MSH Nigeria: State Laboratory Systems Specialist

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) Nigeria is recruiting.
The LMS Prevention Organizational Systems AIDS Care and Treatment Project (ProACT) is a USAID-funded project managed by Management Sciences for Health (MSH). The goal of the project is to huild the capacity of Nigeria's public/private institutions and communities to strengthen sustainable systems for HIV/ AIDS and TB service delivery.
The project seeks to recruit highly creative and innovative individuals with cutting edge technical skills and integrity to fill the following vacant positions:

Job Title: State Laboratory Systems Specialist (1 Position)

Job Location: Adamawa State, Nigeria

The Role
The objective of the Laboratory Specialist position is to provide technical leadership and management of the project State laboratory program in a manner that strengthens state government ownership and leadership of continuous lab improvements and leads to sustainable HIV/AIDS prevention and control efforts.

Qualification:
The suitable candidate shall posses a post graduate degree in Medical Laboratory Science and at least 5 years technical working experience in an automated HIV/AIDS laboratory and demonstrable capacity to operate a CD4, hematology and chemistry automated equipment. She/he will have program management experience particularly with relevance to managing laboratory systems at a senior level. Experience managing, supervising and coaching laboratory staff is mandatory. PEP FAR experience is desirable. Experience in operations research and health system strengthening shall be an added advantage.

Application Deadline
11th August, 2010

Method of Application
Interested persons may send comprehensive resume with a brief cover letter as ONE MS Word document to imsnigeria@msh.org not later August 11, 2010.
If you wish to be considered for a post, please specify the position in the subject line.

Note that if the underline instructions are not followed application will not be considered