Vacancy title:
Laboratory Specialist

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Health Science, Category: Healthcare]

Jobs at:
Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, August 15 2025

Duty Station:
Uganda | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 30 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is a Ugandan not-for-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development. IDI has six operational a achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treatment; Training, Research, Laboratory services (including the CA Translational Lab), Global Health Security and Health System Strengthening. With support from the US Government (USAID), IDI is implementing a 5-year (2021–2026) Project- the USAID TB (LPHS-TB) Activity. The project aims at substantially contributing to the reduction of Uganda's TB burden b evidence-based and high-impact interventions towards the achievement of 90% treatment coverage and succ (including the drug-resistant TB) in Kampala, Mukono, and Wakiso districts. Effective October 2024, the direc LPHS-TB Activity was modified to include all the nine districts of Karamoja sub-region in North-Eastern Ugand Karenga, Kotido, Moroto, Nabilatuk, Nakapiripirit and Napak. The USAID LPHS-TB Activity builds on the succe Karamoja project and successes registered in the last three years of Activity implementation to address the re prevention, identification, and treatment. In order to successfully implement the project in the Karamoja sub-region, IDI is looking for a competent and the position of Laboratory Specialist. The laboratory specialist will work closely with development partners, MoH, district, and facility teams in stre USAID LPHS TB Activity in Kotido and Moroto.S/he will jointly work with the district/division health leadershi for laboratory ser

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement strategies to ensure that project supported sites attain minimum MoH requirem (at hubs) and establish a framework for facility specific LQMS at non-SLMTA labs.
• Conduct detailed audit of project supported sites, prepare action oriented workplans and develop innov identified gaps to ensure delivery of quality lab services.
• Guide facility teams to regularly report on lab activities through routine submission of high quality HM line with standard Ministry of Health, donor and project timelines.
• Plan, coordinate and conduct didactic trainings, mentorships for district and facility teams to address T build skills for delivery of quality lab services.
• Conduct site mentorship and joint support supervision visits to SLMTA and non-SLMTA labs and faciliti implementation of LQMS in liaison with national and district technical teams.
• Guide and supervise lab infrastructure refurbishment and management efforts in all project supported Supervise project supported hub-riders as may be required.
• Design and functionalise systems to support district and facility teams to accurately quantify, forecast, supplies and commodities to ensure constant availability.
• Organize and schedule hub coordination review meetings and ensure smooth hub operations and effec related lab services, including but not limited to GeneXpert, LAMP, TrueNAT, VL, CRAG, DNA PCR.
• Work closely with the clinical team to support sputum monitoring among TB patients on treatment and at least 95% coverage, results return within agreed upon TAT, functionality of LabXpert in supported sit rejection rates of less than 5%.
• Strengthen QA efforts both at the labs and POC and ensure that lab supervises POC testers to participa quality control schemes in line with national guidelines.
• Establish and strengthen lab biosafety practices, good equipment management practices including cal service contracts for lab equipment, regional and central equipment maintenance workshops and ensu service delivery as a result of equipment malfunction.
• Support sample courier services to ensure uninterrupted specimen transport network for health care (T CRAG). Any other duties as may reasonably be assigned.

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Laboratory Technology.
• Active registration with the Allied Medical Practitioner’s Council.
• Training in laboratory quality management systems and biosafety.

Person Specification

• Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Laboratory Technology.
• Active registration with the Allied Medical Practitioner’s Council.
• Training in laboratory quality management systems and biosafety.
• At least 2 years’ experience in laboratory management. Up-to-date knowledge of National HIV/AIDS and TB management protocols.
• Good communication, organization and management skills.
• Understands client confidentiality and exhibits high level of ethical conduct.
• Computer skills as well as good presentation and report writing skills.
• Good interpersonal and team management skills.
• Good understanding of public health systems and local government policies.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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