Plant Health Research Technician Jobs

Excellent time management and organization skills

Graduate degree in health, social, or behavioural sciences or equivalent education and experience

Minimum 5-years of research experience

Strong communication skills in English, both oral and written

Experience working in a healthcare setting

Global health and population health background

Effective project management, research and analytical skills

Skill and experience in assisting/conducting qualitative data collection, specifically interviewing skills and focus group facilitation for data collection.

Skill and ability to approach and manage workload in a fast-paced environment.

Effective interpersonal, teamwork and relationship building skills suitable to engaging successfully with a complex external co-investigator and knowledge user team.

Manages documents and processes on SharePoint to ensure systems are set up to orderly archive and access relevant materials.

Ability to manage and track research budgets.

Work with the Research Manager and Plant Scientists to ensure plant material is available for studies

Experience in fundamental and applied research on crop plants and greenhouse/outdoor plant production

Experience and training in basic lab techniques and experimental design, data analysis and procedures.

Experience in plant nutrition, plant physiology, plant propagation, molecular biology, metabolomics, and/or plant biochemistry desired

Conduct experiments to document mode of action and efficacy

Identify and collect pertinent data on plant growth and stress parameters