NCAR has begun its search for a new Climate and Global Dynamics (CGD) Laboratory director with this announcement of the job opening. CGD conducts directed research that discovers the key processes in each component of the Earth’s climate system and the interactions among them, represents this understanding in models and thereby provides a basis for the prediction of climate; and applies this understanding and these models to scientific problems of societal relevance. CGD fulfills its mission through a strong record of achievement in scientific research, community modeling and data set development.