- Job Position: Research Administrative Manager
Job description:
- supervise and coordinate the activities of crop utilization laboratory
- conduct analysis on chemicals and functional properties of cassava, yam, banana/plantain, maize, cowpeas and thier food products
- provide expertise in quality control/assurance data
- identify and order all approved equipment chemicals and material for the laboratory
- contribute to capacity building on food analysis and training of youth coppers, Industrial training
Qualification:
- MSc in analytical chemistry or food science/technology or food technology
- good understanding and operational skills of laboratory equipments such as HPLC,XRF, ICP-AES and NIRS
- good understanding of issues related to food quality and safety
- ability to work under minimal supervision
- ability to work long hours
Job position: Project administrative assistant
Job description:
- assist project manager to effectively monitor project budgets
- develop and maintain files records on financial expenditures of various budgets of the projects
- 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 submitter in timely manner
- tracking and monitoring of project expenditures on oracle and provide updated monthly reports at project management meeting
- any other duties assigned by the project manager
Qualification:
- B.Sc/HND accounting, economics finance
- computer literate
- good excellent understanding of budgeting and financial management procedures
- good reporting and communications skills
- ability to coordinate, pirotise and organise workloads
- have good team spirit
Method of application: applicants should send applications with CV in microsoft word format to IITA website www.iita.org/careers on or before the 7th of April 2015