Project Manager for Youth Employment in Agri-business at IITA

Project Manager for Youth Employment in Agri-business and Sustainable Agriculture
ABUAD-IITA-AfricaRice IFAD Project (Ref: DDG-P4D/PM/YE/ASA/04/19)
Background: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) together with Afe Babalola
University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) and Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) invite applications for the
internationally recruited position of Project Manager for Youth Employment in Agri-business and
Sustainable Agriculture ABUAD-IITA-AfricaRice IFAD Project.
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 http://www.iita.org/ for more information on IITA.
The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) is a leading pan-African rice research organization committed to
improving livelihoods in Africa through strong science and effective partnerships. AfricaRice is a CGIAR
Research Center – part of a global research partnership for a food-secure future. It is also an
intergovernmental association of African member countries. The Center was created in 1971 by 11
African countries and today its membership comprises 27 countries, covering West, Central, East and
North African regions. Its mission is to contribute to poverty alleviation and food security in Africa,
through research, development and partnership activities aimed at increasing the productivity and
profitability of the rice sector in ways that ensure the sustainability of the farming environment.
AfricaRice headquarters is based in Côte d’Ivoire. Please visit http://www.africarice.org/ for more
information on AfricaRice.
Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), was established in 2009 by Aare Afe Babalola, SAN,
former Pro-Chancellor of University of Lagos, a two-time winner of the Best Chairman of Council Award
for the entire Nigerian university system, a lover of education and a global luminary. His mission is to
establish a model university which would lead education reform in Nigeria by providing a world-class
educational centre of excellence in academics, character, sports and vocational development. Today,
ABUAD is acclaimed all the world-over as “the fastest growing new university in Africa” with its
commitment to standard, ethical behaviour, high quality academics, modern laboratories and teaching
equipment as well as skill development. It has been acknowledged by UNESCO as “a model of
excellence and a world class university”. The 1000 acres University farm consists of one million moringa
trees, over 750,000 teak trees, 110,000 mango trees, 600 fish ponds, turkey, snailry, piggery etc. and agri￾business industries. Please visit http://www.abuad.edu.ng/ for more information on ABUAD.
The Project Manager for Youth Employment in Agri-business and Sustainable Agriculture ABUAD￾IITA-AfricaRice IFAD Project will have the overall managerial responsibility of the project.
Position Responsibilities
The Project Manager will:
• Provide overall project management, help to develop a strong, coherent technical vision and initiate
innovative strategies across the project.
• Work together with Project Coordinator IITA and Project Coordinator AfricaRice respectively to
coordinate implementation of all the project activities.
• Establish and operate a project management system and supervise program operations, personnel, .
For more details clikc on the link below

http://www.iita.org/about/jobs/

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