Latest Recruitment at The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Ref:IITA-HR-NRS2018-001
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Recruitment Type: National (3-year renewable contract)

Duties
Successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties:

• Maintain liaison with Assets Officer to update IITA’s master asset file;
• Explore more effective ways of asset tracking including a computerized bar-coding system and implement this as directed;
• Conduct regular housekeeping and cyclic asset verification exercise at the headquarters and if necessary in other stations to ensure that IITA tracked asset listing agrees with the Finance Office master asset file record;
• Analyze and evaluate cost/benefits of disposal strategies and make recommendation to the disposal committee on appropriate disposal method for such items as applicable.
• Prepare records of asset identified for disposal and ensure clearance of such materials;
• Secure storage of assets identified for disposal, repair and reuse as applicable;
• Assist in asset disposal process and decommissioning activities as directed by the IITA disposal committee;
• Assist with the transfer of ownership of used assets where such requirement exist while ensuring the master asset list is updated;
• Ensure healthy, safety rules and regulation at work are complied with;
• Inducting newly recruited staff and assist in training Oracle users both HQ and other Hub-station staff members
• Perform all other related duties that may be assigned by the supervisor

Qualifications

• B.Sc/HND Purchasing and Supply, Social Science or Professional Certification in Procurement and Supply or related field with minimum of eight (8) years’ experience performing similar role.

Skills:

• Have good knowledge of computer, good interpersonal and communication skill (Oral and written).

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

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Ref:IITA-HR-NRS2018-002
Location: Ibadan
Recruitment Type: National (3-year renewable contract)

Duties
Successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties:

• Plan, develop and conduct implementation of python based GeoNode that fits into the IITA data infrastructure and information landscape;
• Further develop workflows for upload, download, harvesting data on CKAN and connection with databases/platforms, especially SharePoint;
• Implement customizations and maintenance of CKAN, GeoNode.
• Programming links and API development to other Open Access repositories;
• Be responsible for server administration and repair (CKAN and GeoNode);
• Serve as collection point of all IITA research output data/metadata (CKAN);
• Cataloguing and check of metadata;
• Check uniqueness of dataset;
• Assessing need and conducting of a file conversion
• Filling of missing metadata for CKAN;
• Assessing need/usefulness/ability to present the data in a “eye catching” format (map, chart, diagram etc.);
• Give persistent identifier (CKAN);
• Inform interested data users;
• Managing content of legacy data for CKAN;
• Perform any other related duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications

• B.Sc/HND in Computer Science, Mathematics or Statistics and any other related field with minimum of 4 years of experience performing similar role in a structured organization

Competencies:

• Have good knowledge of computer, good interpersonal and communication skill (Oral and written).

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