Institutional Data Manager at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

IITA is one of the world’s leading research partners in finding solutions for hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Its award-winning research-for-development (R4D) approach addresses the development needs of tropical countries. IITA works with partners to enhance crop quality and productivity, reduce producer and consumer risks, and generate wealth from agriculture. IITA is a non-profit organization founded in 1967 in Nigeria and governed by a Board of Trustees. IITA works on the following crops: cowpea, soybean, banana/plantain, yam, cassava, and maize. It is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Institutional Data Manager
 
Ref No: IITA-HR-NRS2016-045
Location: Ibadan
Recruitment Type: National (3-year renewable contract) 

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

• Advice project managers and project data manager on data management issues;
• Serve as major contributor in writing procedural guidelines and workflow descriptions on project in collaboration with SharePoint designer (creating and refining project/unit SP-site template;
• Guide in writing project/unit data management plans;
• Seek approval of project/unit data management plans;
• Facilitate project data management discussion and also travel to other countries for data management coordination;
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualification

• MSc in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or any other related field with at least ten (10) years relevant experience in data management, research or project development.

Competencies
Ideal Candidate must have;

• Excellent data management skills
• Strong sense and information/data protection
• Excellent MS Office skills including MS Access and MS Project
• Experience in using SharePoint or proven ability to learn it quickly
• Good personality with excellent communication skills
• Good team working skills and must be able to share all relevant information with colleagues and users pro-actively at the right time
• Good manners in showing flexibility, respect, friendliness and openness in cooperation.
• Good training and learning skills

Application Closing Date
9th November, 2016.

Method of Application
Interested applicant should forward their applications including a covering letter which should address how the candidate’s background/experience relates to the specific duties of the position applied for, curriculum vitae, names and addresses of three professional referees (which must include either the Head of the applicant’s current or previous organization or applicant’s direct Supervisor/Superior at his/her present or former place of work).

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