[What the role is]
School of Applied Science - Senior Research Fellow (Aquaculture Nutrition)[What you will be working on]
• Conduct research and provide technical expertise in fish nutrition.
• Analyse research findings and disseminate data.
• Achieving project KPIs, guiding researchers through training, and publishing research articles in alignment with the grant objectives.
• Coordinate with external collaborators on project development.
• Document, collate, analyse and interpret data.
• Carry out procurement, including liaising with vendors, sourcing for materials, equipment and testing, and raising purchase requests.
• Document and track project issues, expenses and budget tracking.
• Mentor students involved in final year projects, internships, short-term work attachments, and similar programmes.
• Plan experiments and prepare progress reports for regular project updates.
• Perform any other related duties assigned by the project leader and co-project leaders.
[What we are looking for]
• Relevant qualification in aquaculture or fish nutrition or fish biology or fish genetics.
• Relevant experience as demonstrated by scientific publications in the areas of expertise.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong working relationships with people at all levels.
• Possess sound planning, organizing, good multi-tasking skills, with a strong sense of responsibility for completing assigned duties on time.
• Proficient in IT skills.
• Good documentation skills, laboratory techniques, and research and data analysis skills.
• Successful candidate will be employed on a contract basis and will be based either fully or on a rotational basis at one of the local partner institutions.