Announcement and Invitation for Applications for the Position of the General Secretary

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Last Updated (Thursday, 03 April 2014 12:32)

Dear Friends,

 

Announcement and Invitation for Applications for the Position of the General Secretary of the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs


Due to the retirement age of our General Secretary, the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs (APAY), is now seeking to fill the position of General Secretary of the Alliance. The officers of APAY have appointed a search committee comprising:
Mr. Yau Chung Wan – Chairperson
Mr. Peter Malone
Mr. Babu Markus Gomes
Dr. Song Indong
Dr. Patcharawan Srisilapanan
whose task is to conduct the search and selection process and to recommend a suitable candidate to the Executive Committee and Council for appointment.


We are now searching for candidates who possess and demonstrate a commitment to the Christian basis and mission of the YMCA and who possess the relevant skills and experience for the position.

 

Please circulate information about the search for a new General Secretary for APAY within your movement and with other interested parties so that interested persons are aware the process has been initiated.

 

Candidates will be required to submit by the closing date, April 1, 2015, their application together with their Curriculum Vitae of their experience, including a short paper on the candidate’s perspective on “the role of the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs in the current times”.

 

It is envisaged the successful applicant will have a close understanding of the social realities affecting the communities within the APAY area, and will demonstrate social and managerial acumen that can lead APAY to respond in meaningful ways to the YMCA movements within APAY and the societies they serve.

 

The short-listed candidates will be invited for an Interview to be conducted by the search committee in May 2015 in Hong Kong, and the appointment of the new General Secretary will be made during the Council Meeting to be held from September 7-11, 2015 in Korea.

 

The new General Secretary will assume duties preferably from September 1, 2015 but the latest time is January 1, 2016.

 

I hope you will give serious consideration to this matter to ensure that the invitation for applicants for this most important position can result in the best possible candidates applying.

 

Please see attached the “Guidelines and Procedures for the selection of the General Secretary of APAY” and “Job and Person Specifications.”

 

Best wishes,

Yours sincerely,

 

Yau Chung Wan
President, Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs

cc : Members of the Search Committee
Members of the Executive Committee of APAY

Documents:
GS_Applicationform GS_Applicationform (Filesize: 64.6 KB)
Job Specifications_Person Specification of GS_2014 Job Specifications_Person Specification of GS_2014 (Filesize: 37.3 KB)
Guidelines and Procedures_2014 Guidelines and Procedures_2014 (Filesize: 12.1 KB)