Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, March 14 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Organization
The Alliance of Bioversity International delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people's lives. Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. The Alliance works with local, national and multinational partners across Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, and with the public and private sectors. The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.

About the position
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is looking for a Pathology Laboratory Assistant who will provide support in studying the health of plants. He/she will help in identifying common bean diseases, pests, and other health problems a plant may experience. The recruited staff will also oversee Pathology laboratory and screenhouse operations.

Key duties & Responsibilities
• Support in tissue sampling and other routine tasks associated with experiments.
• Support in mechanical inoculation of virus, bacteria, fungi, oomycete, nematode and other pathogens in field greenhouse, and growth chambers.
• Support the process of bioassays with insects/vectors.
• Support in routine data collection from various sized research projects and entry into enterprise systems.
• Support in preparation of clear, accurate, and concise reports of results, and communicating them to colleague or stakeholders.
• Perform or direct simple to complex molecular lab work.
• Perform data analysis using parametric and non-parametric statistical models.
• Review literature and stay up to date on the latest technologies.

Required Qualifications and Experience.
• BSc in Plant pathology/crop protection from a recognized university.
• MSc in the same field studies as above will be an added advantage.
• Experience in below areas will be an added advantage.
• Managing and supporting biotic phenotyping activities in the field, glasshouse, and laboratory.
• Support in tissue sampling and other routine tasks associated with experiments.
• Support in mechanical inoculation of viruses, bacteria, fungi, oomycete, nematode and other pathogens in fi greenhouse, and growth chambers.
• Support the process of bioassays with insects/vectors.
• Support in routine data collection from various sized research projects and entry into enterprise systems.
• Working knowledge of laboratory pathogen culture, purification and microscopic identification and inocu preparation.
• Working knowledge of DNA and RNA isolation and molecular identification techniques like PCR technology.
• Good report and journal writing skill is required.
• Ability to communicate orally in both English and Swahili on daily routine matters and to prepare brief reports or comp forms without assistance.
• Sufficient competency to use the standard Windows-based software for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation and email used at Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT with occasional assistance.
• Good writing records, computing software, and other IT materials.
• Ability to provide supervision and training to field staff to manage breeding research activities.
• Ability to work independently with minimal day to day supervision and proactively solve problems.
• Familiarity with legumes crops and related research operations (pollination, data collection from trials and nurseries.
• Ability to analyze data, situations, or problems, evaluates possible resolution mechanisms.
• Take reasoned decisions, usually based on policy, established process, precedents, or common sense.
• Decisions mostly about work processes - How to do rather than what to do.
• Review literature and stay up to date on the latest technologies.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure
Applicants are invited to visit https://alliancebioversityciat.org/careers to get full details of the position and to submit their applications. Applications MUST include reference number REF: 103449- Assistant -Pathology Laboratory as the position applied for. Cover letter and CV should be saved as one document using the candidate’s last name, first name for ease of sorting. The Alliance collects and process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Applications closing date: 28th March 2024

Please note that email applications will not be considered.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.


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