The incumbent will ensure that the Education and Training (ETR) Office carries out its work as an integral part of the Secretariat's capacity development work, in close collaboration with other relevant offices in the department, other departments in the Secretariat and with external partners. Under the supervision of the Director, Science and Innovation (D/SI), the incumbent will perform the following duties:

1. Manage the Education and Training Office:

(a) General management of the Office, including supervision and oversight of its Education, Training and Fellowships Division (ETFD);
(b) Provision of input for the preparation of the WMO strategic and operating plans, budget proposals, studies and reports on education and training matters;
(c) Management of the ETR budget allocations and expenditures, and human resources; oversight of comprehensive databases and monitoring mechanisms;
(d) Monitoring the selection, award, implementation and evaluation of WMO fellowships;
(e) Supervision of the production of education and training publications, technical guidance and programme reports;
(f) Management of Office risks, including tracking and implementation of audit recommendations and findings;

2. Coordinate all WMO education and training activities for the entire range of WMO's mandate areas in close collaboration with other departments:

(a) Provision of support to the preparation and running of the biennially held meetings of the Executive Council Capacity Development Panel;
(b) Organization and chairing of the quarterly meetings of the Education and Training Committee (ETCOM);
(c) Monitoring the planning and implementation of WMO-supported training events, with special emphasis on cost-efficient and best practice methodologies;
(d) Determining and providing advisory services on Members' education and training requirements, opportunities and capabilities in meteorology and hydrology;
(e) Assistance for resource mobilization for capacity-development initiatives, including co-management of the Voluntary Cooperation Programme funds related to education and training, in collaboration with the Development Partnerships Office (DPO);
(f) Provision of the support given to governance structures including Congress, the Executive Council, regional associations, technical commissions and their subsidiary bodies;

3. Assist in the international coordination of all relevant training activities:

(a) Management of ETR networks with international organizations, United Nations specialized agencies, as well as institutions of higher learning in meteorological and hydrological subjects;
(b) Pursuing activities to assist the network of WMO Regional Training Centres (WMO-RTCs);
(c) Organization of the four-yearly meetings of the RTCs Directors/Principals, and assistance in the organization of external assessment of those Centres;
(d) Provision of support to national, regional and inter-regional training programmes, with particular emphasis on facilitating the participation of developing countries;
(e) Organization of a quadrennial worldwide WMO Symposium on Education and Training (SYMET);
(f) Collaboration with the Education and Training Focal Points established by the regional associations, and with the National Focal Points on Education and Training in Meteorology and Hydrology as designated by the Permanent Representatives of Members;
(g) Collaboration with partner organizations in the promotion and application of e-learning in meteorology and hydrology, and supporting school and popular education in weather, climate and water subjects;
h) Carry out other relevant duties as required.