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Biometrician at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

  • Full Time
  • Onsite
  • Permanent
  • Ibadan

Website International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Biometrician

About the job

  • Support One CGIAR breeding analytics process team in establishing standards for data quality and analytics
  • Analyze large multi–year and multi–location data sets collected from trials in Africa using appropriate statistical software
  • Advise IITA staff in planning field experiments and biophysical and socioeconomic surveys and data analysis
  • Conduct independent data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, analytical and visualization support, presentations, and assigned tasks, including drafting of reports and methodology notes of analytics conducted
  • Contribute to publish scientific articles in refereed journals documenting research progress
  • Provide technical training in applied statistics and support scientists, visiting scientists, trainees, and national program scientists in team-based research projects
  • Perform all other related duties as required by the needs of the Center

Requirements

QUALIFICATION:

Masters in Biostatistics, Data Science, Statistics or related field with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience performing similar role in a well-structured environment. Experience in machine learning and Cloud Computing using R Programming is added advantage.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

  • Be experienced with exploratory data analysis, and/or data mining, text analytics, machine learning and big data processing techniques
  • Have excellent programming/coding skills related to data collection, data management and analytics using statistical software (e.g., R, ASReml-R, Python, etc.)
  • Have good oral and written communication skills in English

Benefits

We offer highly competitive salaries with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.

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Biometrician at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
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