Company Profile

The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) is a public international organization (PIO) governed by an international board of directors with representation from developed and developing nations. The non-profit center focuses on increasing and sustaining food and agricultural productivity in developing countries through the development and transfer of effective and environmentally sound crop nutrient technology and agribusiness expertise.

Job Description

Feed the Future USAID Agriculture Technology Transfer (FtF USAID ATT)

The Feed the Future USAID Agriculture Technology Transfer Project (ATT Project) will address Ghana’s complex value chain issues, focusing on using technologies to improve the seed sector, and will identify sustainable solutions leading to increased competitiveness in the rice, soybean and maize value chains. The expected outcome is an increased availability and use of agricultural inputs and technologies to increase and sustain agricultural productivity in Northern Ghana. The project needs additional secretarial support for its operations and IFDC seeks to hire a full-time Project Assistant to be stationed at Tamale.

Duties

• Assist staff in report writing and general correspondence.
• Assist staff in preparing presentations.
• Assist in particular a Senior Technical Advisor to communicate by typing emails and reports
• Assist the Grants department in preparation of grant requests and awards.
• Manage the ATT filing system.

Reporting: The Project Assistant will report to the Senior Technical Advisor.

Required Skills or Experience

• Minimum of five years of experience as administrative assistant in a medium sized company or NGO
• Proven skills in computer use (MS Office suite)
• Meticulous work attitude.
• Affiliation to agriculture is a plus.