IITA Head of Breeding Jobs in Nigeria

IITA Head of Breeding Jobs in Nigeria

Background:

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) invites applications for the internationally recruited position of Head of Breeding. 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. Please visit http://www.iita.org/ for
more information on IITA.

IITA has successful breeding programs on six very important crops in sub-Saharan Africa:
cassava, yam, banana/plantain, maize, soybean, and cowpea. In recent years, these have been
reviewed based on the Breeding Program Assessment Tool (BPAT)

The programs have also had extensive interaction with the CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) platform during which crop specific and cross cutting (institutional) improvement plans have been developed along with product profiles and market segmentation analyses.

Implementing these plans will be a central part of the Accelerating Breeding Initiative of the OneCGIAR and will involve close collaboration with other Initiatives within the Genetic Innovation Science Area and with bilateral projects. The appointee will report to the Deputy Director General for Research-for-Development.

Position Responsibilities

The Head of Breeding will:

• Align breeding focus and operational resources to validated breeding targets.

• Establish a crop advancement agenda in partnership with breeders of the IITA mandate
crops and the product manager:

Establish specific metrics for variety and trait advancements for each crop.

Establish metrics for population improvements within the breeding program.

• Modify the breeding structure of each crop to deliver demand-driven products at the lowest
cost.

• Establish a culture of continuous improvement.

• Improve breeding strategy for all six mandate crops.

• Lead breeding teams to design and implement breeding strategies.

• Work closely with the product manager and cross-functional product teams to define targets for the breeding programs to develop a breeding strategy.

• Work with breeders to strengthen collaboration

with national breeding programs and other relevant stakeholders (e.g., seed companies, input suppliers, etc.)

• Define investment plans and mobilize increased resources for crop breeding.

• Facilitate the establishment of collaborative research with advanced research institutions.

• Serve as the focal point of IITA's interactions with the Genetic Innovation Science Area of
OneCGIAR.

• Connect IITA resources in design, engineering, and operations to develop highly effective
product development teams.

• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Educational Qualifications

The candidate should have a finalised PhD in plant breeding, genetics, or a related field.

Core Competencies

• At least 15 years of experience in plant breeding programs (with at least 10 years in the
private sector) at progressively higher levels of responsibility.

• Evidence of significant management skills including change management and management
of successful breeding teams.

• Ability to work well in a diverse multicultural environment.

• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.

• Evidence of experience in resource mobilization.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Ability to build consensus/function as part of a team

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; IITA Head of Breeding Jobs in Nigeria

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