Field Worker III – Nursery Propagation

About the role

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is seeking a Field Worker III to support nursery propagation activities at its headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria. The role involves hands‑on work with plantlets, data recording and maintaining a safe, clean working environment.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare propagation substrates, potting, corm splitting, extraction and watering of nursery plantlets.
• Record basic data for experiments, label materials and ensure traceability.
• Follow laboratory and screenhouse standard operating and safety procedures.
• Maintain cleanliness of nursery facilities, tools and work areas, and assist in moving planting materials.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Required profile

• O’ Level qualification.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in a similar nursery or vegetative crop production role.
• Strong knowledge of banana and other vegetatively propagated crops.
• Basic understanding of tissue‑culture laboratory and screenhouse operations.

Required skills

• Nursery propagation techniques
• Substrate preparation and potting
• Watering and plant handling
• Banana and vegetative crop production
• Tissue‑culture laboratory operations
• Screenhouse operations
• Accurate data recording and material labeling
• Traceability of plant materials

What we offer

• Highly competitive salary
• Attractive benefits package
• Excellent working conditions on a pleasant campus