IITA TAAT Program Administrator Jobs in Kenya

IITA TAAT Program Administrator Jobs in Kenya

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) invites applications for the
internationally recruited position of TAAT Program Administrator.

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.

The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is a program initiated by the African Development Bank (AfDB) as part of its Feed Africa Initiative.

The main objective of the program is to
improve the business of agriculture across Africa by raising agricultural productivity, mitigating risks and promoting diversification and processing in 18 agricultural value chains within 8 Priority Intervention Areas.

The program is being implemented by IITA in close collaboration with other CGIAR Centers,
FARA, AGRA, national agricultural research and extension systems and private sector partners.

It involves close partnership between the AfDB and other developmental partners such as the World Bank, BMGF, USAID, IFAD and others. The Program Administrator position shall be part of the Program Management Unit (PMU) team.

The PMU has an important task to ensure the effective implementation of TAAT by overseeing the dayto-day implementation of project fiduciary and administrative activities.

It is charged among other duties
to coordinate the compilation and review of reports from value chains and enabler compacts for submission to the AfDB; and elaborate/implement administrative and financial management guidelines/templates to be used by implementing institutions.

The Program Administrator shall play a
critical role to ensure that these fiduciary and administrative activities are effectively undertaken in the East and Southern African hubs.

Position Responsibilities

The tasks of the Program Administrator will include:

Main Responsibility