World Agroforestry Centre is recruiting a Program Assistant Partnerships & Data Management – CIMMYT position. Proficiency in data management, contract administration, and partnership coordination is required.

Responsibilities or duties

System Administration: Administration of the software system being used by CIMMYT Global Maize Program (GMP) for management of intellectual assets and technology transfer.

• Provide / coordinate technical support for internal and external users of the system
• Data entry and data management, including implementation of a robust data quality control scheme.
• Support development and implementation of automated workflows, dashboards, and analytical reports
• Proactively utilize the data in the system to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for process improvement and business development

Contract & partnership management.

• Provide administrative support for an assigned portfolio of agreements and the corresponding partners, primarily being users of CIMMYT maize products and services in Eastern Africa.
• Implement contract lifecycle management for assigned portfolio of agreements, including following up on leads, contract execution, monitoring/reporting, amendment, and close-out.
• Support communications & marketing campaigns, especially product announcements for Eastern Africa maize breeding pipelines.

Qualifications or requirements

• Master’s degree in business administration or related field
• Additional relevant work experience highly desirable (e.g., systems administration; data management; data analysis; business intelligence; business development / marketing; customer / partnership relationship management; monitoring, evaluation and learning; seed industry; contract management; etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Impeccable attention to detail.

• Provide / coordinate technical support for internal and external users of the system
• Data entry and data management, including implementation of a robust data quality control scheme.
• Support development and implementation of automated workflows, dashboards, and analytical reports
• Proactively utilize the data in the system to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for process improvement and business development
• Provide administrative support for an assigned portfolio of agreements and the corresponding partners, primarily being users of CIMMYT maize products and services in Eastern Africa.
• Implement contract lifecycle management for assigned portfolio of agreements, including following up on leads, contract execution, monitoring/reporting, amendment, and close-out.
• Support communications & marketing campaigns, especially product announcements for Eastern Africa maize breeding pipelines.

• Systems administration
• Data management
• Data analysis
• Business intelligence
• Business development / marketing
• Customer / partnership relationship management
• Monitoring, evaluation and learning
• Seed industry
• Contract management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Impeccable attention to detail

• Master’s degree in business administration or related field