Proposal Development Assistant

Required Qualifications and Experience

• BSC/HND Business Administration, Project Management, Public Administration Agriculture, or related courses with a minimum of two (2) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.
  

• Provide support to staff and proposal teams in completing proposal summary forms.
  
• Assign projects to the appropriate science areas on summary forms, in consultation with the Proposal Team Lead.
  
• Review proposal summary forms against corresponding agreements to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment of information, escalating discrepancies for clarification and resolution.
  
• Conduct daily searches to identify and analyse funding opportunities aligned with IITA’s strategy.
  
• Provide guidance to staff on navigating the proposal automation system.
  
• Contribute to the preparation of comprehensive weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports on funding call searches and publications.
  
• Track and compile compliance monitoring reports from the Proposal Call Automation System for submission to the Senior Management Team.
  
• Support staff in developing proposal budgets.
  
• Ensure compliance with internal standards and donor guidelines during the proposal development phase.
  
• Assist in completing relevant administrative information as required by funding call guidelines.
  
• Retrieve proposal and project-related information from the project database as needed.
  
• Assist in maintaining the unit’s intranet platform, including uploading and updating relevant policy documents, workflows, templates, checklists, manuals, and related resources.