ARC Vision
"Excellence in Agricultural Research and Development"
The ARC's vision reflects its core business and celebrates its unique role, acknowledging its position as the principal agricultural research institution in South Africa.
The vision highlights the need to harness ARC capabilities to ensure that it becomes an organization known for i...
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Project management coordination: Initiates manage and participates in national and international research projects on plant bacteriology.
Accountable for project budgets:Exercise quality control over project progress and outputs.
Service delivery and facilities: Identifies the need for human resources, equipment and consumables and manages them accordingly.
Research – actively sources new research opportunities: Providing research direction in the division including cross-cutting team proposal writing, adoption of new technologies, establishing collaborative partnerships, leveraging scientific, networks, actively sourcing alternative income stream generation activities.
Plans and co-ordinates plant bacteriology research: With single or multi-disciplinary teams, conducts and participates in research projects, manages data collection and analysis, interpretations and recommendations for implementation.
Compiles detailed reports:Publishes popular, semi-scientific and peer reviewed reports articles with high impact and actively seek networking opportunities.
Technology transfer:Disseminates research results, initiates, builds and maintain relationships with national and international stakeholders and strategic partners to secure funds.
Scientific status requirements:Member of scientific society, perform research with impact in order to establish status as a plant bacteriology expert.
Human Resources: Manage and supervise research teams and technicians, co-supervise students, take responsibility for own performance career and development.
Requirements
PhD in Plant Bacteriology or Plant Pathology.
Five years’ post-PhD experience in plant bacteriology, diagnostics and applied plant pathology.
Experience in project management and multi-disciplinary collaborations covering a wide variety of crops.
Track-record of successful funding applications.
Experience in staff management and student supervision.
Proven record of publications in high impact journals.
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