International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tro...
Location
Patancheru | India
Job description
Officer – Administration cum Accounts
ICRISAT invites applications from dynamic Indian nationals for the post of Officer – Administration cum Accounts for its Agribusiness and Innovation Platform (AIP), under Global Program on Enabling Systems for Transformation (EST). This position is based at ICRISAT Headquarters, near Greater Hyderabad, Telangana State, India.
ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.
ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit –
Responsibilities:
- Provide administrative cum accounts support to Agribusiness and Innovation Platform (AIP) & its programs - Innovation & Partnership (INP), NutriPlus Knowledge (NPK), Agri Business Incubator (ABI) and Intellectual Property Facilitation Cell (IPFC)
- Handling the AIP & its programs budgets billing accounts and project budgets in coordination with the finance department
- Coordinate activities related to preparation purchases, facility maintenance, coordinate with institutes support departments like HR, finance, transport, housing, security etc
- Support in preparing invoices, payment collections, funding follow-ups and financial reports preparation
- Raising request for advance for on-ground project team and settle the same with finance division
- Prepare travel expense reports of staff as per travel policy
- Handle correspondence for the in-house & external clients along with donor agencies, on need basis
- Inter-departmental liaising for smooth operations with various departments in ICRISAT
- Perform additional duties as and when required by the supervisorsRequirements:
- Post Graduate with ten or more years of relevant experience
- Expertise in preparation of project budgets / MIS reports
- Ability to deal tactfully under pressure situations, deliver under tight schedules, and maintain high degree of confidentiality as per project requirements
- Good computer skills in MS OFFICE, especially MS Word & MS excelCompetencies:
- Good writing & communication skills (English - written and spoken) and networking skills
- Experience working in a multicultural team will be preferred
- Good interpersonal and communication skills with good personality
- Should be a good team player and adaptable to working in multicultural teamHow to apply:
Applicants should apply on or before 13 June 2023, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
General:
This is a contractual role for a period of 36 months (3 years’)
ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer
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