#Vacancy: Senior Research Support Officer Job at The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

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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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