Administrative Assistant to the Breeding and Genebank teams

Main purpose of position

Providing administrative and secretarial support to the teams of breeding and genetic resources.

Reports to : Research Team Leader - Breeding and Scaling Improved Varieties of dryland cereals and pulses / Morocco Research Platform Manager and Research Team Leader - Genetic Resources, conservation, characterization, and use (GRS)

Location : Rabat, Morocco

About ICARDA

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is a treaty-based international non-profit research organization supported by CGIAR.

All CGIAR Centers are currently engaged into a reform process (“One CGIAR’”) that will help ICARDA and CGIAR achieve better impact through more strategically integrated research, unified governance, an integrated structure and new research modalities across participating Research Centers. This transformation is supported by CGIAR donors who have committed to increased funding as a result of these reforms.

Main responsibilities

• Assisting with the logistic organization of team meetings, international and local conferences, training courses, etc., preparation of minutes and follow-up.
• Independently manage routine correspondence of the teams and act on them.
• Maintain an open and accessible office for both teams’ staff members.
• Assisting with the schedules, travel, and logistics for the staff.
• Handling travel authorizations and expense claims for the team staff.
• Developing and maintaining a filing and MIS (Management Information System) system.
• Assisting with office supplies and equipment for the teams’ staff.
• Performing any other duties assigned by the supervisors.