Field Assistant

ICRISAT seeks applications from dynamic Indian nationals for the position of “Field Assistant”. The incumbent will report to Scientist – Crop Physiology and/or to Senior Scientist – Crop Physiology and Modelling, under Accelerated Crop Improvement program. This position is required for the execution of nutritional phenotyping for thousands of samples with advanced handheld sensors. Overall, this position will contribute to the testing and validation of algorithms developed for UAV-based image analysis pipelines. This position is based at ICRISAT Headquarters, near Greater Hyderabad, Telangana State, India.

ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit – www.icrisat.org

Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Routine operation of NIRS and XRF-based handheld devices and benchtop machines for sample scanning and sample preparation

·         Executes crop phenotyping tasks precisely at HTP phenotyping platforms including field/greenhouse operations, postharvest activities as directed by the supervisor

·         Assist scientific staff in experiment management, efficient and respectful working with field labors and data collection

·         Communicates effectively with immediate supervisors and subordinates to ensure the highest quality of the executed tasks and generated data

·         Acknowledges the team diversity and works effectively with multi-cultural environment

·         Completes assigned tasks as per SOPs under set schedules

·         Replicates tasks with consistency appropriate to context

Requirements:

·         At least 3 years of relevant experience in precise phenotyping activity and crop management with educational qualification of intermediate level or higher secondary

·         Ability to work in digital device for data collection

·         Fluency in local language, and good communication skill in English

·         Labor management skill is preferred

·         Should be a good team player and adaptable to working in multicultural team

General:

This is a contractual role for a period of 12 months (1 year).

How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 26 May 2023, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer