Breeding Assistant

Overview

For over 25 years, National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions) has specialized in connecting experienced workers (ages 55+) with full‑time and part‑time job opportunities that support the critical missions of Federal Agencies across the United States.

NEW Solutions connects experienced workers (ages 55+) with the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS). These experienced professionals provide administrative, scientific, and technical support to the Agricultural Research Service through the Experienced Worker Program (EWP). Positions listed here do not guarantee employment for any definite period. Enrollment in the Experienced Worker Programs administered by NEW Solutions is temporary. The enrollment relationship between NEW Solutions and the Enrollee is an “at‑will” relationship.

This means that an Enrollee is free to terminate enrollment at any time during the enrollment period, and NEW Solutions and the Agency have the right to terminate the relationship with the Enrollee.

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An “Enrollee” is not a federal employee, nor an employee of NEW Solutions. An “Enrollee” is a participant in a grant program established through a Cooperative Agreement funded by the agency and administered by NEW Solutions. The enrollee shall not sign federal documents, authorize the use of federal funds, nor initiate or conduct federally funded research projects. The enrollee shall not author articles for publication as a federal employee, nor coordinate scientific research between the Government and private industry.

The enrollee shall not present themselves as a Government employee or Government representative at meetings, both foreign and domestic, or when coordinating federal agencies’ areas of research. The enrollee shall not make decisions on federally based research on behalf of Government policy makers, and the enrollee shall not supervise any Government employees.

This opportunity only applies to job applicants legally eligible to work in the United States.
* This position will be open until filed.

• Train technical employees to make crosses, the most important part of the Canal Point sugarcane breeding program.
• Assist in a major function of the sugarcane breeding program, such as air layering, crossing, organization, true seed processing and germination, prepare reports of crossing, and assist in eye piece planting in crossing seasons.
• Air layering, organization of the routine crossing procedures, and crossing.
• Assist in planting the eye pieces of parents for crossing & plant the cane line.
• Analyze & prepare crossing summary.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in sugarcane crossing and breeding.
• OR BA/BS Degree in Biology, with specialty experience in sugarcane crossing and processing true seeds.
• Experience in sugarcane crossing procedure, fuzz processing, germination, preparing data, tabulation, and summary.
• Experience required with Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Power.

• Trip and fall hazard.
• Required Safety Gear: PPE associated with specific tasks.
• Physical requirements:
  
  Will be able to work on both outside (caneline) and inside. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

NEW Solutions is committed to promoting equal opportunity and to an environment free from discrimination and harassment in any form, administering Experienced Worker Programs under cooperative agreements with federal agencies. It is NEW Solutions’ policy to comply with all applicable laws that provide equal opportunity and to prohibit unlawful discrimination in enrolling participants in the federal programs.