🇳🇬 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)
See job details and how to apply below.
1.) Senior Cook / Steward
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:
Click here to apply online
2.) Field Worker II
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:
Click here to apply online
3.) Senior Cook
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:
Click here to apply online
4.) Steward / Cashier
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:
Click here to apply online
5.) Accountant II
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:
Click here to apply online
6.) Project Accountant (x2)
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
