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Lab Technician in the School of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences - CMHS

Responsibilities or duties

1. Technical Operations & Research Support

• Perform complex laboratory tests and data analysis with a high degree of accuracy and technical proficiency.
• Support senior staff, lecturers, and clinicians with administrative tasks and the execution of research or clinical procedures.
• Document and maintain detailed, systematic records of laboratory results, clinical activities, and student practical sessions.

2. Instructional & Student Support

• Prepare and stage practical coursework, ensuring all necessary materials and instruments are ready for student use.
• Assist students and faculty during laboratory and clinic sessions, providing technical guidance and supporting individual research projects.

3. Equipment & Resource Management

• Prepare, calibrate, and maintain laboratory and clinical instruments to ensure they remain in optimal working condition.
• Manage the procurement and stocking of both consumable and non-consumable supplies; coordinate the efficient distribution of materials within the facility.
• Monitor the use of reagents and equipment to minimize waste and ensure cost-effective operations.

4. Safety, Compliance & Waste Management

• Conduct thorough risk assessments for all laboratory and clinical activities to identify and neutralize potential hazards.
• Enforce strict adherence to health and safety protocols among all users, ensuring a secure working environment.
• Manage the secure storage of chemicals and oversee the compliant disposal of clinical and laboratory waste products.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

5. Relevant Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences
• Have a good command of English (Oral and Written).
• Have a valid license for clinical practice where applicable.
• Be of the Rwandan nationality

6. Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• Relevant teaching experience in Higher Learning Institutions.
• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, or a validated Teaching Portfolio Certificate.

Experience needed

0 Year of relevant experience

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Time management skills
• Customer care skills
• High standards of professional ethics and Secrecy
• Efficient, effective and economic use of resources
• Responsive, prompt, effective, impartial and equitable provision of services
• Devotion and serving public interest
• Accountability for administrative decisions
• Transparency and provision to the public of timely and accurate information
• Zero tolerance to corruption, rape and sexual harassment.
• Decency and integrity

Psychometric Languages

• English

Psychometric Domains

• Time management

Competence / Skills

• Attention and concentration
• Assertiveness
• Active Listening
• Adaptability and Flexibility

• Perform complex laboratory tests and data analysis with a high degree of accuracy and technical proficiency.
• Support senior staff, lecturers, and clinicians with administrative tasks and the execution of research or clinical procedures.
• Document and maintain detailed, systematic records of laboratory results, clinical activities, and student practical sessions.
• Prepare and stage practical coursework, ensuring all necessary materials and instruments are ready for student use.
• Assist students and faculty during laboratory and clinic sessions, providing technical guidance and supporting individual research projects.
• Prepare, calibrate, and maintain laboratory and clinical instruments to ensure they remain in optimal working condition.
• Manage the procurement and stocking of both consumable and non-consumable supplies; coordinate the efficient distribution of materials within the facility.
• Monitor the use of reagents and equipment to minimize waste and ensure cost-effective operations.
• Conduct thorough risk assessments for all laboratory and clinical activities to identify and neutralize potential hazards.
• Enforce strict adherence to health and safety protocols among all users, ensuring a secure working environment.
• Manage the secure storage of chemicals and oversee the compliant disposal of clinical and laboratory waste products.

• Time management skills
• Customer care skills
• High standards of professional ethics and Secrecy
• Efficient, effective and economic use of resources
• Responsive, prompt, effective, impartial and equitable provision of services
• Devotion and serving public interest
• Accountability for administrative decisions
• Transparency and provision to the public of timely and accurate information
• Zero tolerance to corruption, rape and sexual harassment.
• Decency and integrity
• Attention and concentration
• Assertiveness
• Active Listening
• Adaptability and Flexibility

• Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences
• Have a good command of English (Oral and Written).
• Have a valid license for clinical practice where applicable.
• Be of the Rwandan nationality
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• Relevant teaching experience in Higher Learning Institutions.
• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, or a validated Teaching Portfolio Certificate.