Chief Science Officer

The Chief Science Officer serves as the principal scientific advisor to the Director on policies, activities and operations in the technical management of agency activities and programs. The Chief Science Officer participates with the Director and fully shares in the responsibility for planning, monitoring and evaluating agency scientific activities. The Chief Science Officer is responsible for establishing the ethical and technical frameworks and procedures under-pinning the scientific activities of the agency, advising other agency leaders on integrating these frameworks and processes into activities and programmes and facilitating related staff training and compliance to established scientific protocols.