Training and Administrative Technician 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: Training and Administrative Technician

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job type: Contract
Duration: 6 months renewable            

Duities

• Support the internship program by preparing appointment, extension and completion letters for graduate Interns.
• Assist in uploading graduate interns and training data to the CapDev database.
• Assist in preparing graduate interns’ monthly stipends on Dynamics®.
• Assist in managing logistic arrangements for meetings, workshops and official travels.
• Assist in preparing travel authorization requests, cash advance, travel advances, work orders and retirement of expense claims.
• Assist in organizing meetings, workshops, training programs, and other related activities.
• Assist in raising internal memorandum, purchase requisition, process invoices and payments.
• Liaise with finance to ensure timely payment of invoices and payment requests
• Assist in the day-to-day administrative processes of the Unit.
• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications

• National Diploma in Business Administration, Public Administration or related field with a minimum of two (2) years’ experience performing similar role in a well-structured environment.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

• Be computer literate and be familiar with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Be familiar with the use of Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Have the ability to learn fast and work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Have the ability to interact, communicate effectively and work as a team with people of diverse backgrounds and views.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.