Technical Officer, Crop Quantitative Genetics

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City:  Saskatoon
Organizational Unit:  Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
Classification:  TO-3
Tenure:  Term
Duration:  3 years
Language Requirements:  English
Work arrangements   Due to the nature of the work and operational requirements, this position will require full-time physical presence at the NRC work location identified.
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The role  We are looking for a Technical Officer to support our Crop Quality Genomics and Genetics team within the Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Research Centre (ACRD). The successful candidate would be someone who shares our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Respect and Creativity.
As part of a multidisciplinary team focused on genetic improvement of crop quality traits, the successful candidate will support collection, analysis and interpretation of genetic, genomic, and phenotypic data to identify genomic regions and genes associated with crop quality traits. Responsibilities include contributions to experiment design, planning and implementation, data analysis and interpretation to advance trait discovery and support crop improvement objectives.

This position will also contribute to data management, reproducible analysis workflows, and the communication of results to help prepare the project reports and peer-reviewed publications.
Screening criteria  Education  

B.Sc. in Plant Science, Crop Breeding, Biology, or related discipline from a recognized university with degree coursework in genetics, plant physiology and molecular biology.
For information on certificates and diplomas issued abroad, please see Degree equivalency
Experience   Significant experience in crop plant population development, analyzing large populations or diversity panels, including genetic map construction, QTL mapping and GWAS, maker development and validation.
Significant experience using R or Python to analyze biological, genetic and genomic datasets.
Significant experience with functional genomics, fine mapping, candidate gene identification and validation.

Experience with genomic selection, genomic prediction models, or prediction of complex quantitative traits.
Experience in the full spectrum of research activities including experimental design and execution, ability to work independently, preparing technical reports, figures, presentations, protocols
Asset experience   Experience in applying machine learning methods to biological, genomic, phenotypic datasets,…