Medical Laboratory Services Manager at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Medical Laboratory Services Manager

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job type: Contract
Duration: 3 - year renewable

Duties

• Quality and timely laboratory service delivery
  • Outline and direct the performance of all laboratory procedures necessary for diagnosis and management of patients.
  • Perform specialized tests within the medical unit’s laboratory.
  • Manage day to day laboratory activities.
  • Check and endorse results of laboratory analysis before dispatch
  • Ensure Total Quality Assurance of all tests/investigations and procedures.
  • Accurate, appropriate and timely result on the right patient, generating useful laboratory information to enhancing correct diagnosis.
• Timely and comprehensive preventive maintenance of laboratory equipment and instruments
  • Maintenance of all scientific instruments in the laboratory
  • Performing required daily, weekly, monthly and yearly maintenance schedule of equipment/instruments as applicable
  • Adopting appropriate handling of equipment as stipulated by manufacturers, drawing up and adopting of standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  • Ensuring appropriate operating environment of humidity, temperature and power requirements (electricity, dust-free environment etc. for all equipment
  • Summary Objective: Ensure equipment in optimal performance state, to have none or minimal down time due to faulty equipment and enhance quality and longevity of equipment.
• Optimized management of laboratory resources- fixed and expendables
  • Tailored purchase of items/reagents and other materials to need
  • Purchase of laboratory consumables with long dated expiry and shelf life
  • Maintenance of cold chain and proper reagent handling to avoid deterioration
  • Summary Objective: Elimination of waste in the use of expendable resources.
• Laboratory Resource Forecast and Inventory Using generated statistics
  • Accurate inventory of all expendable materials in relation to need at every season
  • Working out efficient modalities of getting regular supplies from major suppliers
  • Liaising with Supply Chain to smoothen processes between requisition and supply of Laboratory materials
  • Summary Objective: Continual Availability of laboratory services at all seasons throughout the year.
• Execution of Expanded Biennial Comprehensive Medical Examination for different staff member groups (General Staff, Senior Staff, Managers and IRS)
  • Pre-analytical preparation of staff members on conditions for specific samples and tests
  • Collection of adequate and appropriate samples for given tests
  • Analysis for samples for given test applying total quality assurance
  • Presentation of results in standard forms with appropriate reference intervals (Electronic / hard copies)
  • Electronic archival of results of biennial medical laboratory examinations for future reference or decision making
  • Pre-employment medical screening for potential staff member.
• Capacity building
  • Continuous supervision and training of different categories of Laboratory Staff Members-Laboratory Technician, Youth Corpers, I.T. students and other laboratory ad-hoc staff
  • Supervise sample collection and preparation for analysis
  • Supervise proper recording and documentation of investigation results.
• Working together with the Information Technology (IT) Unit, in the development of the Laboratory Information Systems (LIS)
  • Development and organization of electronic laboratory forms (test description, tests categories / classifications, tests units, reference intervals)
  • Deployment / supervision of computer-based electronic records for statistics and dispatch of laboratory results
• Selection and continuous review of appropriate test methods/platforms/systems for different investigations
  • Decisions on choice of suitable and cost-effective tests equipment
  • Guide (Supply Chain) in the procurement of appropriate scientific instruments and consumables.
• Coordination of IITA Clinic’s partnership with external laboratories
  • Liaise with external medical laboratory facilities for conduct laboratory investigations and receipts of results deemed necessary to be conducted at such external facilities
  • Collaborate with the Medical Unit Administrative Manager for the processing of bills from external medical laboratory facilities.
• Advise Physicians on the various aspects of laboratory medicine.
  • Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements
Qualification:

• Master’s Degree in Chemical Pathology / B.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Science from a reputable higher institution/Associate Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (AMLSCN).
• The ideal candidate must have a Practical working experience in an NGO with up to 8 years’ experience in Chemical Pathology, Hematology, Microbiology, Blood Grouping and Transfusion Science and Histopathology.
• Professional certification in Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) Licensure is required.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

• Have Laboratory Analytical Skills.
• Have ability to manage resources-materials, human and otherwise
• Have ability to communicate effectively.
• Have ability to build capacity to teach.
• Have experience in Medical Laboratory Management.
• Have good inter-personal relationship skills.
• Be honest.

Application Closing Date
9th May, 2025.

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