Biometrician at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Employment Nigeria 28-Jul-2023 ₦Not Available OYO , IBADAN , Technical

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Biometrician

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job Type: Full-time

Description

Support One CGIAR breeding analytics process team in establishing standards for data quality and analytics.
Analyze large multi–year and multi–location data sets collected from trials in Africa using appropriate statistical software.
Advise IITA staff in planning field experiments and biophysical and socioeconomic surveys and data analysis.
Conduct independent data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, analytical and visualization support, presentations, and assigned tasks, including drafting of reports and methodology notes of analytics conducted.
Contribute to publish scientific articles in refereed journals documenting research progress.
Provide technical training in applied statistics and support scientists, visiting scientists, trainees, and national program scientists in team-based research projects.
Perform all other related duties as required by the needs of the Center.

Requirements
Qualifications:

Masters in Biostatistics, Data Science, Statistics or related field with a minimum of five (5) years experience performing similar role in a well-structured environment
Experience in machine learning and Cloud Computing using R Programming is added advantage.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

Be experienced with exploratory data analysis, and/or data mining, text analytics, machine learning and big data processing techniques.
Have excellent programming/coding skills related to data collection, data management and analytics using statistical software (e.g., R, ASReml-R, Python, etc.).
Have good oral and written communication skills in English.

Benefits

We offer highly competitive salaries with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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Biometrician at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

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