Apologies for cross postings BIOMETRICIAN The New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research Limited is a Crown Research Institute providing research, advice and service to clients in the arable, vegetable, floriculture, seafood, processed food and nutrition industries in New Zealand and internationally. It provides leading-edge solutions through the focused application of science and the production of high value, high quality and commercially successful products. We are seeking a biometrician/statistician to join our Biometrics team for a fixed one-year term whilst a staff member is on parental leave. You will be based at either Lincoln (near Christchurch) or Palmerston North and will be part of a group of five staff providing specialist statistical advice and services to research staff. You will work on projects involving human nutrition and health (including some clinical trials), sensory evaluation analysis, pest and disease control research, post-harvest storage and food quality, crop physiology and agronomy, molecular biology, and the development of crop simulation models and decision support aids. You will have a post graduate qualification in statistics and relevant work experience, an approachable personality, the ability to communicate statistical ideas effectively to staff, and familiarity with statistical software (preferably Genstat or S-Plus). For a job description and application form see our web site www.crop.cri.nz/employment or contact Robert Nicholson ([log in to unmask]), Crop & Food Research, Palmerston North, phone 06 356 8300, fax 06 351 7050. For enquiries about the job contact Ruth Butler, ([log in to unmask]) at out Lincoln office, or Maaike Bendall, ([log in to unmask]), at our Palmerston North office, phone (06) 356-8300. Send your application quoting vacancy number 04/08 to Human Resources, Crop & Food Research, Private Bag 11 600, Palmerston North by Wednesday, 3 March 2004 ____________________________________ Ruth Butler Biometrician Crop & Food Research Private Bag 4704 email: [log in to unmask] Christchurch phone: +64 3 325 6400 (extn 3501) NEW ZEALAND fax: +64 3 325 2074 --------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ CAUTION: The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential. If you read this message and you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of all or part of the contents is prohibited. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. Any opinions or views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not represent those of their employer.