Development Trial Specialist (Western Cape)

BASF's job vacancy, Career and Recruitment Job title : Development Trial Specialist (Western Cape) jobs in Gauteng Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg Deadline : June 30, 2024 Quick Recommended Links

RESPONSIBILITIES

• The successful incumbent will be responsible for the management of allocated development projects in such a manner as to achieve the necessary statistical data to effect ethical product registrations in the shortest possible time.

Duties will include the following:

• Construction of trial protocols in accordance with Good Agricultural Practice and BASF guidelines in ARM
• Allocating and Contracting external researchers/institutions to conduct the required trials in accordance with the relevant protocols and in the required bioclimatic regions
• Ensure that trials are conducted in accordance with protocol requirements and good experimental practice
• Review trial data submitted by contracted researchers to ensure the quality and integrity thereof
• Verification and approval of invoices from contracted researchers prior to submission for payment and submission of ARM trial data into the BASF SPEAD database
• Querying of the SPEAD database to extract statistical analyses of trials and projects for report compilations
• Construction of trial result & project progress presentations for technical meetings with colleagues
• Compilation of Project Executive Summaries for insertion into Registration Dossier
• Compile presentations for training purposes on completed projects
• Advise and mentor colleagues on technical aspects
• Manage the allocated Project and Trial programs according to Key Tasks
• Maintenance of a trial management database

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum BSc. in Agriculture or 10 years of relevant agricultural research experience
• Minimum 5 years experience in crops grown in the Cape region
• 3 years of commercial agricultural experience, working with farmers
• A working knowledge of ARM and SPEAD databases would be an advantage
• A high level of competence in MS Office

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*Development Trial Specialist (Western Cape) in Johannesburg