International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Current Jobs in Nigeria: Recruitment for Computer Programmer/Analyst

THE ORGANIZATION:

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (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 tackle 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.

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture seeks suitable Nigerian Nationals for the below position at the Institute’s Headquarters, Ibadan.

POST TITLE:   Computer Programmer/Analyst (2-year renewable Contract)

JOB DUTIES:

Successful candidate will among other things:

• Analyse, design  and  deploy/install  software packages, applications and databases,
• Design and implement ad-hoc solutions to meet immediate user needs,
• Evaluate specific vendor-supplied software and propose changes required to suit the needs of the Institute,,
• implement data structures and databases according to agreed specifications
• Code and test-run in-house developed applications,
• Deploy fully tested applications in the production environment,
• Document the system and writer user manuals for the end-users,
• Provide training and support to the end-users to enable them work fairly independently on their own,
• Build (other) sub-systems around vendor supplied packages to handle aspects of the Institute’s information needs which are incorporated in such proprietary products.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or related IT discipline,
• Minimum of 5 years hands-on experience in robust computer applications programming and system analysis, with emphasis on Business and Management systems,
• Programming experience on web-based tools: ASP, ASP.NET, ASP.NET.MVC, Java, JavaScript, AJAX, ORACLE application development tools (PL/SQL, Forms, Reports, Toad etc) is important,
• Experience in relational database systems; ORACLE 11g, SQL Server 2005/2008, etc is desirable. Experience on using modern server operating systems, such as: Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 and UNIX (and its variants like Sun Solaris, Linux, etc) would be an advantage.

THE CANDIDATE:

The ideal candidate must:

• Be able to communicate clearly and unambiguously in speech and in writing,
• Be alert, level-headed and possess high intellectual capability,
• Possess a clear analytical mind, innovative and be able to work with minimum supervision.

SALARY/REMUNERATION: We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive fringe benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.

METHOD OF APPLICATION & APPLICATION DEADLINE:

Interested applicants should forward their applications with a detailed curriculum vitae, the professional referees (including telephone, fax and e-mail addresses, if available), evidence of current remuneration package and photocopies of credentials, to the Personnel Manager, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, PMB 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria not later than 14^th February, 2012.

This job vacancy can also be found on our website: http://www.iita.org/careers