Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

This is a contract position at Level 6.IV with 1 post available.

Responsibilities or duties

Job responsibilities

• Optimize, and validate tissue culture banana protocols
• Conduct experiments on banana tissue culture
• Ensure multiplication of disease-free, true-to-type banana planting materials in aseptic conditions
• Maintain banana mother stock and in vitro cultures
• Prepare media, sterilize explants, and maintain aseptic condition
• Ensure proper labelling, storage, and waste management
• Ensure sterilization, contamination control, and quality standards
• Maintain equipment, reagents, and laboratory records
• Train technicians, students, and interns in banana tissue culture techniques
• Ensure compliance with SOPs, biosafety and phytosanitary regulations
• Data analysis and preparation of technical reports
• Ensure acclimatization, weaning and handling glasshouse experiments of banana crop
• Support scale-up of banana planting materials for research
• Support laboratory inventory management
• Undertake any other duties s assigned by his/her supervisor

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry
• 5 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Agribusiness
• 5 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Crop Production
• 5 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Horticulture
• 5 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Agronomy
• 5 Years of relevant experience

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

Exams to be conducted: 1:PsychometricTest, 2:Written, 3:Oral

Reports To: Plant & microbial Biotechnology Program Coordinator Senior Principal Research Fellow

• Optimize, and validate tissue culture banana protocols
• Conduct experiments on banana tissue culture
• Ensure multiplication of disease-free, true-to-type banana planting materials in aseptic conditions
• Maintain banana mother stock and in vitro cultures
• Prepare media, sterilize explants, and maintain aseptic condition
• Ensure proper labelling, storage, and waste management
• Ensure sterilization, contamination control, and quality standards
• Maintain equipment, reagents, and laboratory records
• Train technicians, students, and interns in banana tissue culture techniques
• Ensure compliance with SOPs,biosafety and phytosanitary regulations
• Data analysis and preparation of technical reports
• Ensure acclimatization, weaning and handling glasshouse experiments of banana crop
• Support scale-up of banana planting materials for research
• Support laboratory inventory management
• Undertake any other duties s assigned by his/her supervisor

• Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry
• 5 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Agribusiness
• 5 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Crop Production
• 5 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Horticulture
• 5 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Agronomy
• 5 Years of relevant experience