Company Profile

The International Potato Center (CIP) seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweetpotato and other root and tuber crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas. 

CIP is a Future Harvest Center supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). CIP headquarters are in Lima, Peru and its regional headquarters in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are in Nairobi, Kenya. 

CIP scientists are also based in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. 

In Ghana, CIP offices are located at CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kumasi, and at CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institutute, Tamale. Our efforts in the region are focused on research for the improvement of the resilient, nutritious sweetpotato for health.

Job Description

Research Information Systems and Data Management Support

In order to improve IT and data management support to sweetpotato researchers in Ghana, the Research Information Specialist will work with users and developers of research tools in Ghana, in consultation with CIP’s regional and global IT and Data Management Specialists.

The tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Support our in-house breeding information systems - CloneSelector (Excel, VBA, R) and AccuDataLog (VB.Net)
• Provide support to users on a smartphone based monitoring system
• Provide first level ICT user support to all users in the CIP-Ghana office
• Assist with management of agrometeorological equipment, ensuring adequate deployment, maintenance and collection of data.
• Assist in data management tasks and ensure that all science data is properly documented and backed up

Duty Station: CIP office at CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kumasi

Conditions:

• This is a local position.
• The employment initially be on a consultancy basis for a 6-month term, with the possibility of continuation under a longer-term contract.

Required Skills or Experience