[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.
