• 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