Join a vibrant team that is committed to facilitating agricultural solutions for hunger, poverty, and natural resource degradation throughout the tropics.IITA is an equal opportunity employer and consideration for employment is given to qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national/ethnic origin or social status.
RESEARCH SUPERVISOR
• Engage in planting, crossing, harvesting, and seed processing of for parental lines of maize hybrids and ensureimplementation of planned activities in different locations.
• Coordinate all field operations, including seed preparation, planting, thinning, shoot covering, and pollination in maize crossing blocks and multiplication fields of inbred lines under rain-fed and irrigated conditions.
• Ensure storage of seeds of parental lines of hybrids in an orderly manner to facilitate retrieval system.
• Make requests for required field tags as well as pollination (shoot and tassel) bags for various crossing blocks.
• Review availability of maize inbred lines for trials. www.nigerianbestforum.com
• Coordinate and plan isolation of breeder seed production fields
• Coordinate labor allocation for thinning, shoot covering, pollination, harvesting, threshing, and seed preparation throughout the year.
• Participate in screening of maize inbred lines, varieties and hybrids for carotenoid concentration and content.
• Supervise the preparation of inbred lines for distribution to collaborators in and outside of West and Central Africa.
• Prepare seeds for storage in the cold rooms and take inventory of the quantity and quantity of seeds of inbred lines and hybrids available in the cold store.
• Prepare seeds of inbred lines and hybrids requested by collaborators for shipment
• Provide practical training to new staff members working under special projects.
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
• BSc or HND in Agriculture
• Minimum experience of 2 years in a similar position
FIELD WORKER/DRIVER
• Engage in maize Seed preparation, Processing and Storage
• Participate in Planting operations for maize, field harvesting and data Collection from maize experiments and seed increase operations
• Actively participate in all maize field maintenance activities including land preparation, fertilizer and herbicide applications, thinning and hand pollinations
• Driving staff to field sites and other
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
• WASC and a valid driving license.
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER
• Supervise and coordinate the activities of crop utilization laboratory, including various laboratory equipment, standard analyses, and technical staff.
• Conduct analyses on chemical, physicochemical and functional properties of cassava, yam, Banana/Plantain, maize, cowpeas and soybeans and their food products
• Provide expertise in quality control/assurance of laboratory analytical data.
• Identify and order all approved equipment, chemicals and materials for the laboratory
• Provide technical backstopping to national agricultural research institutes, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations conducting activities on crop quality
• Contribute to capacity building on food analysis and training of Youth Coppers, Industrial training (IT) students and Research fellows)
• Perform any duties assigned by the supervisor
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
MSc in Analytical Chemistry or Food Science/Technology.
PROJECT ADMISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
• Assist Project manager to effectively monitor project budgets;
• Develop and maintain files, records on financial expenditures of various budgets of the project;
• Providing monthly and quarterly reports on project cost centers expenditures against approved budgets to Project Manager with financial reports due to donor and Institutes;
• Checking with project partners and collaborators, processing and reporting on returns and justifications of funds granted to project collaborators/ partners;
• Assist in the preparation of annual budget and follow the execution of same;
• Follow up with YISFWA scientists and project partners to ensure that financial reports are submitted in timely manner;
• Liaising with IITA Finance directorate, Project Administrative Office (PAO) and other units to ensure compliance with IITA procedures and timely response to requests;
• Tracking and monitoring of project expenditures on oracle and provide updated monthly reports at Project Management meeting;
• Any other duty assigned by the Project Manager.
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
BSc/HND Accounting, Economics, Finance with 3 years Administrative, Finance and Accounting experience.
DUE DATE: 6 April, 2015