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| International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) |
Research Associate job Post
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2021 - 2022
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 16 December 2022
Hiring Organization: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Job Details:
Job advertisements. IITA/UGA/2022/02
Position Title: Research Associate - ABBB.
Duty Station: Sendusu- Namulonge Station
Category – NRS
Status: Local position
Project: Accelerated Breeding of Better Bananas – ABBB (BBN)
Reports to/Supervisor: Molecular Breeder
Job description: Pre-Breeding Research Associate
• Coordinate banana pre-breeding activities
• Design and manage trials and experiments
• Work with the Pathology team to phenotype the pre-breeding populations for pests and diseases
• Supervise field and laboratory operations, data collection and analysis, synthesis, and writing of reports
• Work with the data technician to clean the data, format them and work with the Musabase curator to upload the data to Musabase
• Coordinate and supervise field and lab research assistants, research technicians, casuals, interns, and trainees
• Liaise with the lab/field technicians from other stations for the easy flow of communication
• Supervise the writing and validation of Pre-Breeding SOPs
• Contribute to internal monthly IITA Hub reporting, monthly/ quarterly/ annual donor technical and financial reports, and trip reporting from all field activities
• Other duties assigned by supervisor.
Required qualifications and skills Required:
• M.Sc. degree in Crop Science or related field, with a specialization in Plant/Molecular breeding.
• Field and laboratory research experience in plant breeding
• Knowledge of experimental designs and statistical methods
• Experience working with molecular markers in research and/or application
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Computer proficiency including MS Office (Word/ PowerPoint, excel) and at least one statistical software
• Ability to complete multiple tasks under pressure and work in a multi-cultural team environment
• Experience working with banana research is an advantage
Application procedure
Applications which must include covering letter, photocopies of academic documents, curriculum vitae, names and addresses of three referees, and a letter from each referee, should be sent online, addressed to: The Country Representative, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) – Uganda. P.O Box 7878, Kampala. If you are interested, please visit www.iita.org and click on jobs for details. Please indicate the job you are applying for on the subject line.
Closing Date: December 16th, 2022. Because of the high numbers of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Date Posted: 2022-12-07
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