Company Profile

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. Please visit www.iita.org for more information on IITA.

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Ghana, seeks a suitably qualified Ghanaian National to fill the position of an Administrative and Accounts Assistant in its Accra Liaison Office

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Supervise all activities in the project areas;
• Design and organise surveys;
• Gather data of all activities in accordance with agreed-on procedures and standards
• Prepare and write the technical reports.
• Execute routine data quality control and checking of other's work
• Ensure that the targets specified in the project are met at the specified time.
• Other responsibilities as may be assigned by the M & E Specialist and YIIFSWA Project/ IITA Management
• Perform any other official duties assigned by supervisor.

Required Skills or Experience

• MSc in agricultural economics, development economics or economics from a recognised university.
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in monitoring and evaluation, data processing or analysis, and advanced computer based data management and analysis.
• Experience with supporting timely and accurate project progress reporting.
• Ability to organise and train enumerators.
• Resourcefulness to operate under frequently trying and isolated field circumstances
• Ability to travel frequently across communities within the country.    
• MSc in agricultural economics development economics from a recognised university

Duty Station: Tamale with field work travels to project sites in Upper West, Upper East and Northern Regions.