VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
ICCROM - ROME
THE POST OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL

Applications are invited by the Council for the post of
Director-General of the International Centre for the Study of the
Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM).  The
post will fall vacant in July 2000.

The Council is seeking a candidate with proven managerial and
administrative experience, excellent interpersonal skills, a
broad knowledge of conservation internationally and the ability
to lead a skilled team of international professionals. Candidates
should have a university degree in either the sciences or the
humanities and should have exercised important functions,
including management in the conservation of cultural property.
Knowledge of the English and French languages is mandatory and a
good knowledge of the Italian language would be desirable.

Applications should contain the following documentation: acurrent
curriculum vitae, including a list of relevant publications;
proof of proficiency in the two official languages of ICCROM
(French and English); a personal statement, not exceeding 3
pages, addressing the candidate's qualifications for this
position, a vision of ICCROM's role and development in the field
of cultural property preservation and conservation, and how the
candidate envisions accomplishing such developments in the
immediate future and the longer term.

The Council intends to designate the successful candidate at its
meeting in April 2000.  Selected candidates will be invited to
present themselves in Rome for an interview by Council at that
time.  Subject to approval by the General Assembly in April 2000,
the new Director-General should assume the position in July 2000.
At that time he/she should be free of all activities and
obligations that might divert him/her from the main task.

The Director-General is appointed by the General Assembly for a
period of two years, and the Council has the authority to renew
the contract twice, for a further two years each time, without
declaration of vacancy.

The Director-General will be resident in Rome.  The post carries
diplomatic privileges and a salary correlated with the United
Nations personnel system level D2/1, currently (July 1999)
commencing, after post adjustment for Rome, at net US$82,657
(without dependents) and net US$89,974 (with dependents) per
annum. In addition, there are various allowances such as annual
dependency allowances for eligible children, annual education
grants, reimbursement for the cost of shipment of personal
effects, and for the cost of home travel for staff members and
dependents every three years. The salary and allowances are net
of taxes but subject to various deductions such as for medical
insurance and contributions to the UN Pension Fund.

Final date for receipt of applications which should be marked
"CONFIDENTIAL", is 30 November 1999.  Applications should be
addressed to:

Lambertus Van Zelst
Chairperson, ICCROM Council
Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education
Smithsonian Institution
Museum Support Center - Room D2002
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746-2863
U.S.A.

For further information please contact Ms. Pilar House at ICCROM
in Rome at the following e-mail address: <[log in to unmask]>;
telephone: +39+065855340 and fax: +39+0658553343
ICCROM web site: http://www.iccrom.org


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