Director, Policy Support Unit (PSU)
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific. APEC’s 21 members share the APEC Putrajaya Vision 2040 – of an open, dynamic, resilient and peaceful Asia-Pacific community by 2040, for the prosperity of all our people and future generations. Based in the APEC Secretariat in Singapore, the Policy Support Unit (PSU) is the policy research and analysis arm for APEC. It supports APEC members and fora in improving the quality of their deliberations and decisions and promoting policies that support the achievement of the APEC vision by providing objective and high quality research, analytical capacity and policy support capability. APEC is looking to recruit a Director for the PSU to manage the strategic and operational activities of the unit from January 2023.
The Director is accountable to the PSU Board for implementing the unit’s work programme and to the APEC Secretariat’s Executive Director for administrative and day-to-day issues. The Director also manages the PSU’s team of professionals and works closely with APEC members and fora on research and technical projects. Candidates should have high level leadership experience in a context with very diverse stakeholders, such as with governments or in a multilateral or international setting. Tertiary qualifications and significant demonstrated analytical and policy skills in economic matters, including international trade and investment policy, are also essential. A working knowledge of APEC’s agenda would be advantageous. The successful candidate must be from an APEC member economy.
Details of the job description are available at: www.apec.org/about-us/apec-secretariat/employment.
Information on APEC and the PSU are available at: www.apec.org and www.apec.org/About-Us/PolicySupport-Unit.
Applications should reach us no later than 17 June 2022 via email to HR Recruit at: hr-recruit@apec.org. Your application must indicate how your experience and qualifications matched those required. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
