Vacancy Announcement
Vacancy Announcement
Posting Title: Executive Director
Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland
Application Period: 30 October 2026 to 31 December 2026 (11.59 pm CET)
The Board of the South Centre (the Board) hereby announces the vacancy for the position of Executive Director of the South Centre. It therefore invites all interested persons from the Member Countries of the South Centre and/or the Group of 77 + China to apply to fill this position.
Established in 1994, the South Centre is the Inter-Governmental Policy Research Institution of developing countries, with currently 54 developing country Member States from Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean. The South Centre undertakes policy-oriented research on issues of relevance for the Global South, supports developing countries’ effective participation in multilateral fora, and provides advice, technical assistance and capacity building to governments on development-related policies and international negotiations.
The main activities of the Centre include policy research and analysis, convening of meetings for developing countries to share views and experiences and develop common negotiating positions, and technical assistance and capacity building. The issues addressed by the Centre include, inter alia, international and regional trade, finance for development, global public health, innovation and intellectual property, climate change, biodiversity, sustainable development, tax policy, investment, human rights and South-South cooperation.
The South Centre has three institutional pillars: the Council of Representatives in which the Member States are represented; the Board comprising a Chairperson and members who act in their individual capacities and provide guidance to the Secretariat; and the Secretariat headed by the Executive Director which implements the activities of the South Centre. The Secretariat is accountable to and works under the guidance of the Board and the Council.
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