Research Supervisor at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

DUTIES:

• Assist in managing the crossing of the breeding program on regular basis using the University of Queensland (UQ) costing tool.
• Assist the soybean breeding program in designing trials using the database seawares, such as BMS and EBS.
• Assist in managing day-to-day operations of on-station off-station, and on-farm soybean breeding field trials, including collection of pre-harvest and post-harvest data.
• Assist in supervising the soybean crossing and other pot experiments and progeny population advancement activities in the screen house.
• Assist in growing and manage the breeding lines selected by the breeder from the advanced progeny populations.
• Work closely with the breeder in the field evaluation and selection of superior genotypes.
• Supervise the preparation and labelling of seeds for research partners and farmers.
• Supervise harvesting and collect data on yield and yield-related traits of the fields trials.
• Assist in managing germplasm in seed storage and update seed inventory on Breeding Database (BMS).
• Prepare, curate and upload data on the Breeding Management Database (BMS).
• Coordinate other technicians in the Unit for effectiveness in the field operations.
• Perform any other job-related tasks as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

QUALIFICATION:

• BSC/HND in Agriculture, Plant Breeding or any other related field with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Be experienced in the use of statistical, UQ costing tool and database software.
• Be experienced in data analysis and interpretation.