Job Title: Senior Research Support Officer
Company: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Job Field: Agriculture/Agro-Allied
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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is an international non-profit agricultural research-for development (R4D) organization established in 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and a member of the CGIAR Consortium.
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Job Description:
• Assist in production of yam planting material and associated activities;
• Assist in virus indexing production of clean yam propagation material monitoring and reporting;
• Participation in field surveys, data management and analysis;
• Preparation of technical reports and involvement in any other responsibilities as may be assigned by your supervisor.
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Minimum Qualification & Experience:
• BSc in Plant Biology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Biotechnology or closely related fields.
• A minimum of four (4) years' experience in a similar position.
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Skills & abilities:
• Experienced in laboratory research and good knowledge in general laboratory management.
• Experience in application of diagnostics techniques as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), polymerase chain reaction (PCR), nucleic acid isolation and computational skills.
• Experience in propagation of planting material; tissue culture experience is an added advantage; and excellent ability to prepare technical reports and information flyers.
• Should be a good team player, and be able to complete research activities on-time and submit reports.
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