SeedCo Nigeria Limited is a joint venture between Seed Co West Africa Limited (a subsidiary of Seed Co International Limited a public listed Company incorporated in Zimbabwe and quoted on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange) and Saro AgroSciences Limited a leading Nigeria Agro Input provider.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Field Technician
Locations: Zaria, Saminaka - Kaduna, Mokwa and Kontagora - Niger and Kano
Employment Type: Contract
Primary Responsibilities
- Assist with research field selection, land preparation and farmers engagements.
- Assist with field layout, planting, and evaluation of maize, soybean, rice, wheat, sorghum, millet, and cowpea trials.
- Assist with layout of breeding nursery
- Assist with hand pollination on seed production field
- Coordinate all field operations and labour engagement for planting, thinning, weeding, fertilizer application, and harvesting of trials.
- Coordinate insect pest and weed control activities
- Data collection
- Supervision of casual labour
- Perform any other duty as may be assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications
- OND in General Agriculture preferably Crop Production, Plant Science, Agronomy, Crop Protection or any other related discipline
- At least two (2) years relevant experience performing similar role
- Supervision, management, and leadership attributes
- Ability to speak the local dialect of the job location will be an added advantage.
- Age Requirement: 25 - 32 years.
Requirements:
Our Ideal Candidate - Knowledge, Skills and Competences:
- Good networking
- Have fundamental knowledge of agronomy, plant propagation, and field trial management
- Have experience in managing field research activities with field crops such as cowpea, maize, rice, wheat, sorghum, millet, soybean, and vegetables.
- Have good field management skills, data collection skills, and experience in trial design.
- Position requires working on the field for long hours including weekends
- Good organizational skills with excellent communication (verbal and written) capabilities.
- Ability to work in the field and stay in the rural areas of the job location
- Ability to speak local dialect.
Application Closing Date
17th March, 2022.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using "Application for Field Technician" as the subject of the mail.
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