• Application Deadline: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Technical Assistant


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 years


• Location Oyo


• City Ibadan


• Job Field Engineering / Technical 
  

DUTIES:

• Liaise with the Aquaculture Technology Transfer Officer to monitor the GIFT parent stock transferred and maintained in a bio secure facility, and functional GIFT brood stock quarantine facility at Premium Aquaculture Ltd., and raising F1 to produce F1 broodstock and produce F2 progeny.


• Liaise with the Delta Coordinator, and Aquaculture Technology Transfer Officer and work with the identified consultants to set up two to three SME GIFT hatchery operators in Delta, Ogun, Kwara and Nasarawa States.


• Liaise with the Delta Coordinator and Aquaculture Technology Transfer Officer to organise identified grow out farmers in Delta, Ogun, Kwara and Nasarawa to start the GIFT grow out pilots.


• Assist in procurement of hapa nets and feed for the GIFT SME hatchery and grow out operators.


• Assist in the procurement of feed for the grow out pilots.


• Assist in the implementation of inputs distribution to pilot grow out and SME hatchery farmers in Delta, Kwara, Nasarawa and Ogun States.


• Raise issues with the Officer-in-Charge of Nigeria for trouble shooting.


• Perform any other job-related task as may be assigned by the Supervisors.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION:

• HND/BSc in Fisheries, Aquaculture, Animal Science or any other related field with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in aquaculture farm operations particularly in tilapia with a well-structured environment.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Be experienced in aquaculture farm data collection, farm record keeping, and monitoring preferably in donor-funded or non-for-profit environment setup.


• Be computer literate and have basic data processing knowledge.

Benefits

• We offer highly competitive salaries with equally attractive benefits and excellent working