ICARDA is seeking a wheat breeder to be based at its headquarters in Aleppo, Syria.

The main responsibilities include:

• Breeding bread wheat for rainfed and irrigated environments in the dry areas of CWANA
• Wheat breeding in partnership with national programs and advanced research institutes
• Application of molecular marker-assisted selection
• Undertaking original research and publication of results
• Cooperation with scientists in other disciplines such as pathology, biotechnology, end use quality, agronomy and socio-economics in wheat improvement
• Participation in setting the institute's priorities in wheat research
• Providing training in wheat breeding to staff from national wheat programs, including provision of training materials
• Development of research proposals for potential donors and of technical research reports
• Representing ICARDA on wheat breeding in regional and international fora

For full information see http://www.icarda.cgiar.org/Jobs.htm