Research Supervisor at the 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:

Job Title: 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.