Overview
The Regional Laboratory Quality Support Officer will provide technical support for the establishment and maintenance of laboratory quality management systems within the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on Migration Health Assessments Programme and other IOM Migration Health Division programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain up-to-date document templates for laboratory quality manuals.
- Guide laboratory supervisors and quality officers on LQMS documentation implementation.
- Undertake site visits to ROAP laboratories to support LQMS implementation and perform external audits.
- Liaise with national accreditation bodies to determine accreditation requirements.
- Perform training on LQMS implementation for IOM laboratory staff.
- Create and maintain a repository of LQMS documentation for each laboratory.
- Create and maintain a repository of laboratory-related training events.
Required Experience
- Bachelor’s degree with 4 years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience.
- Two to four years of relevant laboratory experience, preferably in a mycobacteriology laboratory.
- Proven experience in the production of LQMS documentation and maintenance of a document control system.
- Computer literate with understanding of data collection and analysis.
- Good awareness of the laboratory role in health systems.
- Training experience is desirable.
- Proven experience with taking a laboratory through ISO 15189:2012 and/or ISO 15189:2022 implementation to full accreditation is desirable.
- Experience of producing English-language documentation is desirable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences, or a related discipline.
- Master’s degree from an accredited academic institution in Medical (Clinical) Laboratory Sciences, Microbiology, Public Health, or a related discipline.
