Research Supervisor (Post-Harvest) 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 (Post-Harvest)

Ref: IITA-HR-NRS2020-021
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Recruitment Type: National (2-year renewable contract)

Duties

• Receive, sort, and record samples received from on-station and off-station field trials.
• Manage pre-processing of roots samples (cleaning, peeling, and weighing).
• Process roots samples to determine dry matter and starch content.
• Convert fresh cassava roots into processed products (mainly gari and odorless fufu).
• Determine product yield per standardized unit of fresh roots.
• Liaise with Food Science lab to evaluate quality traits on processed products and fresh roots.
• Ensure all data are digitally recorded using PhenoApps
• Responsible in collating, curating, and uploading all post-harvest phenotyping data to cloud storage (cassavabase).
• Liaise with supervisors to plan and ensure procurement of supplies for laboratory analysis
• Assist in training of collaborators, students, trainees/interns and NYSC members
• Supervise junior staff and daily rated staff.
• Perform all job-related duties as may be assigned by supervisor

Qualifications

• BSc/HND in Agriculture, Biology, Food Science, or related fields with two (2) years’ experience in a field-based phenotyping environment for clonal crops.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

• Have good field data collection skills, excellent record keeping, experience in high through-put phenotyping, Trial data analysis skills
• Be organized, strong attention to detail and excellent time management skills
• Consistently follow field and lab protocols and other directions and with minimal errors
• Be dependable, takes initiative and responsibility for own actions
• Be flexible, adaptable, able to respond to changes in routine
• Have strong listening, verbal, and documentation skills

Remuneration

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

Application Closing Date
10th August, 2020.