Technical Assistant at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA 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: Technical Assistant

Job Code: NRSSTS2023-010
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job Type: Temporary (Short-term Contract)

Description

• Work in close collaboration with Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant in data recording and entry for monitoring parameters and production data to support specific research or management projects.
• Assist in compiling and filing event registers and updating data in the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) system.
• Assist in the implementation of a farm characterization survey in Nasarawa State to identify smallholder farmers as potential two to three SME GIFT hatchery operators and 100 out-grower farmers in Nasarawa.
• Assist Aquaculture Technology Transfer Officer to set up two to three SME GIFT hatchery operators in Ogun, Kwara, and Nasarawa States.
• Assist Aquaculture Technology Transfer Officer to organize identified growout farmers in Ogun, Kwara and Nasarawa to start the GIFT growout pilots.
• Assist the finance team in the procurement of hapa nets and feeds for the GIFT SME hatchery operators and grow-out farmers.
• Raise issues with the Officer-in-Charge of Nigeria for troubleshooting.
• Perform any other job-related task as may be assigned by the Supervisors.

Qualifications

• B.Sc / HND in Fisheries, Animal Science or any other related field with a minimum of two (2) years experience in aquaculture farm operations particularly in tilapia with a well-structured environment.

Competencies:

• The ideal candidate must: Be experienced in aquaculture farm data collection, farm record keeping, and monitoring, preferably in donor-funded or not-for-profit environment setup.
• Be computer literate and have basic data processing knowledge.

Benefits

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

Application Closing Date
6th June, 2023.