icipe wishes to urgently recruit a suitable person to fill the
position of Laboratory Manager and Biosafety Officer to work in our
Martin Lüscher Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory, Human Health
Division, based at Duduville campus, Kasarani, Nairobi.
This is a national (local) position that offers two-year contracts that are
renewable.A competitive compensation package will be offered to the right candidate.
Responsibilities
i. Overall duties
- Maintain
the EID laboratory and ensure that good laboratory practices (GLP) are
maintained.
- Maintain
and update EID lab records including standard operating procedures (SOPs)
and equipment maintenance and sample storage records.
ii. Specific Duties
- Establish,
implement, maintain and lead a robust QA/QC and safety programme for all
laboratory work.
- Ensure
that the available laboratory space is utilised appropriately with full
adherence to safety standards and regulations.
- Ensure
that all laboratory personnel and students admitted to the laboratory are
trained and qualified for the work at hand.
- Monitor
the conduct of all laboratory staff and students (adherence to set lab
safety, security and QA/QC procedures) and report to the lab director.
- Ensure
that every laboratory personnel or student (anyone performing any work in
the lab) receives annual training on lab safety, biosecurity and all lab
SOPs and that such training is documented.
- Cross-train
periodically with established regional and international laboratories’ SOP
and QA/QC programmes to update such programmes where necessary in the
laboratory.
- Delegate
specific duties to lab personnel and students to ensure the accomplishment
of all lab duties/responsibilities with respect to QA/QC and safety (e.g.
equipment routine maintenance and cleaning, SOP writing and revision,
etc.).
In consultation with PIs of ongoing projects, ensure proper
storage and management of laboratory equipment, consumables, supplies and
records.
- Ensure
that SOPs are developed for all procedures in all projects in the lab and
are adhered to and filed in appropriate labs, maintained/updated as
necessary.
- Put
in place and manage the LIMs for microbial agent and specimen
biobank/storage for ongoing and concluded projects, ensuring full
adherence to biosafety and biosecurity.
- Ensure
that all pieces of laboratory equipment are in good working order and are
closely and continuously monitored according to the set equipment SOPs.
- Facilitate
the timely procurement of necessary laboratory supplies.
- Manage
the laboratory in the event of a disease epidemic or other public health
emergency in consultation with relevant national programmes and
ministries.
- Comply
with any other necessary duties and responsibilities as instructed by the
Lab Director and Director General.
iii. Other duties
- Advise
on matters relating to biological safety to other laboratories at icipe.
- Provide
support, as appropriate, to researchers and students.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications
- Masters
level of education or comparable laboratory experience in biomedical
sciences.
- Knowledge
and experience with virological/microbiological procedures including
serological, molecular and culture laboratory techniques with flexibility
to adopt both standard and emerging technologies.
- Knowledge
and experience with laboratory quality standards, biosafety and
biosecurity.
- Good
interpersonal and management skills.
- Good
attitude and communication skills.
- Database
computer skills.
Applications will be accepted up to 14th April 2012, or until
the position is filled, whichever is earlier.
Only applications of shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.
Please send an application with current remuneration package, and a detailed CV with names and addresses of 3 referees (including telephone, e-mail and fax numbers), to:
icipehr@icipe.org
icipe is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Only applications of shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.
Please send an application with current remuneration package, and a detailed CV with names and addresses of 3 referees (including telephone, e-mail and fax numbers), to:
icipehr@icipe.org
icipe is an Equal Opportunity Employer
