🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) – 7 Positions

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. 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 following positions below:

1.) Senior Cook / Steward
2.) Field Worker II
3.) Senior Cook
4.) Steward / Cashier
5.) Accountant II
6.) Project Accountant (x2)

Job Title: Senior Cook / Steward

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to commis and intern.
• Oversees and organizes section stock and ingredients
• Works with the sous chef and senior cook to maintain kitchen organization.
• Washing, peeling, chopping, cutting and assist in cooking food stuffs and helping to prepare salads as may be required.
• Prepare days' specials.
• Consistently ensure high standard and that excellent levels of cleanliness and hygiene are maintained at all times.
• Support staff throughout the shift to maintain speed of food prep and cleanliness of kitchen.
• Liaise with shift supervisor to resolve problems and ensure great food prep and service.
• Ensure high standards of health and safety are maintained at all times.
• Work outside normal office hours, in the evening, Public holidays and weekends and as when required to meet the demands and nature of the business.
• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

• National Diploma in Hospitality and Management.
• Trade test Certificate in Hotel and Catering Management.
• Home economics or related field with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.

Competencies:

• Have very pleasant personality and strong leadership skills.
• Have good communication skills (writing, reading, and speaking).
• Be a good team player and should be able to work under pressure.
• Have ability to multi-task.

Application Closing Date
5th September, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Field Worker II

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Carry out layout experimental field, seed preparation and pollination of experiments.
• Carry out planting using jab planter and thinning of experimental fields.
• Assist in fertilizer application on experimental field and shoot covering.
• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

• O’level with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.

Competencies:

• Be experienced in managing screen house, cold store, preparation of sample for analysis and data collection.

Application Closing Date
29th August, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Senior Cook

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Assist the kitchen team, particularly the short order section, and ensure all preparation operating procedures and dish plating are followed.
• Manage food and product ordering by keeping detailed records, minimize waste, and work with existing systems to improve waste reduction.
• Assists the Sous chef with food preparation and service, addressing and correcting bad practices where needed.
• Ensure the recording and disposal of damaged or out-of-date products accordingly and ensure the safe disposal of all refuse from the kitchen.
• Allocate and support staff throughout the shift to maintain the speed of food preparation and cleanliness of the kitchen.
• Ensure all end-of-day jobs are completed to a high standard, staff is signed off promptly, all back-of-house areas checked are secured and venues are in excellent order for the next day’s job.
• Ensure high standards of health and safety are always maintained.
• Identify problems as they arise, resolve them where possible and appropriate, and report them when necessary.
• Assist with managing business events as and when required to meet the demands and nature of the business.
• Perform continual awareness of the events diary daily and escalate any issues or discrepancies requiring resolution to the Food and Beverage manager.
• Ensure all equipment and cooking utensils are in excellent condition.
• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

• National Diploma in Hospitality and Management.
• Home economics or related field with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.

Competencies:

• Have a very pleasant personality and strong leadership skills.
• Have good communication skills (writing, reading, and speaking).
• Be a good team player and should be able to work under pressure.
• Excellent skill in local dishes.

Application Closing Date
5th September, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Steward / Cashier

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Perform all necessary tasks to serve food and beverage according to the service standards and operating manuals of the hotel.
• Maintenance and up keep of all service equipment / materials.
• Responsible for getting stock for stores and maintaining hygiene standards in storage.
• Ensure minimum wastage, spoilage of food and drink.
• Preparing tables for a meal, taking customers' orders and serving drinks and food.
• Cleaning up before, after and during servings in a restaurant
• Responsible for all service preparations before, during and after the service (mis-en-place and mis-en-scene)
• Inform supervisor immediately on any operational and guest related matters.
• Show interest in and understanding for other departments processes
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with all kitchen and steward staff.
• Pleasant interaction with guest and always ready to serve.
• Maintaining hygiene and cleanliness standards in the outlet / service areas.
• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications

• National Diploma in Hospitality and Management.
• Trade test Certificate in Hotel and Catering Management.
• Home economics or related field with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.

Competencies:

• Have very pleasant personality and strong leadership skills.
• Have good communication skills (writing, reading, and speaking).
• Be a good team player and should be able to work under pressure.

Application Closing Date
5th September, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Accountant II

Job ID.: IITA/P&C/NRS2024-022
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 3-year renewable contract

Duties

• Perform booking of received funds.
• Prepare and load journals using accounting desktop integrator into oracle interface.
• Perform reconciliation of bank/cash account monthly (32 banks, cash and deposit accounts).
• Perform data entry to oracle AP and GL daily.
• Download exchange rate from FT and convert to excel weekly.
• Journalize emergency cash transactions daily and write cash book adjustment daily.
• Attend to enquires from internal/external auditors and from local/oversea suppliers as they affect treasury functions.
• Perform book fast track purchase and corporate credit card transactions.
• Prepare and send remittance advice to payee on foreign payments made through wire transfer.
• Perform investments management with various banks.
• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

• BSc / HND in Finance and Accounting or related field with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment. Possession of ACA or ACCA is an added advantage.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

• Be proficient with Oracle EBS and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Have usage of Banking platforms and Payroll dynamics experience.
• Have good communication skills (writing, reading, and speaking).
• Be a good team player and pay attention to details.

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

Application Closing Date
5th September, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Project Accountant

Job ID.: IITA/P&C/NRS2024-022
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 3-year renewable contract
Slot: 2 Openings

Duties

• Ensure preparation of prompt, timely and accurate financial statements to donors.
• Review from time-to-time project budget and advise budget holder/PM on potential project overrun.
• Ensure prompt preparation and submission of invoice to donor.
• Coordinate assigned project Audit during the year.
• Ensure prompt and accurate computation of annual budgets.
• Ensure prompt resolution of issues raised by Budget officer/PM.
• Contribute meaningfully to IITA overall cashflow management.
• Advise PM on budget burn rate to avoid overrun & ineligible expenses.
• Support the Institute's annual audit with relevant schedules and respond to audit queries.
• Partner's justification - Timely Justification of partners financial reports.
• Accurate verification of all partner’s expenses based on support documents submitted with the financial report on assigned projects.
• Budget monitoring and budget compliance.
• Ensure project expenditure doesn’t exceed life budget always.
• Avoid ineligible overrun on each budget line.
• Eliminate project overrun through budget monitoring and variance analysis/burn rate tracking.
• Early identification of projects with Overrun potential through the monthly Budget Monitoring report.
• Prepare accurate and timely overhead and CSP charges at the month end for all active projects.
• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

• Masters in Accounting or related field with a minimum of six (6) years’ experience in a well-structured environment or a well-structured environment. Possession of ACA or ACCA is an added advantage.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

• Be proficient with Oracle EBS and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Have usage of Banking platforms and Payroll dynamics experience.
• Have good communication skills (writing, reading, and speaking).
• Be a good team player and pay attention to details.

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

Application Closing Date
5th September, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online