IITA Contracts Compliance Officer Job Vacancy in Nigeria

IITA is an international non-profit
research-for-development (R4D) organization created in 1967, governed by a
Board of Trustees, and supported primarily by the Consultative Group of
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Our R4D is anchored on the
development needs of sub-Saharan Africa. We develop agricultural solutions with
our partners to eliminate hunger and poverty by reducing producer and consumer
risks, enhancing crop quality and productivity, and generating wealth from
agriculture. We have more than 100 internationally recruited scientists from
about 35 countries and 900 nationally recruited staff based in various stations
across Africa. Please visit for more information on IITA.

• Assist the Head PAO with drafting, reviewing
  and negotiating agreements, MoUs, hosting agreements, more commercial
  agreements (for services to ‘farming companies’), licensing agreements
  etc.
• Provide project backstopping in relation to
  contractual requirements.
• Participate actively in project
  review/evaluation.
• Assist the Head PAO with day to day project
  administration.
• Assist with design of a project design manual
  and templates for MoUs, contract agreements, sub-contract agreements, NCEs
  and amendments.
• Assist with knowledge management at IITA.
• Handle IP-related issues, audits, reporting
  and work related to the new CGIAR ‘Intellectual Assets’, ‘Open Access’ and
  other related policies still to be expected.
• Retrieve information from both hard files and
  database to resolve queries.
• Support in ensuring that the database is kept
  up to date with accurate data, reports and other project documents, by
  forwarding relevant information and documents to the relevant staff in
  PAO.
• Work as part of the PAO team by closely
  cooperating with other team members in relation to the Project Management.
• Such other duties, properly assigned, as may
  be occasioned by the exigencies of the service.

• ISEB Certificate in Programme and Project Support
  Office Essentials
• Certificate in IS Project Management
• APMP
• PMP
• PRINCE2 Foundation
• PRINCE2 Practitioner

• Minimum of 5 years post qualification
  experience of working in a Program/Project Office preferably in a similar
  organization.
• Legal background, with knowledge of finance
  and project management.
• Experience with project management/
  administration software is a must.
• Proven competence in collaborating with Senior
  Staff and stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced and dynamic
  Project environment.
• Pro-active approach and able to multi-task.
• Advanced computer skills.
• Must have analytical skills.