Job Description
Position:
Research Associate
Contract:
2-years renewable contract
Location:
Kano
Closing Date:
12 June 2026
DUTIES:
- Assist the cowpea breeder in planning and implementing the Laboratory, screen house, and field experiments.
- Supervise field research activities across all agroecologies relevant to cowpea production.
- Breeding operations including field preparation and layout, fertilizer application, planting, weed and pest controls, data collection, and harvesting.
- Visit all testing sites as required for effective supervision of trial and nursery management.
- Plan and ensure procurement of inputs for laboratory, screen house, and field trials for all testing sites and hire and pay casual labor for various field operations.
- Supervise handling of germplasm in the breeding nurseries, including planting, hand pollinations, and data collection.
- Assist scientists in keeping pedigree records of breeding materials in various nurseries.
- Supervise seed multiplication of advanced lines, released varieties and candidate lines for release.
- Supervise junior staff, University, Polytechnic, and College of Agriculture students on the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme SIWES), NYSC members, and assist in appraising their performances at the end of the year.
- Assist in collating data, running statistical analysis, conducting literature search and preparing reports.
- Assist graduate students on their research projects as required.
- Assist scientists in maintaining strict control of budget expenditures and casual labor employment.
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.
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