Vacancy title:
Associate Scientist - Pigeonpea

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Category: Agricultural Services & Products]

Jobs at:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, July 20 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 2 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Responsibilities:

• Handle field breeding activities including population development and hybrid parents breeding in Pigeonpea suitable for Eastern and Southern Africa
• Support in developing new proposals, project management
• Summarize, and interpret the data of the experiments; prepare reports for donors and
• Publish research papers in the reputed journals
• Establish seed stocks and seed productions for multi locational trials and breeding nurseries
• Assist the Pigeonpea breeding program activities in Eastern & Southern Africa
• Any responsibilities assigned by the supervisor

Requirement:

• PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding
• At least 2 years of postdoctoral experience in Pigeonpea breeding
• Knowledge of pulse crop and breeding strategies will be an added advantage
• Sound knowledge of developing breeding experiments and generation advancement techniques through speed breeding in Pigeonpea
• Experience in Field experimentation (Field layout, field book), data analysis and interpretation (GENSTAT, R and SAAS).
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Proficiency in computers skills MS-office
• Team management and crisis-handling skills

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: postgraduate degree

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