(RFP300808)-Internal Call - Analyst -Tropical Forages

Overview

Provide administrative and financial support to the Forages Program to improve project delivery

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in administration, Industrial Engineering, Accounting, Political Sciences or International Relations or related discipline.
• Advanced level of Excel and proficiency in Microsoft Office package.
• Intermediate-Advance English level (oral and written).
• Sound knowledge of standard office procedures.
• Strong client orientation and service approach.
• Self-motivated and results driven.
• Team-minded.
• Strong interpersonal, communications, and teamwork skills; courtesy, tact, and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people from different cultural and national backgrounds.
• Well-developed skills in personal organization, priority setting, problem-solving, detail-oriented and accuracy.

Job Description

Internal Call

Analyst -Tropical Forages

The Organization

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.

With novel partnerships, the Alliance generates evidence and mainstreams innovations to transform food systems and landscapes so that they sustain the planet, drive prosperity, and nourish people.

The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future.

About the position

The tropical Forages program is seeking for an Analyst responsible for providing efficient and effective administrative and financial support to the Forages Program. The Analyst provides efficient and reliable administrative and financial support to the Forages Program, ensuring compliance with institutional policies and procedures.

The position contributes to the effective delivery of projects by monitoring budgets, preparing reports, coordinating with support units, and serving as a focal point for financial and administrative processes, thereby enabling timely decision-making and smooth program implementation, under the direct supervision of the Forages Program Leader and Program Management Officer (PMO).

The position will be based in the operations center of the Americas, located in the Campus of Palmira, Colombia. The office is located in Campus Laboratories.

Key Responsibilities

· Act as the focal point for processing requests made by research staff, in compliance with institutional policies and procedures, to contribute to the efficient delivery of projects.

· Support program teams in preparing budget estimates and expenditure forecasts by analyzing and monitoring resource availability against planned activities.

· Monitor budget execution and provide leadership with monthly execution reports.

· Track commitments in the system and ensure they are duly formalized/legalized before project closure.

· Prepare scheduled recurring reports as well as other reports for the Program Leader, Principal Investigators, PMO, and project leaders, maintaining and updating spreadsheets and databases for internal control.

· Maintain an overall view of the financial status of projects to ensure timely and effective administrative support in both general and specific areas.

· Work closely with non-research support areas (GMU, HR, PLANS, Legal Office, among others) to ensure effective service delivery for Forages research teams.

Requirements

Qualifications and requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in administration, Industrial Engineering, Accounting, Political Sciences or International Relations or related discipline.
• Advanced level of Excel and proficiency in Microsoft Office package.
• Intermediate-Advance English level. (oral and written).
• Sound knowledge of standard office procedures.

Soft skills

• Strong client orientation and service approach.
• Self-motivated and results driven.
• Team-minded.
• Strong interpersonal, communications, and teamwork skills; courtesy, tact, and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people from different cultural and national backgrounds.
• Well-developed skills in personal organization, priority setting, problem-solving, detail-oriented and accuracy.

Benefits

Terms of Employment

This is an internal call at a BG06, within a 14-level scale where level 14 is the highest.

This is a national internal recruitment in Colombia and will be administered through a one (1) year fixed-term contract, subject to a probationary period in accordance with local labor legislation, and renewable based on performance and availability of resources. The Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT offers a multicultural and academic research environment, with competitive salaries and excellent benefits. We are an institution that believes diversity contributes to excellence, that promotes equal employment opportunities and therefore does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, identity, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, age, marital status, or any other personal characteristic of its employees or candidates.

Applications

The call will be clearly identified under the name: “RFP300808-Internal Call- Analyst-Tropical Forages” Closing date for applications September 21st,2025.

Learn more about us at: Careers | Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT

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