(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is seeking applications for a new secretary-general. As the U.S. member body to ISO, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) urges relevant stakeholders to consider this opportunity.

ISO has published details on the role’s two key functions: secretary-general of the organization and the chief executive officer (CEO) of the organization’s Central Secretariat (ISO/CS). The secretary-general is responsible to the ISO Council, and for following its directives, for the effective operation of the ISO system (comprising the ISO members, ISO committees, and ISO Central Secretariat), according to its Statutes and Rules of Procedure. The position’s responsibilities include:

• With an efficient organizational structure of ISO/CS, supporting the ISO members managing the decentralized standards development activities performed by more than 3,000 ISO committees and working groups, with the assistance of specific IT tools and e-services.
• Driving the implementation of a long-term strategy, approved by the ISO General Assembly.

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