lilongwe, Malawi.
E-mail: cssc.chair at ubuntunet.net with a copy to ceo at ubuntunet.net and
info at ubuntunet.net

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Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no
meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd
in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my
salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18 (KJV)
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