Laboratory Services Officer at Pathfinder International

Pathfinder International is a global leader in sexual and reproductive health. We place reproductive health care at the center of all that we do believing that it is not only a fundamental human right, but is critical for expanding life opportunities for women, families, communities, and nations, and paving the way for transformations in environmental stewardship, decreases in population pressures, and innovations in poverty reduction. Pathfinder provides women, men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services from contraception and maternal care to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment.

Evidence to Action for Strengthened Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services for Women and Girls (E2A) is USAID's global flagship project for strengthening quality FP/RH service delivery and is led by Pathfinder International. The project is designed to reduce unmet need for family planning by scaling-up proven best practices (BPs) to ensure that women and girls receive and use quality services through all stages of the reproductive life cycle. E2A promotes healthy FP/RH behaviors, gender-equality, and the application of compelling evidence for FP use. The project is in partnership with the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), IntraHealth International, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), ExpandNet, and PATH.

Pathfinder is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Laboratory Services Officer

Location: Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Job Ref: 15-45-E2A

Program Overview

• This 3 year, USAID supported project aims to contribute to the reduction in Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV/AIDS by providing a standardized package of PMTCT and tuberculosis (TB)/HIV services integrated with quality reproductive MCH services in private healthcare facilities, as recommended by the National guidelines as well as the associated guidelines for RMNCH, and by addressing the underlying gender, youth, and HIV stigmas that impede access, provision, and sustained utilization of these services in Akwa Ibom, Rivers, C/River and Lagos states of Nigeria.

Summary of the Job

• Provide technical assistance to collaborating private health facilities in laboratory aspects of service delivery to ensure smooth and effective attainment of project goals. Helps to coordinate sample logging in private health facilities and ensures timely retrieval of logged samples in private or public sector lab hubs. Mentoring of laboratory officers in health facilities to ensure quality assurance in all laboratory procedures. There are 2 positions, one in Akwa Ibom and one in Lagos.

Key Responsibilities

• Incumbent provides support in ensuring delivery of high quality laboratory services required for PMTCT services at supported facilities.
• Assist with planning and coordinating laboratory activities at sites in designated states.
• Provide technical expertise and coordinate services needed to implement high quality clinical laboratory services.
• Train site laboratory staff on use of Standard Operating Procedures, job aids, log books, referral forms, etc.
• Ensure and monitor efficient documentation of laboratory results at designated sites.
• Prepare periodic progress reports on laboratory services at designated sites.
• Maintain inventory of Lab store.
• Monitor and report on quality management/quality assurance activities.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Medical Laboratory Science.
• At least 3 years post NYSC experience in Laboratory activities.
• Knowledge and experience in design, implementation and management of laboratory services in HIV/AIDS program an asset.
• Experience in Laboratory Information Systems and Microsoft Word, Excel and Access preferred.
• Experience working in private healthcare sector is a plus.
• Prior experience with USAID funded Project is an added advantage.
• Ability to speak one or two major local languages of the project area.

Application Closing Date
13th October, 2014

How to Apply
Interested candidates should:
Click here to apply online