Data Analyst II at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Ref: IITA-HR-NRS2021-015
Location: Ibadan
Recruitment Type: National (2-year renewable contract)

Duties

• Work with Data Manager and the Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB) on the adoption of a data management system (Enterprise Breeding System - EBS) for storing and retrieval of information.
• Curate historical data from the Maize crop improvement program into templates for migration to the EBS.
• Check the quality and integrity of the data to be uploaded to the EBS.
• Ensure that the CG-core metadata standards are adhered to for all Maize improvement data.
• Perform data wrangling of large datasets to fill defined templates.
• Define and implement data standards and best practices for Research Data Management by developing ontologies, phenotyping protocols, quality standards, Trait dictionaries, templates and fieldbooks.
• Maintain coherent repository of Crop Information (genealogy, phenotype and genotype) allowing public access and secondary use for predictive breeding and comparative biology.
• Assist members of the Maize breeding program to capture data electronically and use the EBS to manage the day to day activities of their breeding programs.
• Perform any other job-related task duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualification and Experience

• BSc/HND in Computer Science, Biometrics, Research Methods, Bioinformatics or other related field with three (3) years relevant experience in data management.

Competencies
The ideal candidate must have:

• Experience in data management, R Data wrangling.

Remuneration
We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.