Job description
1. Plans, validates and supervises with staff in the unit on the execution of laboratory operations according to the strategic and action plans as well as respond appropriately to laboratory entomological services and research in collaboration with other divisions;
2. Prepare/ review protocols and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the entomology unit; carry out training within the national Laboratory Network;
3. Participate and coordinate laboratory method validation, operationalization/ deployment, quality assurance and control within the laboratory and partner with other international research institutions on relevant vector borne diseases;
4. Prepares and submits periodical reports to the HoD on progress of planned activities and budget reviews/ execution;
5. Delivers comprehensive evaluation of direct reports complete with development plans followed up by active coaching
6. Participate, supervise and carry out refresher training courses for laboratory technologists in the identification of vectors and vector borne diseases of public health importance such as yellow fever, trypanosomiasis, epidemic typhus fever and malaria in collaboration with Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division (MOPDD) and Epidemic Infectious Diseases Division (EID);
7. Coordinate laboratory investigations and participate in the supervision of prevention and control measures of infected vectors in human population/ communities in collaboration with Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division (MOPDD) and Epidemic Infectious Diseases Division (EID);
8. Carry out operational and fundamental research activities and assists the Head of NRL Division (HoD) in collaboration with Ministry of Health, RBC/Medical Research Centre (MRC) and other international research institutions on research;
9. Support the coordination of Laboratory activities in the national surveillance and response of vector borne diseases of public health importance such as yellow fever, trypanosomiasis, epidemic typhus fever and malaria with Head of NRL Division, Directors of Microbiology and Laboratory Network Coordination Units;
10. Participate in continuous training in laboratory quality management and good clinical laboratory practice with Head of NRL Division, Directors of EQA & QC and Laboratory Network Coordination Units.
Job profile
Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences with at least 3 years of relevant working experience in a recognized Laboratory or Master’s Degree in Biomedical Laboratory sciences with at least 2 years of relevant working experience in a recognized Laboratory. Key Technical Skills & Knowledge required:
– Extensive knowledge and understanding of the Rwandan Health system;
– Knowledge in Public health entomology;
– Ability to work in Entomology Laboratory;
– Knowledge in Insects that should cause diseases;
– Knowledge in interactions of the arboviruses and their hosts;
– Leadership skills;
– Planning & Organizational skills;
– Research & writing skills;
– Interpersonal skills;
– Effective communication skills;
– Time Management skills;
– Computer skills;
– Judgment & Decision making skills;
– Complex Problem solving skills;
– Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French language; knowledge of all is an advantage.
