Project Assistant Needed at IITA

Job Position: Project assistant
Job Description:

• Liaise with partners and assist in the internal communication between the regional office and the CSHC and maintaining project documentation center
• assist in the reporting to the donor
• maintaining the project website and issuing project newsletter
• assist in organizing meeting and training events
• maintain project partner and stakeholder database and are all up to date
• gathering baseline data collected in the various countries and assist in the analyses of data
• gathering ISFM (trial) data from various sources and documenting and maintaining the data
• gathering ISFM knowledge and information products
• assist in the analysis of the ISFM data and developing information sharing products and putting together training materials

Qualification:

• M.Sc in agronomy soil science or a related discipline with specialization in soil fertility
• 3 years experience in related field
• good data analysis skill
• experience with data management
• good communication skills , orally and written
• ability to work independently and ability to acquire new skills quickly
• good computer skills MS office application

Method of application:
applicants should forward their CVs in MS word format to http://www.iita.org/careers on or before the 22nd of July 2014. application must include 3 professional referees