Laboratory Attendant III 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: Laboratory Attendant III

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job type: Contract
Duration: 1-year renewable contract  

Duties

• Assist with set up and maintenance of pathology phenotyping trials in the laboratory, screen house and field.
• Carry out nematode cultures using carrot discs.
• Assist with Pseudocercospora sp. mass production and detached leaf assays.
• Populate and maintain the populations of the banana weevil cosmopolites sordidus.
• Supervise casual workers for implementation of assigned tasks.
• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements
Qualifications:

• O’level with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

• Have excellent interpersonal and multi-tasking skills.
• Have the ability to use basic Microsoft software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Have a positive attitude and strong team spirit.
• Have experience in nematode cultures, nematode identification, Pseudocercospora isolation and multiplication, weevil sorting on the sexual dimorphism.
• Have experience with field/lab data collection.

Benefits
We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.

Application Closing Date
20th March, 2024.