TOR - Consultant (Administration)
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. ICRISAT and its partners help empower those living in the semi-arid tropics, especially smallholder farmers, to overcome poverty, hunger, malnutrition and a degraded environment through more efficient and profitable agriculture.
ICRISAT is headquartered in Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and five country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT, established in 1972, is a member of the CGIAR Consortium. For more details, see www.icrisat.org.
Responsibilities:
Provide administrative and secretarial support to Agribusiness and Innovation Platform (AIP) & its programs - Innovation & Partnership (INP), NutriPlus Knowledge (NPK), Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) and Intellectual Property Facilitation Cell (IPFC);
Assist in handling the AIP & its programs budgets;
Coordinate and organize of internal and external meetings (Visitors, programs, seminars and workshops) and take follow-up actions;
Coordinate activities related to preparation of purchases, facility maintenance, coordinate with institutes support departments like HR, finance, transport, housing, security etc.
Support in preparing letters, power point presentations and reports;
Make travel arrangements and prepare travel expense reports;
Handle correspondence for the in-house & external clients along with donor agencies;
Inter-departmental liaising for smooth operations with various departments in ICRISAT;
Perform additional duties as and when required by the supervisors; Requirements:
Graduate with minimum 10-15 years / Post Graduate with 8-12 or more years of relevant experience and expertise.
Ability to deal tactfully under pressure situations, deliver under tight schedules, and maintain high degree of confidentiality as per project requirements;
Good computer skills especially in MS OFFICE with typewriting expertise Competencies
Good writing & communication skills (English - written and spoken) and networking skills
Experience working in a multicultural team will be preferred
Good interpersonal and communication skills with good personality.
Should be a good team player and adaptable to working in multicultural team