Want to be our future leader?
Open position, Director Mistra Urban Futures
Mistra Urban Futures are looking for a Scientific leader and Director who will shape, develop and lead the centre both locally and globally. You will be expected to make use of various partner organizations – including our interaction hubs in Cape Town, Gothenburg, Kisumu, Manchester and Shanghai. Developing and expanding this network will be a prerequisite to advancing Mistra Urban Futures to the cutting edge of academic insight and practical know-how in its field.
Providing a unique opportunity to create and use the necessary knowledge for sustainable urban development, this position requires someone who can successfully promote collaboration between an academic environment and relevant stakeholders.
We look for a person with the ability to add value to Mistra Urban Futures, which includes the ability and willingness to utilize employee potential, form a culture characterized by openness and creativity and serve as an ambassador for the organization and positive leadership at Chalmers. We think that leadership skills are based on sound and relevant experience and know-how related to the different aspects of leadership, and presuppose a reflective attitude towards one's own leadership.
The position is a full time permanent position at Chalmers, with an affiliation to a relevant department.
Application deadline: May 4, 2014
For questions, please contact
Professor Karl-Gunnar Olsson, Director of Built Environment Area of Advance, Chalmers karl-gunnar.olsson@chalmers.se
Thomas Rosswall, Chairman of the Board, Mistra Urban Future, thomas.rosswall@gmail.com
