FHI 360 Associate Director – Laboratory Services Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs

FHI 360 Associate Director – Laboratory Services Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. FHI 360 Nigeria looking for “Associate Director – Laboratory Services”. Applicants with a Masters degree may apply on or before 19 October 2022.

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Civil Society, Gender, Youth, Research and Technology; creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today’s interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states and all U.S. territories.

FHI 360 Associate Director – Laboratory Services Jobs 2022

The FHI 360 has published a job vacancy announcement on 07 October 2022 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Associate Director – Laboratory Services to be based in Uyo, Nigeria.

Recruiter	Family Health International (FHI 360)
Position	Associate Director – Laboratory Services
Location	Uyo, Nigeria
Country	Nigeria
Total Vacant Post	N/A
Qualification	Masters degree
Experience Required	A minimum of 5 years
Application Deadline	19 October 2022

FHI 360 Job Vacancy 2022

Basic Function: The Associate Director of Laboratory Services will provide leadership in implementing high quality laboratory services for FHI, including building laboratory capacity at health facility sites to combat HIV, TB, malaria and other infectious diseases.

Duties and responsibilities:

• The Associate Director of Laboratory Services will provide leadership in implementing high quality laboratory services for FHI, including building laboratory capacity at health facility sites to combat HIV, TB, malaria and other infectious diseases.
• Provide technical leadership and technical support related to the laboratory services and management component of HIV/AIDS care and treatment for the Nigeria bilateral project.
• Coordinate the design, planning and implementation of the laboratory component of HIV/AIDS care and treatment, including ART, in collaboration with state and community level project clinical staff, laboratory specialists and state and local agencies in Nigeria.
• Provide technical assistance in capacity building for laboratory services at health facilities and other settings as appropriate.
• Carry out quality control functions/ activities, in collaboration with the zonal team, of the labs, including quality control inspections schedules and the collection of quality control records; ensure the availability of high quality documentation.
• Develop quality control and quality assurance systems in collaboration with existing personnel and systems and ensures related documentation, training and monitoring.
• Review and monitor QA and QC activities of the Laboratory in order to determine conformance with established policies, national regulations, and accreditation requirements.
• Develop guidelines, tools and recommendations related to the implementation, monitoring and quality assurance of laboratory services for TB care and treatment, malaria care and treatment and opportunistic infections (OI) in collaboration with technical staff within FHI and at national, state and local agencies in Nigeria.
• Develop lessons learned from activities related to laboratory services and management for HIV/AIDS care and treatment and apply these lessons to improve both existing programs and the design of new programs.
• Remain informed on new findings in the field of laboratory technology that  relate to HIV/AIDS, OI, malaria care and treatment by reviewing current literature, and draws implications from research for program activities.
• Develops concept papers and research papers to improve and or extend existing laboratory activities.
• Support the Director in managing the FHI Laboratory Services Department, defining strategies, goals, objectives and working plan, and monitoring their implementation.
• Supervise and mentor FHI lab staff, to improve and maintain high standards of performance in all their local laboratory activities.
• Play a key role in facilitating and maintaining complex collaborative lab programs with international partners.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualification & Experience:

• Masters degree in laboratory sciences, biological science or related degree with 7 to 9 years relevant experience.
• or doctorate degree in laboratory sciences, biological science or related degree with 5 to 7 years relevant experience.
• A minimum of 5 years experience in laboratory setting of which 3 must be on a HIV laboratory management donor funded program.
• Certification / license to practice as a medical laboratory scientist is required.
• Experience in a clinical laboratory setting and working in a donor funded program is required.
• Proven experience in project development, planning and facilitating technical training.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health system and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with USAID and PEPFAR programs is as advantage.

Other Details

• Contract Type: Full Time
• Selection Process: Interview
• Salary: negotiable
• Application Process: Online

How to Apply FHI 360 Associate Director – Laboratory Services Jobs 2022

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The Closing Date: 19 October 2022

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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