• Application Deadline: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Field Assistant / Driver


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification OND


• Experience 2 years


• Location Abuja


• Job Field Agriculture / Agro-Allied 
  

DUTIES:

• Drive and maintain the Units vehicle under optimum condition in readiness for on and off station activities.


• Perform necessary cleaning and washing of the Units vehicle.


• Ensure vehicle documents are complete and update at all time.


• Support trial establishment and maintenance both on and off station.


• Support tuber quality phenotyping for yam trials.


• Support phenotyping of yam plants at vegetative, harvest and post-harvest stages in the field and screen house.


• Support harvesting of trials on the field and screen house


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

Requirements

QUALIFICATION:

• National diploma in Agriculture or any other related field with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience on clonal breeding in a well-structured environment.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Have excellent interpersonal, multi-tasking, organizational and communication skills.


• Be competent in sample preparation for virus indexing.


• Be strict observance of protocol for genetic purity of yam in-vitro plantlets under conservation.


• Have ability to work in a cross-cultural and multidisciplinary environment.