International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Recruitment for Proposal Development Assistant 2024 – Apply Here

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Recruitment for Proposal Development Assistant 2024 – 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.

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Recruitment for Proposal Development Assistant 2024

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: Proposal Development Assistant

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Duties

• Conduct daily search to analyze and identify funding opportunities aligned with the IITA strategy.
• Assist in providing guidance to scientists in navigating the proposal automated system.
• Assist scientists and proposal teams in completing the proposal summary form.
• Assist with generating comprehensive weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on call searches and publications.
• Assist in retrieving relevant proposal/project-related information on the project database.
• Assist in maintaining the unit’s intranet platform including uploading/updating relevant policy documents, workflow, templates, checklists, manuals and related documentation.
• Support the creation and updating of content related to the unit’s activities on social media platforms.
• Assist other team members to develop training modules, provide guidance and effectively deliver them to IITA colleagues and partners.
• Support scientists in developing proposal budgets.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with standard internal and donor guidelines during the proposal development phase.
• Assist with completing relevant administrative information as specified in call guidelines.
• Perform any other job-related task as may be assigned by the Supervisors.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.Sc / HND in Agriculture, Science or related courses with a minimum of three (3) years experience performing similar role in a well-structured environment.

The ideal candidate must:

• Have excellent written and verbal communication skill.
• Possess strong organizational skills.
• Have the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Be proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Be familiar with donor guidelines, grants and proposal development process.

Benefits

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

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How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply

Application Deadline  1st February, 2024.