Call for candidatures for the position of Regional Director for the Africa Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau

Following the departure of the former holder of the position, our friend and colleague Winston Adams, though he passed the retirement age, has been efficiently managing since 1st September 2008 the World Scout Bureau - Africa Regional Office in Nairobi (Kenya) in his capacity as acting Regional Director.

In agreement with Marcel Blaguet, Chairman, Africa Regional Scout Committee, we have decided to take the opportunity of the 2nd Africa Scout Summit which will be held in Nairobi from 16 to 20 April 2009 and which will gather the highest leaders of nearly all NSOs of the Africa Region to launch the call for candidatures for the recruitment of the new Regional Director.

This is therefore an announcement of the call for candidatures for the position of Regional Director for the Africa Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau. Full details of the position, including the letter announcing this search together with the job description, can be found here:

http://scout.org/.../regional_director_world_scout_bureau_africa_regional_office

Kindly make sure that the letter with the job description are widely circulated throughout your National Scout Organization/Association.

Candidatures, indicating present salary conditions and social benefits, are to be sent, with a motivational letter, a photograph and references of at least two names, before 18 May 2009:

by e-mail at <jobs@scout.org>

or alternatively by regular mail marked "Personal and Confidential" to:

Mr. Luc Panissod
Secretary General
World Organization of the Scout Movement
P.O. Box 91
CH-1211 Geneva 4 Plainpalais
Switzerland

Short-listed candidates will be interviewed end of May-early June probably in Nairobi by a panel comprising the Secretary General, the Chairman of the Africa Regional Scout Committee and a member of the World Scout Committee.

be prepared...