[registrars] [council] ICANN Job ads (fwd)

[Thomas Keller <tom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI,

tom

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From: "gnso.icann" <gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'council' <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [council] ICANN  Job ads 
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:55:05 +0200



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[To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org]


After two months of advertising on the ICANN website only a limited
number of applications have been received and now the advertisements are
going to be placed in special magazines and bulletin boards throughout
the world.
 
We would welcome it if you could bring these job opportunity
announcements to the attention of your constituencies and interested
parties.

In addition to the email address in the advert the applicant's resume
and cover letter may be submitted via email to the staff at:
opportunities@xxxxxxxxx.

Please submit your resume and cover letter via email to our staff at
opportunities@xxxxxxxxx. 

Policy Support Officers

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an
internationally organised, non-profit corporation that has global
responsibility for preserving the operational stability of the Internet;
to promoting competition; to achieving broad representation of global
Internet communities; and to developing technical policy appropriate to
its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.

ICANN has an immediate job opening for two Policy Support Officers. The
key purpose of these roles are to analyse technological, economic and
legal developments of importance to ICANN's technical policy development
processes in the areas of IP addressing, generic top-level-domain and
country-code top-level domain operations. 

Under the direction of the Vice President Policy Development Support and
in close cooperation with the Senior Officer Policy Development
Coordination, the incumbents will assist in assist in analysing relevant
technological, economic, technical policy, legal developments, the
evolution and functioning of the Internet's domain name system, and the
economic and technical roles and functions of various stakeholder
groups. The incumbents will provide assistance with the aim to achieve
informed discussions on issues under consideration or a smooth running
of any policy development processes.

One of these positions (the GNSO Policy Support Officer) will assist the
Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) in their technical policy
development processes, including the drafting of issue reports, specific
research of Internet technical policy issues under consideration,
provide guidance on all steps and timeliness of the policy development
processes, and support related activities of the GNSO Council.

The other position will focus on the issues under consideration by the
country-code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO) and the Addressing
Supporting Organisation (ASO).

The successful incumbents will have a bachelors degree (preferably in
political science, communications or information technology) or
equivalent experience. They will possess excellent verbal communication
and written skills, specifically in report preparation and policy
construction. Ideally the incumbents will be multi-lingual with
experience in the international, high technology arena. The incumbents
must be able to demonstrate strong team skills, creativity, a tolerance
to stress, creative, and comfortable in dealing with multiple cultures
and time zones. 

The GNSO Policy Support Officer is expected to have economic, market,
and policy background and experience, whereas for the other position it
is an advantage to have experience in IP addressing technologies and
related technical policies, as well as the technical, operational, and
economic issues affecting ccTLD registry operations.

The incumbents will be experienced with analysis of relevant
technological developments in the IT or technology sector and in
liaising with technology, economic and/or legal specialists. Highly
developed people and project management skills are essential. 

The role will require International travel on a regular basis, and
despite ICANN HQ being located in Los Angeles, this role could be
located in any of ICANN's existing offices in North America (Los
Angeles) or Europe (Brussels), or any other suitable future office
location pending the applicant's circumstances. Aside from a competitive
remuneration package, the successful incumbent will face a fascinating
challenge in the further development of the global Internet.

More information on these 2 roles is available at:
http://www.icann.org/general/jobs/policy-support-officer.htm and
http://www.icann.org/general/jobs/GNSO-policy-support-officer.htm. 

To apply please send your resume to simon@xxxxxxxxxx in strictest
confidence.




Policy Support Coordination

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an
internationally organised, non-profit corporation that has global
responsibility for preserving the operational stability of the Internet;
to promoting competition; to achieving broad representation of global
Internet communities; and to developing technical policy appropriate to
its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.

ICANN has an immediate job opening for a Senior Officer Policy Support
Coordinator. The key purpose of this role is to support the Generic
Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council in the development and
updating of technical policies and to facilitate co-ordination of policy
processes between all of ICANN's Supporting Organisations and Advisory
Committees.

Reporting to the Vice President Policy Development Support, the Senior
Policy Officer will assist in the co-ordination of technical policies or
other issues under consideration in the specific areas within the
overall ICANN structure of Supporting Organisations and Advisory
Committees. They will maintain close relationships with the private
sector, civil society, and governmental stakeholders involved in the
development of the technical policies. 

The incumbent will furthermore assist the Council of the GNSO in their
technical policy development processes, including the drafting of issue
reports, specific research of Internet technical policy issues under
consideration, provide guidance on all steps and timeliness of the
policy development processes, and support related activities. The
incumbent will also co-ordinate with relevant ICANN staff on aspects of
emerging policies as they relate to aspects related to implementation,
operations and to the legal interpretations of ICANN bylaws. 

The successful incumbent will have a bachelors degree (preferably in
political science, communications or information technology) or
equivalent experience. He/she will possess excellent verbal
communication and written skills, specifically in report preparation and
policy construction. He/she will have at least five years experience in
developing policy in an environment with conflicting stakeholder views,
and have experience in liaising with senior management in large
corporations and with senior government officials. Highly developed
people and project management skills are essential. Ideally the
incumbent will be multi-lingual with experience in the international,
high technology arena. The incumbent must be able to demonstrate strong
team skills, creativity, a tolerance to stress, creative, and
comfortable in dealing with multiple cultures and time zones.

The role will require International travel on a regular basis, and
despite ICANN HQ being located in Los Angeles, this role could be
located in either of ICANN's current offices in North America (Los
Angeles) or Europe (Brussels), or any other suitable future office
location pending the applicant's circumstances. Aside from a competitive
remuneration package, the successful incumbent will face a fascinating
challenge in the further development of the global Internet.

More information on this role is available
at:http://www.icann.org/general/jobs.htm#SeniorOfficerPolicySupportCoord
ination To apply please send your resume to simon@xxxxxxxxxx in
strictest confidence.


 





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Gruss,

tom

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