Key Responsibilities
- Maintain an updated calendar of project
deliverables, milestones, donor reports, and technical submissions.
- Support project leads in tracking progress
against work plans/deliverables, and coordinating activities across
scientific, support, and administrative teams to ensure timely
implementation
- Assist in preparing and consolidating technical
reports, dashboards, and key program documentation.
- Maintain regular communication with partners and
collaborators, ensuring consistency of information and timely updates.
- In liaison with PDAU, coordinate project startup
and closure processes in compliance with IITA and donor guidelines.
- Support the Program Manager (PM) in filing and
archiving the program data into respective IITA databases.
- Contribute to monitoring, evaluation,
documentation of results, lessons learned, and process improvements.
- Support preparation of project budgets,
financial forecasts, monitoring of expenditure including highlighting
variances requiring corrective action
- Assist the Project Manager to review and
consolidate financial reports to ensure accuracy and compliance with donor
and institutional guidelines.
- Maintain organized financial records and support
audit requirements
- Coordinate with Project Development &
Administrative Unit (PDAU) and Finance teams during proposal development,
budgeting, and management of sub-agreements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in project management,
business administration, or a related field
- 2 years of experience with Bachelors or 5 years’
experience with Diploma
- Experience in project or program management,
preferably within research, or donor-funded environments
- Demonstrated experience in accounting
- Effective administrative skills
- Effective communication and writing skills
- Experience in facilitating teamwork and
collaboration across multiple functions
- Experience working in an international
organization
How to Apply
