Senior Laboratory Officers at an Indigenous Non-profit and Non-governmental Organization

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 young, highly skilled and hardworking persons to work with our highly experienced team at our Head office and state offices in the Capacity below:

Job Title: Senior Laboratory Officer

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• The Senior Laboratory Services Officer will provide technical expertise and coordinate services needed to implement high quality clinical laboratory services.
• He/she will provide support for the design, planning and implementation of laboratory services across diagnostic and molecular laboratories in accordance with national and international standards while ensuring compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
• Monitor laboratory total quality management and provide technical support for the implementation of Blood Safety, Injection Safety, Bio-safety and Infection Control across supported sites and facilities.
• Develop guidelines, tools, SOPs and recommendations related to implementation, and monitoring of laboratory service in high technology laboratories.
• Provide technical support and supervision to the team including capacity building and mentoring.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills & Ability

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in Medical Laboratory Sciences.
• Master’s Degree preferable.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to demonstrate thorough knowledge of the current principles and techniques surrounding the management of laboratory services.
• Familiarity with standards and federal/state regulations affecting the laboratory and laboratory practices within a hospital environment.
• Excellent supervisory and team management skill.
• Experience in a clinical laboratory setting with particular focus on molecular diagnosis, viral load determination, drug resistance testing, genotyping and nucleic acid sequencing is a must.
• Working knowledge of public sector health system, donor agencies, NGOs and CBOs is required.
• Knowledge of regulatory agency standards.
• Registration with the Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria.

Application Closing Date
1st December, 2015.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's and personal statement (not more than 250 words) on why they should be considered in Microsoft word or PDF format to: [email protected]