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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Research Supervisor

Ref: IITA-HR-NRS2020-002
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Recruitment Type: National (3-year renewable contract)

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

  • Coordinate all field operations, including seed preparation, planting, thinning, shoot covering, and pollination in cross blocks and multiplication fields of openpollinated varieties, inbred lines and hybrids at Ibadan under rain-fed and irrigated conditions;
  • Extract SI lines from broad-based populations and composites for progeny testing in different locations and recombine the selected materials;
  • Make requests for required field tags as well as pollination and glassine bags for various crossing blocks at Ibadan;
  • Coordinate labour allocation for thinning, shoot covering, pollination, harvesting, threshing, and seed preparation throughout the year;
  • Supervise the preparation of all trials and nurseries targeted for testing at Saminaka, Vom, Zaria, Bagauda, Ikenne and Mokwa;
  • Supervise the preparation of regional trials of open-pollinated varieties and inbred lines and hybrids for distribution to collaborators in and outside of West and Central Africa;
  • Prepare seeds for storage in the cold rooms and take inventory of the quantity of seeds of inbred lines and hybrids available in the cold store;
  • Prepare seeds of inbred lines and hybrids as well as open-pollinated varieties requested by collaborators for shipment and provide practical training of new staff;
  • Supervise field workers;
  • Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

  • B.Sc / HND in Agriculture or related field with minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing similar or related roles.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

  • Be computer literate and ability to drive.
  • Have good communication skill.

Application Closing Date
31st January, 2020.

Method of Application
Interested applicants should complete the online application below, attaching detailed Cover Letter and Curriculum Vitae saved with their names in Microsoft word. The application must include the names and e-mail addresses of three professional referees which must include the applicant’s current or previous direct Supervisor, professional colleague and evidence of current remuneration package.

Note

  • IITA is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from women candidates
  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

More Information

  • Job City Ibadan, Oyo
  • This job has expired!
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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a non-profit agricultural research-for-development (R4D) organization, and a member of the CGIAR Consortium.

IITA has aligned all its research programs to the new CGIAR Research Programs. We conduct research on the following thematic areas: Biotechnology and genetic improvement, Natural resource management, Social science and agribusiness, and Plant production and plant health.

We are involved in nine CGIAR Research Programs, namely, those on the (1) integrated systems for the humid tropics, (2) policies, institutions, and markets, (3) maize, (4) roots, tubers, and bananas, (5) grain legumes, (6) agriculture for improved nutrition and health, (7) water, land, and ecosystems, (8) climate change, agriculture, and food security, and (9) genebank.

We lead the CGIAR Research Program on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics (Humidtropics) which addresses challenges in agricultural systems in the humid tropics. This CGIAR Research Program gives us an umbrella for all other CGIAR Research Programs which are components of the system. These could be commodity programs, such as maize, cassava, banana, or legumes, which could provide the institutional framework for socioeconomic studies, market, policies, and natural resource management. This CGIAR Research Program will have a major impact in attaining system-level outcomes.

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0 USD Ibadan, Oyo CF 3201 Abc road Fixed Term , 40 hours per week International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:Research SupervisorRef: IITA-HR-NRS2020-002 Location: Ibadan, Oyo Recruitment Type: National (3-year renewable contract)

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

  • Coordinate all field operations, including seed preparation, planting, thinning, shoot covering, and pollination in cross blocks and multiplication fields of openpollinated varieties, inbred lines and hybrids at Ibadan under rain-fed and irrigated conditions;
  • Extract SI lines from broad-based populations and composites for progeny testing in different locations and recombine the selected materials;
  • Make requests for required field tags as well as pollination and glassine bags for various crossing blocks at Ibadan;
  • Coordinate labour allocation for thinning, shoot covering, pollination, harvesting, threshing, and seed preparation throughout the year;
  • Supervise the preparation of all trials and nurseries targeted for testing at Saminaka, Vom, Zaria, Bagauda, Ikenne and Mokwa;
  • Supervise the preparation of regional trials of open-pollinated varieties and inbred lines and hybrids for distribution to collaborators in and outside of West and Central Africa;
  • Prepare seeds for storage in the cold rooms and take inventory of the quantity of seeds of inbred lines and hybrids available in the cold store;
  • Prepare seeds of inbred lines and hybrids as well as open-pollinated varieties requested by collaborators for shipment and provide practical training of new staff;
  • Supervise field workers;
  • Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

  • B.Sc / HND in Agriculture or related field with minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing similar or related roles.

Competencies: The ideal candidate must:

  • Be computer literate and ability to drive.
  • Have good communication skill.

Application Closing Date 31st January, 2020.

Method of Application Interested applicants should complete the online application below, attaching detailed Cover Letter and Curriculum Vitae saved with their names in Microsoft word. The application must include the names and e-mail addresses of three professional referees which must include the applicant’s current or previous direct Supervisor, professional colleague and evidence of current remuneration package.Note

  • IITA is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from women candidates
  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
2020-02-01

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