Context
The core vision of the Mérieux Foundation in Asia is to bring diagnostic solutions and access to health care closer to the most vulnerable populations and people who live in hard-to-reach areas. Over the last two decades, the Mérieux Foundation has developed distinctive operations to detect, prevent and respond in the fight against epidemics, outbreaks, and potential pandemics in the region through sharing pragmatic expertise, capacity building, and enhancing infrastructure.
The Fleming Fund is a UK aid program supporting up to 25 countries across Africa and Asia to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In Lao PDR, we are implementing the “Fleming Fund-Country Grant II” program to mitigate the impact of AMR with a comprehensive surveillance approach.
On this relative context, we are looking out for a Technologist on Site with the following responsibilities.
Main responsibilities
- Facilitate with the project team, in close coordination with microbiologist-on-site, and laboratory staff from the assigned sites/provinces (6 sentinel sites) the following tasks:
- Participation in day-to-day Laboratory activities at the sites, actively guiding and performing microbiological tests together with public sector staff
- Ensuring the data management system, such as data validation, data entry, and data management at the sites
- Collecting the data of the laboratory capacities in terms of HR, management, and administration, such as recording the sample flows, workload, and stock updates of the laboratory
- Regular tracking of the documentation status upon the availability of SOPs, guidelines, IPC documents, etc.
- Assist project’s operation and training activities:
- Identifying the needs of the host hospital
- Aiding with verbal and written translation
- Ensuring a participatory approach in all trainings
- Provide regular follow-up of the lab technician’s performance and identifying training needs gaps:
- Bench training oversight/assistance and work as an interface between lab staff, project team and microbiologist.
- Collecting feedback, insights and suggestions from the field and establish real-time communication with the project officer.
- Bottlenecks identification and project’s performance/impact assessment at the fields level
- Support communication flows with all key project stakeholders: internally and externally with national institutions and the donor
- Follow the Foundation’s internal regulations and obliging with Code of Conduct
Profile
Required education, experience and skills:
- Initial education: bachelor’s degree on Biomedical and medical technology (B, Med Tech) or equivalent
- Working experience with a laboratory Bacteriology/Microbiology Section, and on Laboratory Management
- Basic understanding of Good Laboratory Practice
- Basic training or experience on bench practices in microbiology
- Experience in programmatic reporting
- Knowledge transfer and facilitation skills for training, workshop, meeting, coaching and supervision.
- Mastery of Microsoft Office Suite
- Capacity to do independent work
- Languages: Proficiency in Lao and English
- Behavioural qualities: Dynamic, problem-solving, accountable, learner, pro-active and team player
This post is open to Lao nationals, applicants need to be Lao national at the time of application.