Biometrician for Maize Research CIMMYT Texcoco Estado de Mexico, Mexico
We are seeking a dynamic, innovative, self-motivated, and service-orientated professional for the position of Biometrician for Maize Research. The position will be based at CIMMYT’s Offices in Zimbabwe (located in Mount Pleasant, Harare) but will interact with all CIMMYT´s experimental stations, headquarters and regional office (country and world-wide) on a regular basis.
The successful candidate will help strengthen CIMMYT’s team of biometricians and will also interact with partner institution scientists to develop and apply the best statistical tools for experimental design, and phenotypic trial analysis (including multi-environment trials), with application to plant breeding.
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not-for-profit research and training organization with partners in over 100 countries. Please refer to our website for more information: www.cimmyt.org
The primary objectives of this position are to provide strong biometrical support to the CIMMYT maize breeding programs and scientists based in Africa, and to contribute to large multi-disciplinary projects that provide strategic support for developing and deploying climate change resilient maize germplasm in sub-Saharan Africa.
Specific duties of this position include:
• Advise maize breeders and scientists from other relevant disciplines on experimental design and analysis.
• Perform statistical designs and analyses for non-routine breeding program activities.
• Support the routine breeding program tools and liaise with CIMMYT’s
• Science Informatics Unit to ensure that appropriate tools are developed, maintained and improved.
• Collate and analyze the phenotypic data from large historical multi-location, multi-year maize experiments and link this to weather data and global climate models to describe, understand and predict the impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Support implementation of state-of-the-art experimental designs, error control methods, and mixed-model analyses in CIMMYT’s African breeding programs, and contribute to improvement of precision and repeatability of field experiments.
• Develop selection methods that efficiently combine information on relevant traits, including yield potential, abiotic stress tolerance, and biotic stress resistance, and measure genetic gains in CIMMYT’s African breeding programs.
• Collaborate with breeders, agronomists, and social scientists, in the design, implementation, and analysis of experiments to identify new varieties and technologies that can help farmers improve productivity and food security in maze-based farming systems in Africa.
• As part of CIMMYTs Biometrics and Statistics Unit, participate in the development and presentation of courses to train CIMMYT scientists and their partners in quantitative genetics and statistics applications for breeding.
• Publish significant results in high impact scientific journals.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• We are seeking candidates with the following academic qualifications, skills and attitudes:
• PhD in statistics, biometrics, agricultural statistics or related field.
• Demonstrated understanding of agricultural research and plant breeding, and a track record of working in close collaboration with breeders.
• Excellent statistical computing skills, including proficiency in R, SAS, ASREML, and/or GENSTAT.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to contribute proactively to a results-oriented, multi-disciplinary team.
CIMMYT offers an attractive remuneration package paid in US dollars, with a range of benefits including housing allowance, life and health insurance, education allowance (to Grade 12), home leave, retirement fund, and relocation shipping assistance.
CIMMYT is an equal opportunity employer. It fosters a multicultural work environment that values gender equality, teamwork, and respect for diversity. Women are encouraged to apply.
Apply online or email cover letter and CV no later than Wednesday, 31 October, 2012 to Human Resources, CIMMYT
Email: nrsrecruitment@cgiar.org
Please insert Position Reference number: 12248 in the subject of your email)
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
For further information please contact Guillermo Flores, g.flores@cgiar.org
The successful candidate will help strengthen CIMMYT’s team of biometricians and will also interact with partner institution scientists to develop and apply the best statistical tools for experimental design, and phenotypic trial analysis (including multi-environment trials), with application to plant breeding.
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not-for-profit research and training organization with partners in over 100 countries. Please refer to our website for more information: www.cimmyt.org
The primary objectives of this position are to provide strong biometrical support to the CIMMYT maize breeding programs and scientists based in Africa, and to contribute to large multi-disciplinary projects that provide strategic support for developing and deploying climate change resilient maize germplasm in sub-Saharan Africa.
Specific duties of this position include:
• Advise maize breeders and scientists from other relevant disciplines on experimental design and analysis.
• Perform statistical designs and analyses for non-routine breeding program activities.
• Support the routine breeding program tools and liaise with CIMMYT’s
• Science Informatics Unit to ensure that appropriate tools are developed, maintained and improved.
• Collate and analyze the phenotypic data from large historical multi-location, multi-year maize experiments and link this to weather data and global climate models to describe, understand and predict the impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Support implementation of state-of-the-art experimental designs, error control methods, and mixed-model analyses in CIMMYT’s African breeding programs, and contribute to improvement of precision and repeatability of field experiments.
• Develop selection methods that efficiently combine information on relevant traits, including yield potential, abiotic stress tolerance, and biotic stress resistance, and measure genetic gains in CIMMYT’s African breeding programs.
• Collaborate with breeders, agronomists, and social scientists, in the design, implementation, and analysis of experiments to identify new varieties and technologies that can help farmers improve productivity and food security in maze-based farming systems in Africa.
• As part of CIMMYTs Biometrics and Statistics Unit, participate in the development and presentation of courses to train CIMMYT scientists and their partners in quantitative genetics and statistics applications for breeding.
• Publish significant results in high impact scientific journals.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• We are seeking candidates with the following academic qualifications, skills and attitudes:
• PhD in statistics, biometrics, agricultural statistics or related field.
• Demonstrated understanding of agricultural research and plant breeding, and a track record of working in close collaboration with breeders.
• Excellent statistical computing skills, including proficiency in R, SAS, ASREML, and/or GENSTAT.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to contribute proactively to a results-oriented, multi-disciplinary team.
CIMMYT offers an attractive remuneration package paid in US dollars, with a range of benefits including housing allowance, life and health insurance, education allowance (to Grade 12), home leave, retirement fund, and relocation shipping assistance.
CIMMYT is an equal opportunity employer. It fosters a multicultural work environment that values gender equality, teamwork, and respect for diversity. Women are encouraged to apply.
Apply online or email cover letter and CV no later than Wednesday, 31 October, 2012 to Human Resources, CIMMYT
Email: nrsrecruitment@cgiar.org
Please insert Position Reference number: 12248 in the subject of your email)
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
For further information please contact Guillermo Flores, g.flores@cgiar.org
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