Research Assistant - Breeding Data Management

<p>The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture seeks suitable Nigeria nationals for the positions below at the Institute’s Headquarters in Ibadan.</p><p></p><p><strong>Position:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Research Assistant - Breeding Data Management</strong></p><p><strong>Contract:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong>3-years renewable contract&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><strong>Location: Ibadan</strong></p><p><strong>Closing Date: 2 October 2026</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>DUTIES</strong></p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Support the Breeding Data Manager in the adoption, implementation, and routine use of the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS) for storing, managing, retrieving, and reporting breeding information. </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Assist breeding teams with electronic data capture, including the preparation, testing, and validation of digital field books and data-collection templates. </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Curate essential breeding data, including locations, traits, germplasm records, pedigrees, experimental metadata, and germplasm attributes, before loading them into EBS. </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use R scripts or other reproducible tools for data cleaning, validation, duplicate identification, germplasm matching, site curation, data transformation, and routine reporting across breeding datasets. </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Execute database queries and extract data into approved templates, reports, dashboards, and other formats based on clearly defined requirements. </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Update and maintain Power BI dashboards for monitoring breeding activities, data quality, phenotypic-data completeness, germplasm information, experimental metadata, training activities, and other agreed performance indicators. </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Apply institutional and international research data management standards and best practices, including crop ontologies, trait dictionaries, standard phenotyping protocols, data-quality rules, controlled vocabularies, templates, and digital field books. </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Maintain appropriate documentation of data-curation activities, data uploads, analytical scripts, database queries, dashboard updates, quality-control results, user-support requests, and completed assignments. </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prepare periodic updates on completed activities, data-quality findings, analytical outputs, dashboard status, user-support needs, system-related challenges, and recommended follow-up actions. </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perform any other job-related duties that may be assigned by the Supervisor.</p>