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Assessment reform coalition seeking head of secretariat

                 

Programme manager will lead work supporting major European initiative

The recently launched Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment is looking for a programme manager to lead its secretariat.

Coara, which was set up to implement an EU-coordinated agreement to improve research assessment, formally launched in December with the election of its chair—Rianne Letschert, president of Maastricht University in the Netherlands—and steering board members.

The European Science Foundation, a non-profit science promotion organisation, was appointed to provide the Coara secretariat, having been the only organisation to apply. It has now advertised for a programme manager to lead that work.

A vacancy description published by the ESF this week says that important responsibilities for the secretariat will include fundraising, budget management, coordination of coalition members and overseeing communications.

The programme manager will also work with key stakeholders including university managers, research organisations and evaluation agencies, to help them commit to and implement the agreement.

The deadline to apply for the position is 3 February.