Legal and Administrative Officer at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

DUTIES:

• Draft, review, negotiate and advise on sub-grant agreements as well as alignment of sub-grants with donor requirements and other agreements.
• Conduct due diligence prior to the conclusion of sub-grant arrangements.
• Maintain the IITA Contracts, Litigation, and IP Database, and connect with PDAU on filing in ProMIS (or other data systems in place) where needed.
• Support legal research and compliance advice functions within the legal services unit.
• Provide Legal and Administrative support to the Legal Services Unit.
• Provide general administrative duties (answering correspondence, taking telephone calls, ordering supplies, and other services from IITA’S service units).
• Assist as administrative contact person with IITA’s Nigeria retained an external law firm and other work units in IITA.
• Perform any other job-related task as may be assigned by the supervisor.

QUALIFICATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law followed by call to bar (BL) with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Have excellent communication skills (writing, reading, oral). Working knowledge of French would be an added advantage.
• Have knowledge about and certain experience with drafting and reviewing agreements.
• Be able to demonstrate a good grasp of relevant laws including but not limited to laws governing international non-profit organizations, international contracts, intellectual property (IP) law, and related international law and treaties.
• Have sufficient knowledge and skill and be familiar with the operation of computers and programs, and databases.
• Be committed, dependable and confidential, having high ethical standards and the ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Have good organizational skills with high attention to detail.