IITA Recruitment 2023 (3 Lucrative Positions)

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA Recruitment 2023 August is ongoing. IIAT 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.

About IIAT Jobs

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA was established in 1967 as one of the sixteen (16) International Research Centers funded by the Consulting Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR).

The Institute is responsible for partnering with other organizations across Africa and beyond to enhance crop quality and productivity. With a goal focused on reducing hunger, poverty, and ultimately malnutrition in Africa, IITA works relentlessly with partners to reduce the crop producers, consumers’ risks, and generate wealth from Agriculture.

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is a non-profit organization that is supported by several countries from around the world to promote agricultural innovations. IITA motto which is “Transforming Africa’s Agriculture” is in line with its purpose which is “Agricultural Research Development.

So far, IITA has completed many beneficial projects which have affected crop yield in Africa including staple food crops such as Banana, Soybean, Plantain, Cowpea, Maize, Cassava, Maize, and Yam.

IITA is governed by a Board of Trustees and is headed by the present Director General, Nteranya Sanginga. The institute also has several research stations spread across Africa has its headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria.

IIAT Latest News Jobs

1.) Facilities Manager

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job type: Full-time
Contract: 2-year renewable contract

2.) Equipment Services Manager

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job type: Full-time
Contract: 2-year renewable contract

3.) Head of Data and Research Methods Unit

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Duration: The contract will be for an initial period of three years.

General Qualification and Experience Needed for IIOT Recruitment 2023:

1. This is a graduate job well reserved for applicants of Accounting or related field.
2. ICAN skill level with minimum of six (6) years’ working experience
3. Have strong analytical mind,
4. Be very good with computer applications especially Oracle application.
5. Have very pleasant personality,
6. Be a good team player and honest
7. Have good communication skills.

How to Apply for IITA Job Recruitment:

Start your application by clicking on the link below each position

IITA salary structure

IITA wage structure and allowances range from ₦115, 000 – ₦200, 000 for Administrative and Financial Assistants, and from ₦228,000 – ₦350,000 for Consultants.

What are the Functions of IITA?

Like every other organization, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture has several functions including;

1. To enhance income, food security, and well-being of resource-poor people humid and sub-humid zones of sub-Saharan Africa.
2. To conduct research-related activities to improve food systems, increase agricultural production, and sustainably manage natural resources in partnership with national and international stakeholders.
3. To identify, develop and promote technologies for sustainable production and post-harvest systems for small and medium-scale farmers.
4. To develop and improve systems for the effective management and conservation of natural resources for sustainable agriculture.
5. To help strengthen national and regional research programs.
6. To accomplish the IITA mission through research, training delivery, information provision, and participation in technology transfer activities with a wide range of partners.
7. To adopt a “system” orientation throughout the Institute.
8. To ensure that research and related activities impact positively and sustainably on the livelihoods of low-income people in particular.
9. To give high priority to managing natural resources sustainably and preserving biodiversity.
10. To pay special attention to low external input strategies for both land-use and agricultural intensification and to other alternatives to shifting cultivation.
11. To take advantage of the Institute’s capacity for biological control of the pest.
12. To research areas such as post-harvest utilization, social science, resource management, integrated pest management, and breeding.
13. To disseminate information worldwide on all aspects of its research and training activities to interested stakeholders.

What is the Strength of IITA?

The Strength of the IITA is in both its operational structures and staff strength. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture has over 21 research stations across Western, Southern, Central Africa, and Southern African regions of Africa. IITA also employs hundreds of staff in its research stations all of who range from researchers to scientists.

What are the Branches of IITA?

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is a large organization with several branches. However, these branches are not known as branches but by different names. IITA has sixteen (16) stations in 11 African Countries namely;

1. Benin.
2. Cameroon.
3. Dr Congo.
4. Ghana.
5. Mozambique
6. Nigeria
7. Uganda
8. Zambia
9. Tanzania
10. Malawi.
11. Kenya.

IITA also has four (4) major hubs also known as the major headquarters in Central, Eastern, Southern, and Western Africa which include;

1. Ibadan, Nigeria – Western Africa.
2. Zambia – Southern Africa.
3. Kinshasha, DR Congo – Central Africa.
4. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Eastern Africa.

IITA also has an administrative department with various hubs including;

1. Supply Chain.
2. Hospitality and Travels.
3. Security.
4. Human Resources.
5. Information Technology.
6. Facility Management.

Like other organizations, IITA equally has various directorates all of which has units under them. They include;

1. Advocacy.
2. General Directorate.
3. Finance Directorate.
4. Corporate Services Directorate.
5. Research for Development Directorate

• COM
• M & E.
• PDAU

1. Partnerships for Delivery Directorate

• Development and Delivery.
• Youth in Agribusiness.
• Capacity Development.
• Mechanization.
• Business Incubation Platform.

Lastly, IITA has various research programs including;

• Plant Production and Plant Health.
• Crop Improvement and Biotechnology.
• Social Science and Agribusiness.
• Natural Resources Management.