Field Technician
Resilient Farm & Food Systems - ICRISAT Development Centre
Designation
Assistant
Experience
1 - 3 yrs
Location
Odisha
Duration
15 month(s)
JOB CODE RA22_0347

Job Description

2 Vacancies

Assistant Field Technician ICRISAT Development Centre

ICRISAT seeks application from Indian Nationals, for the position of ‘Assistant Field Technician – ICRISAT Development Centre’’ to support activities of Global Research Program Resilient Farm and Food Systems (GRP-RF&FS) on Natural Resource Management. There is a requirement for 2 positions.  The incumbents will be based at Eastern India and will report to PI, OPELIP-ICRISAT Initiative.

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

 

Responsibilities:

·       Support multi-disciplinary project team in executing a range of NRM interventions

·       Experimental field data collection on soil, water, nutrient, agronomy and socio-economic parameters

·       Undertake crop cutting experiments and sample processing

·       Soil moisture data collection using gravimetric measurement method

·       Candidate should be willing to stay at project location (villages in Tribal dominated areas)

·       Any other activities as per project need and advice from supervisor

Requirements:

 

·       ITI/Diploma in agriculture or related disciplines

·       Candidates should have minimum one year experience working with tribals/challenging locations

·       Candidate should be willing to work with a multidisciplinary team

·       Fluency in oral and writing skill in Hindi/Odia is preferred

·       Willing to travel to out location project sites for undertaking field experiments

 

 

General:

 

This is a contractual position for a period of 12 months.

 

How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 05 January 2022, 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

 

Key Skills

Agroforestry

Additional/Preferred Skills

NRM

Preferred Qualifications

Diploma/Undergrad

Preferred Industry Experience

Agriculture

Why ICRISAT?

ICRISAT offers a rewarding career opportunity in dryland agricultural research to have a lasting impact on millions of lives and communities. The state of the art research infrastructure with high performance culture, ICRISAT provides global exposure and learning. For more details, visit www.icrisat.org