The international institute of Tropical Agriculture (ITA) invites applications for the position below: these positions are funded by African development bank (ADB) under the support to agricultural research for development of strategic crops in African (SARD-SC).

ITA is an international non-profit research for development (R4D) organization created in 1967, governed by a board of trustees, and supported primarily by the consultative group of the international agricultural research (CGIAR). Our RAD is anchored on the development needs of sub saharah African. We develop agricultural solutions with our partners to eliminate hunger and poverty and consumer risks, enhancing crop quality and productivity, and generating wealth from agriculture, we have more than 100 international recruited scientists from about 35 counties and 900 nationally recruited staff based in various stations across Africa,

(2) Position and 2 years renewable contract:

Job Description:

The research associate will work as a member of the SARD-SC project team in Nigeria and provide technical support to the team for effective development and deployment of improved maize genotype.

Supervision of on-station and on farms trials

Works with other project staff in capacity building and private sector partners to develop and disseminate maize genotypes.

Provide supports to national program staff and national partners for field trial management and analysis.

Collation and analyses of data from experiments

M.sc in plant breeding, crop physiology, agronomy or related field.

At least 2 years of relevant experience in national /international organization.

Good knowledge of Microsoft office and economic software such as STATA and SPSS.

Strong ability to co-ordinate, priorities and organize workload.

Ability to take initiative and work under pressure and willingness to work for longer hours where necessary.