IITA Research Technicians Jobs in Uganda

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is one of the 15 Institutes of the CGIAR global research partnerships with headquarters in Ibadan Nigeria.

IITA is a nonprofit organization governed by a Board of Trustees and has a permanent office in Uganda.

IITA focused primarily on improving cassava and banana-based systems in the nineties. The research focus over the past 5-10 years has expanded to include research on: climate change, trade-off analysis for smallholder livelihoods, Innovation systems and impact pathways, and Institutional and policy dimensions from local to national level

The successful candidates will be part of the Banana breeding team working on Pathology
activities within the breeding program.

The primary duties of the Research Technicians will include the following;

• Development, implementation and supervision of experiments on pests and diseases

• Collection, entry, analysis and synthesis of data from laboratory, screen houses and field

• Identification, rearing and maintenance of weevils to be used in experiments.

• Identification, rearing/culturing and maintenance of nematodes to be used in
experiments.

• Identification, culturing and maintenance of Fusarium wilt cultures to be used in
experiments.

• Identification, culturing and maintenance of Black sigatoka cultures to be used in
experiments.

• Ensure cleanliness and safety of the pathology Laboratory

• Routine maintenance of screen-house and on station experiments

• Work closely with students

• Supervision and coordination of screen house and

field labour

• Assist in data management in Musabase

• Assist in data tracking using Btract

• Assist the banana curator in germplasm management.

• Writing reports

• Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor

Required qualifications and skills Required:

• Bachelor’s degree with specialization in Microbiology or Plant Pathology and 4 years
relevant working experience, in similar responsibility.

• Experience in working with not for profit Organizations

• Knowledge and experience working on Field and laboratory Research

• Experience in handling Lab consumables and supplies

• Ability to record Lab stocks of inventory both on shelf and cold chain

• Basic knowledge or working with Lab equipment

• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and oral

• Computer proficiency including MS Office (Word/ PowerPoint, excel)

• Ability to complete multiple tasks under pressure and work in a multi-cultural team
environment

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; IITA Research Technicians Jobs in Uganda

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