Research Associate
Research Associate
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08-04-2025
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Job Description
Role Purpose
- Responsible for a portfolio of pathology assays / Physiology tests and daytoday delivery of tasks within a project or routine platform.
- Provides/develops expertise in practical handling/culture of pests and pathogens.
- Performs routine scientific research tasks requiring the application of standard techniques procedures and criteria.
- Carry out experiments and research according to protocols laid out by Trait Assessment Team.
- Perform daytoday greenhouse field and laboratory activities including planting tissue sampling pest/disease scouting harvesting data collection data recording at multilocation disease screening trials and database management.
- Assist in developing disease screening projects and conduct disease screening trials in the polyhouse and field and record the observations for assigned crops.
- Contribute to the development of new protocols for measuring complex physiology and pathology traits.
- Assist in plant disease survey and collection disease diagnosis and identification.
- Assist in running the laboratorypathogen cultures maintenance purification preservation and multiplication of target pathogen cultures in labs and greenhouses and lab equipment maintenance.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Direct peoples responsibility
Authority level:
- In charge of the specific project activity in a given crop at the site.
Work coverage:
- Coordinate plot locations and logistics with the Biological Operations Team (BO) to ensure plots are of the desired characteristics measured and flagged accurately.
- Align with BO that Trait Assessment trials are maintained to follow SOPs standards to apply fertilizer herbicide and insecticides.
- Ensure that laboratory and field notebooks are consistently updated audited and wellmaintained.
- Responsible for guiding workers and seasonal workers to perform routine activities according to protocols.
- Maintain laboratory equipment and inventory.
- Maintain facility (greenhouses laboratory) cleanliness with safety standards.
- Ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
- Promotes continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.
- Performs data collection to ensure data integrity quality control and protocol compliance.
- Performs miscellaneous jobrelated duties as assigned.
Responsible for:
- Project activity timeline for key deliverables like protocol development and disease screening trials.
- Carry out disease screening of vegetable crops at a site in the field / polyhouse & identify and confirm the resistant sources.
- Executing plan for allotted work at the site.
- Planning for judicious use of resources.
Administrative responsibility:
- Timely reporting of work responsibility to Trait Assessment Lead.
- Monitoring trait project lab assistants/workers for output of the results crop cultivation screening etc. on time.
- Coordination with the biological operation and breeding team.
- Work mainly paperless efficiently use software for data collection analysis and reporting. Look for ways to use IT to create opportunities to improve practical activities.
Financial responsibility:
- Costeffective work management utilization of available resources for maximum output measure return on investments made economic usage of inputs.
HSE role and responsibility:
- Take personal responsibility and cooperate to prevent harm to themselves complies country and site HSE regulations be cooperative with HSE and prompt report of all incidents/accidents/near misses and hazards to line manager/supervisor.
- Dedication to working safely under company safety policies and practices
Qualifications :
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:
Critical Knowledge:
- BS.C. or MS.C. in plant pathology preferred 2 years or more experience.
- Basics of Plant Pathology Entomology Disease/insect symptomatology pathogen identification and laboratory techniques.
- Knowledge of the physiology of vegetable crops and related quality traits.
Critical Skills:
- Fluent communication in the local language and ability to communicate effectively (Verbal and Written) in English.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a teambased and crossfunctional team environment; create a positive and cooperative work environment.
- Ability to analyze information summarize findings and present them in ways easily understandable to decisionmakers.
Critical Experience:
- Background in laboratory testing and general familiarity with laboratory equipment and computer basics.
- Pathology/entomology techniques lab & field; artificial disease/pest screening.
- Relevant practical experience in disease screening of relevant crops and their disease/insect resistance and management.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
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