Laboratory Service Support Coordinator - East and Southern Africa CIMMYT at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Overview

The Lab Service Coordinator ESA and CWANA, will coordinate all Breeding Resources Services ( BRS) lab service activities in the region, provide trainings, logistics support, and technical recommendations to service users.

Duties and responsibilities

• Support CGIAR/NARES breeding programs in North, East, and Southern Africa and Central Asia to adopt BRS lab services (genotyping/ elemental analysis).
• Support BRS Leadership team to increase/improve service offers in the region by:
  • Represent BRS in the region;
  • Support the implementation of data-driven KPIs related to lab services adoption
  • Support lab services team in other regions
  • Lead the implementation/integration of Global Shared Services (GSS) network in the region and support other regions
  • Contribute with knowledge for lab services processes, supporting the development/improvement of Quality Management System.
  • Supports BRS service request portal improvement.
• Coordinate lab services activities (genotyping/elemental analysis), in East and Southern Africa (ESA) and Central and West Asia and North Africa (CAWANA), including providing support to end users, managing logistics, etc. for delivering high-quality and timely services. Ensuring the best use of allocated fund, including demand forecasting (by center/ by crop); new user engagement; implementation of new services; lab services capacity development activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor in agronomy, genetics, food science, chemistry or related field with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience coordinating appropriate, efficient and effective analytical / genotyping services.

Education, knowledge and experience

• Bachelor in agronomy, genetics, food science, chemistry or related field with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience coordinating appropriate, efficient and effective analytical / genotyping services.