Executive ? Accounting and Administration
ICRISAT seeks applications from dynamic Indian nationals for the position of Accounting and Administration Executive for a project entitled ?Bihar Centre of Excellence for Millets Value Chain? to be implemented in Bihar State. This position is based at Mayapur village, Gaya, Bihar, and reporting to ICRISAT Headquarters, Patancheru, Telangana, 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 - www.icrisat.org
Responsibilities:
Manage the day to day financial and administrative operations including the maintenance of records, reporting, documentation and accounting processes
Managing general administrative tasks such as correspondence, procurement, logistics and maintaining vehicles, office and field supplies etc
Managing petty cash, processing payments to suppliers and vendors and maintenance up to date financial records
Work in coordination with Farm in charge, Scientists, and other staff at HQ and provide finance and accounting support to the team to ensure timely completion of activities
Performing other administrative and financial duties as assigned by the supervisor
Requirement:
Minimum Bachelor of Commerce / administration or equivalent
Minimum 2 years of experience in accounting and administration in a reputed organization
Knowledge and hands on experience of MS Office especially MS Word and MS Excel
Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
General:
This is a contractual role for a period of 36 months (3 years).
How to apply:
Applicants should apply on or before 04 April 2024, 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.
ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer