Deputy Director-General (Research and Development) at Ghana Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

We have started building our professional LinkedIn page. Follow Company: Ghana Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Location: Ghana State: Jobs in Accra Job type: Full-Time Job category: Engineering Jobs in Ghana No views yet Job Description The Ghana Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is inviting applications from suitably qualified persons for the position of: Deputy Director-General (Research and Development) THE ORGANISATION The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana is the leading Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) organisation mandated to carry out research for national development. The CSIR was established in October 1968 and re-established in its present form by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Act, 1996, Act 521. Under the Governing Act, (Act 521), the CSIR is required to promote, encourage and regulate research and the application of science and technology for national development. The Act further requires the CSIR to encourage and promote the commercialisation of research results. From its Head Office in Accra, the CSIR oversees and co-ordinates the activities of thirteen (13) research institutes and over twenty (20) Research Centres spread across the country. The Act is available on the CSIR Website www.csir.org.gh. The Position The Deputy Director-General will:

• Be responsible to the Director-General of the CSIR for overseeing the development and execution of the Research and Development activities of the thirteen Institutes, as well as the Council’s programmes and projects.

• Assist the Director-General in setting the research priorities of the Council in line with Government policy.

• Ensure quality assurance, and undertake monitoring and evaluation of the research outputs of the Institutes to ensure that research results are reliable, relevant and customer-driven .

• Mobilise Research and Development funds for the execution of the Council’s internal and external projects, and establish/maintain effective linkages with relevant institutions and agencies within and outside the CSIR for the implementation of programmes.

• Oversee the transfer of the results of research in Science and Technology to relevant institutions and user-agencies.

• Act for the Director-General in his/her absence.

• Perform any other duties as the Director-General may prescribe from time to time.

Qualification Required & Experience The Person

• Must have a PhD degree in the Agricultural / Biological / Physical/Engineering Sciences.

• Must be a distinguished and outstanding Research Scientist of national and international repute, with substantial research output and experience in R&D which must be adjudged to be at the rank of at least a Principal Research Scientist or an Associate Professor.