| Job Summary | |
| Position: | Lab Technician –Intern (1 Post) |
| Reports To: | Principal Investigator |
| Work Station: | Bagamoyo |
| Apply By: | 19th December 2024 |
Institute Overview
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is a leading research organization in Africa with a strong track record in developing, testing and validating innovations for health. Driven by a core strategic mandate for research, training and services, the Institute’s work now spans a wide spectrum, covering biomedical and ecological sciences, intervention studies, health-systems research, service delivery and policy translation.
Job type: Full-time
Position Summary
The Open Flexure Microscope project aims at evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of the novel digital microscope, the open flexure microscope against the manual light microscope for malaria diagnosis. The Lab Technician will be required to assist expert microscopists at Bagamoyo research laboratory in blood smear preparation for manual microscopy and digital microscope. The Intern will also be responsible in maintaining the digital microscope, digitizing and storing smear images in the long term storage server.
Duties and Responsibilities
- To support expert microscopists in preparation and reading of malaria blood slides
- To assist in developing Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the digital microscope
- Blood slide imaging by digital microscope and data storage
- Assist in blood slides archiving and blood smear images storage
- Coordinate blood slides reading results from the digital and manual microscopes To maintain digital microscopes in good condition
Qualification and Experience
- Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences
Skills and Competencies
- Knowledge in malaria microscopy by optical microscope
- Basic computer knowledge
- Knowledge of the digital microscope building will be an added advantage.
Remuneration
An attractive and competitive remuneration package will be offered to successful candidates as per IHI salary scales.
Equal Opportunity
IHI is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit intentional biases or discrimination and harassment of any kind at the work place and during recruitment. All employment decisions are based solely on job requirements and individual qualifications, and our recruitment process is governed by the labour laws of Tanzania.
Mode of Application
All candidates who meet the above job requirements should send their application letters together with their detailed curriculum vitae (CVs) showing contact addresses including email, telephone/cell phone numbers and copies of academic and professional certificates to the email address below.
The deadline for this application is 17:00 on Thursday, 19 December 2024. All e-mail application subject lines should include: [Lab Technician – Intern (OFM project)] Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview.
Human Resources Manager
IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE
Plot 463 Mikocheni
P.O. Box 78,373
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Email: [email protected]
