Capacity Building Lead at an Indigenous Non-profit and Non-governmental Organization

We are an indigenous non-profit and non-governmental organization with Head Office in Abuja and field offices in several locations in Nigeria. We are in the business of saving lives, making life more meaningful and productive for all Nigerians and especially for people living with, and affected by HIV.

We need dynamic, highly skilled and passionate persons to work with our highly experienced team at our Head and state offices in the capacity below:

Job Title: Capacity Building Lead

Code: C.B.L 0006
Location: Nigeria

Position Summary

• S/he will provide oversight in the areas of training across lab services, systems strengthening, biosafety, bio-surveillance, biosecurity, sample management and overall continuous quality improvement.
• In partnership with the technical team and other collaborators, S/he will guide the development of a Laboratory fellowship program for capacity building for a critical mass human resources and will conduct post-training monitoring and impact of training.
• The post holder will lead the identification and of training needs and the development of laboratory capacity building plans.

Major Responsibilities

• Lead the development and management of laboratory training teams covering biosafety/biosecurity, safe sample handling/transport, basic surveillance laboratory sampling and diagnostics, viral identification and isolation, and characterization of viral isolates/new pathogens.
• Participate with other consortium partners in the development and refinement of training curriculum in cutting-edge laboratory systems and services
• Responsible for the creation of training calendars and coordination to ensure execution of training needs assessments, training, and post-training follow-on support within agreed timelines.
• Lead the establishment of a training-of-trainers curriculum and establishment of Laboratory Fellowship Program.
• Guide the development of laboratory performance measures and milestones 

Qualifications
Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in MLS or Biomedical Science is required. 
• Master’s or PhD is preferred.

Experience, Skills and Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 10 years of relevant work experience is required.
• Background in the execution of formal and informal laboratory training/strengthening;
• Experience in capacity building and mentoring
• Ability to use sound judgment in solving problems
• Ability to coordinate many complex systems and programs at the same time; excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Application Closing Date
8th February, 2022.