Administrative Assistants at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Position/Responsibilities
Successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties:

•     Assist in day to day office administration
•     Handling correspondence, photocopying, binding and other paperwork
•     Assist with keeping travel schedules and hotel reservations
•     Assist in the preparation of requests for internal purchases and purchases order of office stationery and vehicle parts
•     Taking minutes at of meetings
•     Handle confidential matters
•     Assist in the preparation of requests for internal purchases and purchases order of office stationery and machineries
•     Assist in updating assets list
•     Any other duties, properly assigned, as may be occasioned by the exigencies of the service

Minimum Qualification, Experience and Skills
The ideal candidate must possess:

•     HND/BSc Business Management, Secretarial Studies and any other Social Science related discipline
•     Minimum of 1 year post qualification experience in a similar role.
•     Excellent computer skills with good grasp of spreadsheets, word processing and other MS Office applications with good knowledge of Oracle Applications
•     Excellent communication skills and be able to keep confidential information
•     Strong ability to co-ordinate, prioritize and organize workload; take initiative and work under pressure
•     Good team spirit and also participate as a team member in accomplishment of duties