Custodian III at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Custodian III

Job ID: IITA/P&C/NRS2025-034
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 3-year renewable contract

Duties

• Ensure proper cleaning of all offices and conveniences in the buildings.
• Raise material requisitions/issues for outsourced contractor's use on a daily and weekly basis.
• Receive work order and follow up with the requestors to meet work deadline.
• Measure floor spaces when needed for work order requests.
• Keep proper record of all cleaning activities, materials, machines and tools.
• Distribution of toiletries to the contractor's staff in all the buildings on daily basis.
• Monitor custodian contractor's staff on their daily routine job for satisfactory performance.
• Follow up from time to time on daily cleaning activities with the buildings representatives in their respective buildings.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements
Qualification:

• Trade Test Certificate with a minimum of eight (8) years’ experience or National Diploma in Business Administration or any other related course with a minimum of four (4) years’ experience performing similar role in a well-structured environment.

Competencies
The ideal candidate must:

• Have proven knowledge of cleanliness and beautification of offices and buildings.
• Be hard working.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply