Posted:Aug 7
By:Hiring Kenya
Company Details
Industry:
Non-Profit Organization Management
Description:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is a pan-African Centre of excellence in research for development and capacity building in insect science and its applications. Its mission is to help alleviate poverty, ensure food and nutritional security and improve the overall health status of peoples of the tropics. It does so by developing and extending management tools and strategies for harmful and useful arthropods, while preserving the natural resource base. Since its establishment in 1970, icipe has become a significant contributor to science and innovation required to meet the health and food security challenges of sub-Saharan Africa. The Centre has achieved this status by developing alternative and environmentally friendly pest and vector management technologies and products that are effective, selective, non-polluting, non-resistance inducing, and are affordable to resource-limited rural and urban communities. icipe is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya and has operations in more than 40 African countries as well as thriving partnerships with universities and research organizations across the world. Employing over 500 international and national staff, icipe also has approximately 150 graduate students who contribute to its research portfolio annually
Job Description
Overall Purpose of the Job
- To work on projects on the use of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) to control fall army worm, the main job purpose is to culture and rear local EPN isolates at icipe, conduct bioprospecting, and identify any EPN found, and finally, the position will assist in field trials.
Specific Duties
- Conduct routine sampling and isolation of EPN.
- Rearing and storage of EPN isolates including testing methods for rearing of large numbers of EPN.
- Identification of EPN isolates using morphological and molecular techniques.
- Data collection from laboratory and field experiments (mainly EPN and fall army worm).
- Develop a repository for EPN isolates at icipe.
Requirements/Qualifications
- Diploma in a relevant field.
- At least 1 year of experience with different nematology techniques with a focus on EPN -Technical expertise in designing and conducting experiments.
- Skills in sampling and culturing Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs).
- Knowledge of nematodes.
- Ability to quantify and identify EPNs.
- Ability to use MS Office computer packages.
Reporting
- This position reports to the Integrated Expert
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
