Associate Team Leader
Pubblicato il 20-10-2026 - Swiss Forum For International Agricultural Research in Roma
Internal call - (RFP500609) Associate Team Leader, Grants Management Unit (Rome, Italy)
The Alliance of Bioversity International & 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.
The Alliance works with local, national and multinational partners across Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, and with the public and private sectors. The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.
About the position
Based in Rome, Italy and under the direct supervision of the Manager, Grants Management Unit, the Associate Team Leader will be responsible for providing operational support to the Manager, Grants Management Unit, and for coordinating day-to-day work plans across the regional team.
The ideal candidate will have experience in project coordination, task oversight, and support a portfolio of active grants and subgrants.
Key duties and responsibilities
- Coordinate day-to-day team activities, including the technical onboarding and task-level supervision of team members, offering guidance on complex operational matters.
- Coordinate a large portfolio of active grants and subgrants, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and internal policies and procedures.
- Provide operational inputs to support the improvement of regional team workflows and tools. Support the operational maintenance and the technological development of all team’s system (ERP) and maintenance and development of Power BI’s Dashboards to increase scientific community engagement, Data curation and information accessibility. Including being the access point between the IT department and GMU.
- Support the GMU Man