11th March  2008

GCP is recruiting a Leader for Subprogramme 4. Your assistance in circulating the vacancy announcement through your network and/or contacts would be very highly appreciated, for which we thank you in advance. 

Vacancy: Subprogramme 4 Leader  

The Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is seeking a highly innovative and self-motivated candidate as a full-time Subprogramme Leader for Subprogramme 4: Bioinformatics and Crop Information Systems.  

This Subprogramme facilitates storage, retrieval and analysis of GCP research data. Responsibilities include supporting GCP scientists in assuring the quality of their data, making their data accessible to other scientists and analysing the data in the best possible way by developing biometric and bioinformatic methodologies, databases and software tools. The Subprogramme 4 Leader also takes the initiative to conduct further analysis that can complement or add value to existing datasets.  

Please find attached more details on the job, also available on our website at: http://www.generationcp.org/latestnews.php?i=984 


GCP is hosted by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). GCP/CIMMYT is an equal-opportunity employer and strives for staff diversity in gender and nationality.

GCP warmly invites your feedback and comments at GenerationCP-News@cgiar.org

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