Expressions of interest and nominations, are invited by the Search Committee, for consideration for the post of Director-General of the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS), from which the present Director-General Professor the Hon Gerald Lalor O.J. retires in 2008.

At present, the main research focus of ICENS is an interdisciplinary programme centred on the remarkable concentrations of a variety of heavy metals, including cadmium and lead in the Jamaican environment, and the

chain. The work provides excellent research opportunities that are also likely to contribute to applications that provide socio-economic and health benefits for the population. The Centre is well equipped especially for nuclear analytical techniques and operates good computer facilities including GIS and 1 m resolution satellite imagery.

Candidates are expected to have had experience and significant success in research and leadership that should ideally include one or more of the following fields:

• Trace elements in agriculture;
• Trace elements in health;
• Computer applications, including GIS, to environmental problems.

Salary is of the order of J$2 - 2.5 million (1US$ ~66 J$) and is negotiable to some extent; benefits will include return economy airfares (if the appointee is from overseas) for appointee, spouse, and up to 3 children. Other benefits include housing allowance, travel and book grants and contributory pension and health schemes.

Interested applicants should contact the Search Committee at: icens@uwimona.edu.jm

Telephone :	Ms. Verna Lumsden 876 935 8288
By post :	Search Committee, ICENS, 2 Anguilla Close, University of the West Indies Mona Kingston 7 Jamaica