{"id":52723,"date":"2018-04-06T12:43:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T11:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/?p=52723"},"modified":"2018-04-09T12:06:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T11:06:20","slug":"international-institute-tropical-agriculture-iita-new-jobs-3-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/international-institute-tropical-agriculture-iita-new-jobs-3-positions.html","title":{"rendered":"The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) New Jobs [3 Positions]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

We are recruiting to fill the position below:<\/p>\n

Job Title: Financial Management Specialist\u00a0<\/strong>
\nRef:<\/strong> DDG-P4D\/TAAT\/PMU\/FMS\/04\/18<\/p>\n

Program Summary<\/strong>
\nThe Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is a program initiated by the African Development Bank (AfDB) as part of its Feed Africa Initiative. The main objective of the program is to improve the business of agriculture across Africa by raising agricultural productivity, mitigating risks and promoting diversification and processing in 18 agricultural value chains within 8 Priority Intervention Areas.<\/p>\n

The program will be implemented by IITA in close collaboration with other CGIAR Centers, FARA, AGRA, national agricultural research and extension systems and private sector partners. It will involve close partnership between the AfDB and other developmental partners such as the World Bank, BMGF, USAID and others. This position shall be part of the Program Management Unit (PMU) team.<\/p>\n

The PMU will oversee day-to-day implementation of project fiduciary and administrative activities; organize the transfer of project resources to the institutions leading the commodity value chains; coordinate the compilation and review of reports from value chains and enablers for submission to the Bank; and elaborate\/implement administrative and financial management guidelines\/template to be used across.
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\nPosition Responsibilities<\/strong>
\nMain Responsibilities:<\/p>\n