VACANCY: Society for Family Health to hire Lab Scientist/Quality Specialist

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading public health non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria, implementing programmes in reproductive health/family planning, HIV and AIDS prevention, primary health care system strengthening and maternal and child health.

SFH works in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Global Fund among other international donors. We seek to recruit qualified persons as a result of growth in the organisation. We offer professionals opportunities for career advancement, a good working environment and competitive remuneration.

We require competent candidates for the position below:

Job Title: Laboratory Scientist/Quality Specialist
Location: Abuja
Project: Global Fund HIV Project
Application Email:  LSQS@sfhnigeria.org

Job Profile

• The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that all laboratory services provided by the project are in accordance with the national guidelines and meet the minimum standards for good laboratory services.
• S/He will be responsible for establishing and/or supervising all laboratories and laboratory services within the Global Fund HIV project.
• S/He will supervise and ensure the medical care provided in these health facilities include disease-specific components such as HIV/AIDS care and treatment; treatment of co-infection of HIV with Tuberculosis, Hepatitis screening and management of sexually transmitted infections follows all set standard procedures.
• S/He will ensure quality control as a major responsibility on the project.
• S/He will be involved in training and supervising local staff, oversee the HIV testing being carried out in the community by the HIV counsellors and testers contracted by the project to reach the testing targets of the project

Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess a degree or its equivalent in clinical/medical laboratory science or in microbiology with applied medical parasitology and bacteriology. Alternatively, person may have held a position as a medical laboratory scientist, laboratory technologist or medical laboratory analyst,
• Must possess a minimum of 5 years’ relevant post-qualification experience working in laboratory offering specific tests for ART treatment monitoring.
• Must have experience in sample collection and analysis (e.g. blood, stool, sputum)
• Experience in developing and coordinating a supply management system
• Knowledge of all basic laboratory techniques and quality control systems is very essential to this role.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills.
• Ability to work cohesively in a multi-disciplinary team.