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Reference No.: IITA - HR - NRS2020 - 0011
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Recruitment Type: National (2-year renewable contract)

Duties
Successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties:

• Participate in the inspection surveys for virus disease incidence in the seed multiplication plots/germplasm evaluation trials in the fields and under screenhouse conditions;
• Collect samples for health assessment and indexing by qualitative and quantitative diagnostics to measure virus load;
• Perform characterization of virus diversity using biological and molecular methods including use of conventional and high-throughput sequencing methods;
• Carry out diagnostics testing for viruses on IITA mandate crops and selection of healthy planting material for propagation;
• Carry out virus purification, production of antibodies, design oligonucleotide primers for PCR and isothermal amplification assays;
• Participate as resource person in diagnostics and phenotyping workshops;
• Collection, analyse field and laboratory data, and prepare quality technical reports;
• Perform all other related duties that may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• B.Sc / HND qualification in Plant Science, Pathology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or related fields with minimum of five (5) years’ experience in application of molecular biological procedures in a well-structured environment.

Compatencies:
The ideal candidate must:

• Have good communication skills.

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

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Reference No.: IITA - HR - NRS2021 - 009
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Recruitment Type: National (2-year renewable contract)

Duties

• Develop experimental designs and plot layouts for cassava trials;
• Ensure assembly, curation, and validation of cassava field data;
• Conduct routine data analysis for cassava breeding trials including exploratory data analysis, numerical and visual data summary, inferential statistics (understanding the basic concept of hypothesis and estimation), correlation and regression, t-test, ANOVA, and multivariate analysis (PCA, Discriminant Analysis and Clustering);
• Carry out analysis of cassava breeding trials including data assembly, curation and validation, trial analysis including analysis of variance, estimation of variance components, BLUPS and BLUEs;
• Develop appropriate selection indices for rapid selection and advancement of cassava genotypes/lines from one breeding cycle to another;
• Conduct analysis within the time needed to make selection decisions and plant new trials;
• Conduct multi-environment trial analysis and GxE analysis
• Provide support on the use of phenotyping applications including Fieldbook, upload curated and validated trial into Cassavabase (cassavabase.org);
• Backstop cassava breeding staff and research partners in the development of field designs and statistical analysis of field and laboratory data;
• Supervise subordinate data management technical staff;
• Assist in training on data management and data analysis;
• Assist cassava breeding scientists in preparing project report;
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• B.Sc / HND in Computer Science, Statistics, Agricultural Science or related field with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a well-structured environment.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

• Have ability to diagnose and rectify faults.
• Be honest and hardworking with good interpersonal and communication skills.

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

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