VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT AT ICIMOD

[OMI]

Here's a VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT of ICIMOD......it may be useful for yu
all..................

regards
OM

August 20, 2010

Vacancies Announcement - ICIMOD

Background

ICIMOD was founded in 1983 as a regional intergovernmental
organization with
the mandate to promote the development of environmentally sound
mountain
ecosystems and to improve the living standards of the mountain peoples
of
the Hindu Kush-Himalayas (HKH) region. It is based in Kathmandu,
Nepal.
ICIMOD, a knowledge, learning and enabling centre is focusing on
strategy
and policy issues in relation to water and other renewable natural
resources, environmental change and poverty reduction in the greater
Himalayan region.

ICIMOD seeks to recruit for the following positions:

1. Assistant Project Coordinator

2. Regional Database Expert

3. Project Secretary

Project Title : HKH-HYCOS (Regional Flood Information
System)
Project

Programme : Integrated Water and Hazard Management (IWHM)

(Please find out the attached file for Terms of Reference)

The Hindu Kush - Himalayan (HKH) region produces one of the world's
largest
renewable supplies of freshwater and is the source of ten of the
world's
largest rivers: the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mekong, Yangtze,
Yellow
River, Irrawaddy, Salween, Amu Darya and Tarim. These rivers are
vital for
the survival and well-being of more than a billion people in
Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.
However,
recurrent floods in these rivers pose major water induced hazard to
the
vulnerable population that often lead to disasters. The incidence and
intensity of water-related hazards and disasters are expected to
increase in
the HKH region as a result of climate change causing more frequent and
damaging cycle of floods and droughts. There is an increasing need for
timely and reliable early warning system for better preparedness to
minimize
the adverse impacts of floods.

ICIMOD in partnership with World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
recently
initiated Regional Flood Information system (HKH-HYCOS) project. The
main
focus areas of the project are; capacity building for flood
forecasting,
establishment of a regional flood information system, methodologies to
obtain real-time hydrological observations. The core of the project
will be
a regional flood information system that will be accessible to all
participating countries and relevant regional entities.

ICIMOD is looking to recruit a person with outstanding management and
networking skills to assist the project coordinator of HYCOS project.
The
Assistant project coordinator and networking officer should also have
reasonable awareness and knowledge on flood and flash flood hazards in
the
rivers basins, status of flood forecasting and early warning systems
and
transboundary cooperation in the HKH region.



Remuneration: Remuneration will be commensurate with experience and
qualifications as per the rules of ICIMOD.

Applications together with complete curriculum vitae and the names and
contact addresses of three referees should be sent by September 5,
2010 to

HRD Officer

ICIMOD

GPO Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) 5003222
Fax: (977-1) 5003299 / 5003277, e-mail: <mailto:h...@icimod.org>
h...@icimod.org

ICIMOD is committed to gender equity and has a strong interest in
recruiting
women.

Only short- listed candidates will be notified.