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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
CLOSEDHead Of Breeding
Hadejia, Nigeria
CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS
Head Of Breeding
Closing: Jan 25, 2023
This position has expiredPublished: Jan 12, 2023 (20 days ago)
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Educational Qualifications
- The candidate should have a finalised PhD in Plant Breeding, Genetics, or a related field.
Core Competencies:
- At least 15 years of experience in plant breeding programs (with at least 10 years in the private sector) at progressively higher levels of responsibility.
- Evidence of significant management skills including change management and management of successful breeding teams.
- Ability to work well in a diverse multicultural environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Evidence of experience in resource mobilization.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to build consensus/function as part of a team.
Remuneration
- IITA offers an internationally competitive remuneration package paid in US Dollars.
Responsibilities
Educational Qualifications
- The candidate should have a finalised PhD in Plant Breeding, Genetics, or a related field.
Core Competencies:
- At least 15 years of experience in plant breeding programs (with at least 10 years in the private sector) at progressively higher levels of responsibility.
- Evidence of significant management skills including change management and management of successful breeding teams.
- Ability to work well in a diverse multicultural environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Evidence of experience in resource mobilization.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to build consensus/function as part of a team.
Remuneration
- IITA offers an internationally competitive remuneration package paid in US Dollars.
Position Responsibilities
The Head of Breeding will:
- Align breeding focus and operational resources to validated breeding targets.
- Establish a crop advancement agenda in partnership with breeders of the IITA mandate crops and the product manager:
- Establish specific metrics for variety and trait advancements for each crop.
- Establish metrics for population improvements within the breeding program.
- Modify the breeding structure of each crop to deliver demand-driven products at the lowest cost.
- Establish a culture of continuous improvement.
- Improve breeding strategy for all six mandate crops.
- Lead breeding teams to design and implement breeding strategies.
- Work closely with the product manager and cross-functional product teams to define targets for the breeding programs to develop a breeding strategy.
- Work with breeders to strengthen collaboration with national breeding programs and other relevant stakeholders (e.g., seed companies, input suppliers, etc.).
- Define investment plans and mobilize increased resources for crop breeding.
- Facilitate the establishment of collaborative research with advanced research institutions.
- Serve as the focal point of IITA's interactions with the Genetic Innovation Science Area of OneCGIAR.
- Connect IITA resources in design, engineering, and operations to develop highly effective product development teams.
- Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.
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