Job Opportunites at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Description

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, on behalf of HarvestPlus, seeks suitable Nigerian for the position below at its country office in Ibadan.

• Responsible for the preparation of Payment Requisition Memos and obtaining the necessary approvals before presenting them to the Finance Manager for payment.
• Responsible for collation of adequate transaction/activity supporting documents from staff, partners, vendors, and collaborators to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Assist with sourcing for quotations and raising of LPOs for the procurement of goods and materials for program delivery as per corporate procedures to ensure value for money is obtained.
• Book cash advances for staff and process the advance retirement accordingly (on Oracle Suite).
• Responsible for the coordination of travel logistics such as hotel reservations, flight tickets, and airport pickups among others.
• Maintains an up-to-date record of all inventories and regularly checks that these are secure and well maintained whilst keeping track of all receipts and issues.
• Responsible for all administrative functions to ensure smooth office operations and program implementation.
• Coordinate and collate Timesheets from all staff at the end of every month while maintaining excellent interpersonal relationships with vendors and other stakeholders.
• Ensure that assets are received, registered in the assets register, and tagged, and ensure disposal of assets is carried out according to existing policies.
• Ensure an effective maintenance system for all office equipment, including photocopiers, computers and their networks, printers, etc.
• Support the coordination of internal and external or technical meetings, workshops, and seminars, including all travel and accommodations arrangements.
• Assist in supervising the drivers and making travel arrangements for staff while ensuring the availability of office stationery and equipment at all times.
• Periodically monitor vehicle logbooks concerning maintenance and fuel consumption.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time to support the attainment of organizational goals.

QUALIFICATION:

• BSc/HND in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing similar role in a well-structured environment.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Be experience in the use of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Have solid composition, grammar, and proofreading skills with the ability to compose routine correspondence; excellent oral and written English language skills.
• Demonstrate experience in accounting software, especially oracle ERP and other ERPs.
• Have high degree of attention to details and the ability to use personal initiative while seeking new and effective ways to achieve better results.

Benefits

• We offer highly competitive salaries with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.

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Description

• Support One CGIAR breeding analytics process team in establishing standards for data quality and analytics.
• Analyze large multi–year and multi–location data sets collected from trials in Africa using appropriate statistical software.
• Advise IITA staff in planning field experiments and biophysical and socioeconomic surveys and data analysis.
• Conduct independent data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, analytical and visualization support, presentations, and assigned tasks, including drafting of reports and methodology notes of analytics conducted.
• Contribute to publish scientific articles in refereed journals documenting research progress.
• Provide technical training in applied statistics and support scientists, visiting scientists, trainees, and national program scientists in team-based research projects.
• Perform all other related duties as required by the needs of the Center.

QUALIFICATION:

• Masters in Biostatistics, Data Science, Statistics or related field with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience performing similar role in a well-structured environment.
• Experience in machine learning and Cloud Computing using R Programming is added advantage.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Be experienced with exploratory data analysis, and/or data mining, text analytics, machine learning and big data processing techniques.
• Have excellent programming/coding skills related to data collection, data management and analytics using statistical software (e.g., R, ASReml-R, Python, etc.).
• Have good oral and written communication skills in English.

Benefits

• We offer highly competitive salaries with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.

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Description

• Support identification of traits in yam breeding lines and germplasm that are desirable for recycling as parent and advancement, such as disease resistance, increased yield, or improved food quality.
• Participate in the execution of breeding trials in different growing conditions to determine how well they perform in nature.
• Assist in monitoring and identifying yam diseases and creating strategies to prevent them from spreading to other plants.
• Support the development of new yam varieties that meet specific criteria, such as increased productivity or improved taste, color, and food quality.
• Participate in the selection of the best yam clones to breed based on desired traits and characteristics.
• Participate in the development of breeding strategies to produce yam varieties with the desired characteristics, including selecting parents with desired traits that can be passed on to offspring.
• Participate in the multiplication of planting materials for breeding trials and delivery.
• Coordinate breeding testing networks with partners including preparation of SOP, trial design, distribution of germplasm for testing networks, retrieving data, and ensure data entry to the database.
• Coordinate on-farm testing and demand creation network with producers, marketers, development practitioners, and consumers.
• Ensure timely availability of germplasm inventory reports.
• Conduct and collect necessary data for advanced breeding lines in both greenhouses and field locations.
• Maintain breeder work collections in the field, analyze data and report to the Supervisor on time.
• Supervise daily casual laborers and other subordinate staff.
• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

QUALIFICATION:

• BSc/HND in Agriculture or related field with a minimum of four (4) years’ experience performing similar role in a well-structured environment.
• Experience in clonal breeding program and on-farm testing will be an added advantage.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Be competent in farmer participatory activities/evaluation
• Have ability to communicate effectively with partners and farmers.
• Have ability to work under pressure and deliver quality job.
• Have excellent team work capability.
• Be competent in data analysis and report writing.

Benefits

• We offer highly competitive salaries with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.