Research Assistant - Breeding Data Management

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture seeks suitable Nigeria nationals for the positions below at the Institute’s Headquarters in Ibadan.

Position:        Research Assistant - Breeding Data Management

Contract:       3-years renewable contract                                            

Location: Ibadan

Closing Date: 2 October 2026

DUTIES

·       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.

·       Assist breeding teams with electronic data capture, including the preparation, testing, and validation of digital field books and data-collection templates.

·       Curate essential breeding data, including locations, traits, germplasm records, pedigrees, experimental metadata, and germplasm attributes, before loading them into EBS.

·       Use R scripts or other reproduci