[NCUC-DISCUSS] Fwd: ICANN CEO Job Description - please circulate

[KASWESHA]

For me, automatically it is you we should nominate.


Regards;

James Njoroge

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 9:54 AM, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:

> who should we nominate :-)
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *George Sadowsky <george.sadowsky at gmail.com>
> *Subject: **ICANN CEO Job Description - please circulate*
> *Date: *July 24, 2015 at 2:27:50 AM GMT+2
>
> ICANN CEO Search Committee Announces CEO Candidate Criteria: Deadline for
> Application Submission is 20 September 2015
> [At www.Iicann.org <http://www.iicann.org/>, this page is available in:
>
>    - 中文 <http://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-zh>,
>    - العربية <http://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-ar>,
>    - Français <http://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-fr>,
>    - Pусский <http://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-ru>,
>    - Português <http://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-pt>,
>    - Español <http://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-es>,
>    and
>    - English]
>
> <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-en#>
> <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-en#>
> <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-en#>
> <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-en#>
> <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-en#>
> <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-20-en#>
>
> Following the announcement by ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé, who has been CEO
> since 2012, that he will be departing ICANN after the ICANN Public
> Meeting in March 2016, the ICANN Board of Directors established a search
> committee to plan and execute a strategy to identify CEO candidates for
> submission to the Board. The committee was established at the Board's 21
> June 2015 meeting, and its membership consists of George Sadowsky (chair),
> Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Cherine Chalaby, Steve Crocker, Chris Disspain, Markus
> Kummer, Ram Mohan and Ray Plzak.
> All candidate inquiries must be directed to Odgers Berndtson (contact
> email below).ICANN: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers
>
> ICANN's global public interest mission is to promote the stability and
> security of the global Internet through coordination of the unique
> identifiers that comprise its naming and addressing systems - numbers,
> names, and protocol parameters.
>
> ICANN's mission touches all countries and it fulfills it by engaging with
> a large global community of actively participating stakeholders
> representing the domain name industry, governments, businesses, academia,
> NGOs and individuals, dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and
> interoperable. ICANN has three meetings a year that gather about 1,500
> participants each.
>
> ICANN was formed in 1998 as a Californian public benefit not-for-profit
> corporation. ICANN's current baseline operating expense budget (excluding
> initiatives) is about US$113 million, mostly derived from fees levied on
> domain name registrations.
>
> The past three years have been key in establishing ICANN as a global
> organization. In addition to the hub office in Los Angeles, USA, ICANN has
> hub offices in Istanbul, Turkey, and Singapore, and engagement offices in
> Beijing, Brussels, Geneva, Montevideo, Seoul and Washington. The
> organization currently has 325 staff spread across 30 countries.
>
> In addition to the globalization of the organization, the new generic
> Top-Level Domain (gTLDs) Program was developed, which includes gTLDs in
> both Latin and non-Latin scripts such as Arabic, Chinese, and Cyrillic that
> allow people to use a domain name in their native language or script. More
> than 1,300 new gTLDs are expected to be delegated in total.
>
> ICANN's multistakeholder model is essential to the organization's ability
> to serve the global public interest and to enhance its accountability and
> the trust in its work. The organization is currently undergoing substantial
> global community-led efforts to strengthen this model.
>
> The ICANN website (http://www.icann.org <https://www.icann.org/>)
> provides extensive information about the organization and the way it works.
>
> Some key characteristics of ICANN's are:
> ICANN as an Organization
>
>    - ICANN is a unique not-for-profit organization that comprises and
>    serves a broad, global group of stakeholders from across all sectors that
>    work to develop its policies through an inclusive "bottom-up" process
>    - Transparency, inclusion, and participation form the basis of its
>    conduct of business and its accountability towards stakeholders and the
>    larger public
>    - ICANN's open and transparent policy development mechanisms promote
>    well-informed decisions based on advice from a diversity of views.
>    ICANN staff supports policy development processes by the community,
>    the Board's steering/validation role, and executes the resulting policies
>    - There is a delicate balance of distributed/shared responsibilities
>    between the ICANN staff led by the CEO, the global volunteer
>    community, the Board of Directors and the stakeholder constituencies
>
> ICANN within the Internet Governance Ecosystem
>
>    - ICANN is part of a broader, distributed Internet governance
>    ecosystem with other major players including key partners in the technical
>    community. These actors work together to preserve one single, interoperable
>    and permissionless Internet
>    - ICANN works closely with related technical organizations, and each
>    performs their technical functions within their own well defined and
>    limited remit.
>    - ICANN also works with a growing number of non-technical players in
>    the Internet governance ecosystem (including IGOs, NGOs, foundations,
>    governments, associations, as well as private organizations) and
>    participates within its specific remit and responsibilities for the
>    Internet's system of unique identifiers
>
> *Candidate Profile*
>
> ICANN requires a public interest-minded leader with a combination of
> business, diplomatic and organizational skills to assume the leadership of
> a successful multi-stakeholder organization. Candidates will be expected to
> demonstrate to the highest degree possible the following experience and
> skills. These have been grouped in no particular order under several
> headings that embody the multi-faceted nature of the role:
>
> ICANN seeks candidates motivated to increase the effectiveness of the
> global Internet for the benefit of all.
> Management and Operational Experience
>
>    - Solid record of achievement in respected public, corporate, academic
>    service, NGOs, foundations, and/or other public service institutions
>    - Proven record of strengthening, fostering and consolidating
>    operational excellence
>    - Previous experience working with and/or on Boards of non-profit
>    and/or profit organizations
>    - Ability to foster consensus-building
>    - Significant experience of, and achievements in, a multi-stakeholder
>    environment, and an understanding of policy development processes.
>    - Experience in fostering diversity
>    - Strong operational experience running an established organization of
>    substantial size, with ultimate responsibility for all key functions
>    - Success in managing the continued evolution of a dynamic
>    organization, with complex legal issues and significant contractual
>    relationships
>    - Experience in resource allocation and the management of competing
>    priorities
>    - Experience in establishing, strengthening and consolidating business
>    systems and processes
>    - Good negotiator who would be able to represent ICANN and present it
>    well in potentially adversarial environments
>
> Global Experience
>
>    - Understanding of relevant political and policy processes, with
>    awareness of current Internet issues around the world
>    - Global exposure: experience working in leadership roles in different
>    countries and with different cultures
>    - Experienced leadership of dispersed international teams of
>    significant size and active and diverse stakeholders
>    - Experience managing complex and global process work flows and an
>    ability to anticipate issues and advance pre-emptive action
>    - Strong diplomatic skills, ability to balance between all facets of a
>    complex ecosystem, including technical, business, and political aspect
>    - Significant experience interacting and engaging with media
>    - Close familiarity with the ways in which governments, the Internet
>    technical community, civil society, business sector interests and
>    regulatory authorities interact
>
> Leadership Style
>
>    - Intellectually engaging, contributes to 'thought leadership,' helps
>    to define vision and strategy, and leverages the organization's competencies
>    - Appreciates the aspects of multilingualism and how this affects many
>    players in the developed and the developing world
>    - Appreciates and handles the geopolitical currents and pressures that
>    will affect the future of a global organization
>    - Understands and demonstrates empathy, and instills that quality
>    throughout the organization as a core part of the values and mode of
>    operation.
>    - Thrives on motivating a high level team of functioning specialists
>    - A consensus builder, catalyst and motivator, who is practiced at,
>    and enjoys, working in partnership and persuading others
>    - Embodies and practices the inclusive and empowering multistakeholder
>    approach and encourages significant volunteer involvement
>
> Personal Characteristics
>
>    - Aligns with ICANN's values: integrity, trust, humility, technical
>    excellence, and public service
>    - Multicultural with language skills, practiced communicator and
>    public speaker
>    - Strong belief in the value of the Internet: conscious of its role
>    and complexity, fully embraces ICANN's mission, its accountability
>    requirements, and its bottom-up process
>    - Relishes work within a community empowered organization, while
>    taking into account the different interests of the different communities in
>    a balanced and fair way
>    - Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels
>    - Committed to strengthening diversity
>    - Ability to generate trust with all stakeholders and respect their
>    input
>    - Adept at rapid assimilation and adjustment to new environments
>
> Understanding of Internet technology and the Domain Name Industry
>
>    - Able to work within ICANN's technical remit in a rapidly evolving
>    Internet governance ecosystem, ensuring the evolution of the organization
>    within such a framework
>    - Familiarity with /understanding of Internet technologies and, in
>    particular, an understanding of the global Internet's systems of unique
>    identifiers, including domain names, protocol parameters and addresses, and
>    the functioning of domain name registries and registrars
>    - Understanding of the domain name industry and its market structure
>    and dynamics, including issues of competition, privacy, intellectual
>    property, consumer protection and branding
>    - Understanding of Internet addressing challenges and opportunities,
>    including deployment of IPv6, exhaustion of IPv4, and the implications of
>    IPv4 scarcity on the fundamental Internet architecture
>
> Understanding of the Internet Governance Ecosystem
>
>    - Understand the institutional environment of the Internet and its
>    administrative governance systems, such as RIRs, IETF, IAB, ISOC, W3C,
>    and other organizations
>    - Awareness of the international dimensions, and the ability to
>    interact with government and intergovernmental stakeholders
>    - Knowledge of the UN system and other international organizations and
>    processes
>
> Candidates may not match every single criterion listed above, but those
> who reach the final shortlist will satisfy many of them.
>
> The candidate will be expected to work at ICANN's United States
> headquarters in Los Angeles, California. Substantial travel will be
> required.
> APPLICATIONS
>
> Applicants should submit a current curriculum vitae and a cover letter
> specifically linking their background and abilities to the candidate
> profile above. Applications should be submitted by e-mail to:
>
> icann-ceo at odgersberndtson.be
>
> Attachments should be submitted in RTF, Word, or PDF format.
>
> The period for acceptance of applications closes on 20 September 2015.
>
> ICANN is an equal opportunity employer. Employment selection and related
> decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion,
> national origin, color or any other protected class.
>
> ICANN values applications from candidates with demonstrated skills in
> languages in addition to proficient written and spoken English.
>
> *Odgers Berndtson Assignment Team*
> Bernard Tobin, Senior Partner, bernard.tobin at odgersberndtson.com
> David Webber, Partner, david.webber at odgersberndtson.com
>
>
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