CABI is proud to announce that it has been selected to host the Global Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) Secretariat and to invite applications for the post of Director of the GODAN Secretariat.
About GODAN
The Global Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative formally launched at the Open Government Partnership Summit in London in October 2013. The GODAN initiative aims to bring together agricultural, nutritional and open data fields and actors in order that the use of open data is stimulated and implemented on farmer level and within policy making.
GODAN Secretariat
To support GODAN as a network, a Secretariat has been established, hosted by CABI, that will enhance community ownership. The Secretariat will facilitate the participation of partners, whether they be large or small organisations. Working groups and other possible advisory structures will be set up to draw upon the broadest possible range of interest groups, whether that is geographical, type of partner (NGO vs public vs private sector) and across a broad range of skillsets.
There exists a huge variety of interests and potential contributions amongst the GODAN partners. The Secretariat will retain an umbrella supporting function, but will also identify working groups to allow development of focal points on areas of interest only to some partners. The added value of the Secretariat will be to allow a dedicated focal point and staffing to enhance co-ordination amongst partners, scale-up current advocacy and profiling activities and improve lesson-learning and knowledge exchange.
The role of Director of the Secretariat
This exciting role represents an unparalleled opportunity to contribute to achieving global food security by changing the way that data is used within the agricultural and nutritional sector. The opportunity is huge, as is the potential impact.
You will provide leadership and strategic direction to the GODAN Secretariat, implementing and delivering the action plan to enable it to achieve its objectives. You will be expected to bring together agricultural, nutritional and open data fields and actors to stimulate and implement the use of open data at farmer level and within policy making. A passionate advocate for GODAN at a highest international level, from politicians to policy makers to open data experts in the private sector, you will champion the importance of open data across agricultural/nutritional datasets to support activities of key national and international stakeholders.
About you
Credible and knowledgeable, with an advanced university degree in agriculture, nutrition, information science or another relevant discipline, you are rightly seen as a thought leader within your field. You are an inspiring leader of people too, with the proven ability to manage and motivate a high-performance multicultural team.
You are a leader with a clear vision – with the strategic approach needed to deliver it, coupled with a proven track record of delivering workplans and high quality results. Fluent in written and spoken English, you are used to operating at international level, and confident communicating key messages of complex policy issues to a range of stakeholders. Indeed, you will have extensive experience in advocacy at the highest political levels, a deep understanding of agriculture and food security, combined with a strategic, up-to-the-minute view of open data and the role of ICT in agriculture and nutrition.
About CABI
CABI is an international not-for-profit organisation that improves people’s lives by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment.
Apply
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