Your world is about to change. Radically. Can you change with it? 

Every day is different. Every hour things can change. Can you handle twenty different tasks while you solve three different problems for five different clients?

Are you capable of anything and everything? In this extremely varied role anything and everything can and does happen, all the time. Science, politics and regulatory frameworks will be your constant companions. This is why special won't be enough; you must be one in a million - a walking, talking, problem-solving phenomenon.

Yes, you are that phenomenon? Read on!

The basics

- you'll need to organize, carry out, be both absolutely proactive and also rapidly reactive about:

• Keeping up with the cutting edge of plant pathology.
• Conducting research on pathogen detection in seeds, establishing laboratory methods for diagnosis and detection.
• Coordinating with international groups to unify methodological protocols of said diagnosis and detection methods.
• Leading research grant writing and co-author research papers
• Building relationships with stakeholders in commercial, academic and public bodies for the purposes of knowledge transfer and navigation of regulatory frameworks, nationally and internationally .
• Travelling to attend conferences and meetings in Spain and beyond.

What about you?

Your diary will change by the hour- so on a scale of 1 to 10, your adaptability and flexibility need to be 12.

Your communication must be crystal clear, in Spanish and English. Speak French too? Great! - Because you'll need to employ this clarity of communication in a variety of contexts: educative, scientific, social and political. You'll know how to be persuasive as well as supportive, inspiring as well as incisive.

This is a lead role but teamwork is vital so you must be a champion-level team player as well as a leader that inspires, organizes and prioritizes, who can also collaborate and delegate all the while under an intense workload.

Knowledge of next-generation sequence (NGS) technologies, biostatistics and microbiology is extremely desirable for this role as is the ability to travel nationally and internationally.

You must have demonstrated experience to PhD level in the fields of plant pathology/ seed phytopathology and classic microbiology.

You must be acquainted with pathogen detection method development and validation, and an interest in technology transfer, agriculture innovation, plant breeding and food security would be beneficial.

I fit perfectly! What's in it for me?

• Lead role in the international R&D plant breeding community with high visibility in the plant protection sector around the world.
• Exciting research environment at the Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria in Madrid.
• Up to 40% remote work.
• Competitive salary dependent on experience and abilities.
• Great professional training and personal development support where necessary.
• Supportive, helpful and experienced team.

Core values

ANOVE is a private, non-profit association established in 2006, made up of 60 private companies and public centres dedicated to the generation of added value in the food sector through the research, breeding and development of new plant varieties, whose mission is to represent the plant breeding sector while defending the interests of consumers, farmers, and rural regions. ANOVE genuinely believes in the crucial role of research and innovation in its sector.

ANOVE believes that innovation, responsibility, transparency, leadership and compromise can contribute to our society through plant and seed innovation allowing agri-food sustainability and rural development.

Interested? Brilliant! Just get in touch!

Just attach your CV with a covering letter (click twice if uploading two files).

To discuss the role in more depth you can contact Manolo Castellano, our recruiting manager (at +34 623 192 540 or mcastellano@talentocientifico.com).