Nafasi Za Kazi Alliance Bioversity & CIAT, Pathology Laboratory Assistant Vacancy – In Tanzania

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Job Description

THE ORGANIZATION

In order to enhance people’s lives, the Alliance of Bioversity International provides evidence-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and restructure food systems in a sustainable manner. The worldwide challenges of environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and starvation are addressed by alliance solutions.

The Alliance collaborates with public and business sectors as well as regional, national, and international partners throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa. As a component of the global research collaboration for a food-secure future, CGIAR, the Alliance aims to improve natural resources and ecosystem services, decrease poverty, and increase food and nutrition security.

Key duties & Responsibilities

• assistance with tissue sample and other standard laboratory activities.
• assistance with the mechanical inoculation of diseases such as bacteria, fungi, oomycete, nematodes, and viruses in growth chambers, greenhouses, and fields.
• Use insects or other vectors to aid in the bioassay procedure.
• assistance with routine data entry into company systems and collecting from research initiatives of varied sizes.
• Assist in the creation of succinct, precise, and lucid outcomes reports and their dissemination to stakeholders or colleagues.
• Carry out or oversee basic to advanced molecular laboratory tasks.
• Utilize both parametric and non-parametric statistical models to analyze data.
• Examine the literature and keep up of emerging technological developments.

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Requirements

• ongoing master’s program in crop protection and plant pathology at an accredited university.
• An extra benefit will be having experience in the following fields;
• overseeing and assisting with field, glasshouse, and laboratory biotic phenotyping operations.
• assistance with tissue sample and other standard laboratory activities.
• assistance with the mechanical inoculation of pathogens such as oomycete, nematodes, bacteria, fungus, and viruses in growth chambers, greenhouses, and fields.
• Use insects or other vectors to aid in the bioassay procedure.
• assistance with routine data entry into company systems and collecting from research initiatives of varied sizes.
• working familiarity with inoculum production, microscopic identification, purification, and culture of laboratory pathogens.
• practical understanding of molecular identification methods such as PCR technology and DNA and RNA separation.
• Proficiency in writing journals and reports is necessary.
• Ability to prepare concise reports or fill out forms on a daily basis without assistance, as well as to communicate verbally in both Swahili and English.
• Adequate proficiency to operate the typical Windows-based word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and email programs used at CIAT and Alliance of Bioversity with sporadic help.
• Reputable authoring documentation, computer programs, and more IT resources.
• Capacity to oversee and instruct field personnel in managing breeding research operations.
• Capacity to work alone with little daily supervision and proactively address issues.
• knowledge of legume crops and associated research procedures (pollination, gathering trial and nursery data, etc.).
• Capacity to assess potential solutions and analyze data, circumstances, or issues.
• Make rational decisions, which are typically supported by established procedures, norms, common sense, and policy.
• Decisions are primarily made around work procedures – how, as opposed to what, to do.
• Examine the literature and keep up of emerging technological developments.

Terms of employment

With its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania, this role is a nationwide recruitment opportunity.The original contract has a one-year term that can be extended based on performance and resource availability after a three-month probationary period.

According to the Alliance employment classification framework policy, this post is graded at BG 04 level, with a minimum basic salary of 915,302 Tanzania Shillings on a range of BG01 to BG14 (BG14 being the highest level). Together with competitive pay, we provide outstanding perks including paid time off, flexible work schedules, retirement planning, insurance, and staff development.

Workplace equity, safety, and inclusivity are priorities for the Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. We think that diversity is essential to our mission, drives our creativity, and enhances our greatness. One of our top priorities is hiring and training employees to build an inclusive company that represents our multicultural nature. We welcome applications from people of all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations, marital status, national or regional origins, races, colors, and religions. Applications from female applicants are highly welcomed.

Applications

The position’s complete description and application process are available at https://alliancebioversityciat.org/careers, for those who are interested. Applications for the vacancy must mention reference number 103449—Assistant—Pathology Laboratory. For simplicity of sorting, the cover letter and CV should be stored as one document using the candidate’s first and last names. In compliance with relevant data protection legislation, the Alliance gathers and uses personal data.

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Applications closing date: 1^st March 2024

For the latest Nafasi Za Kazi Alliance Bioversity & CIAT, Pathology Laboratory Assistant Vacancy, Please note that email applications will not be considered.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.