Laboratory Specialist

As a laboratory specialist working with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), you will support existing government health structures (hospitals and clinics) or work within MSF health centres. You are responsible for: laboratory and staff management; implementation of locally hired staff laboratory training programs; ordering and distribution of laboratory supplies; data collection and quality control of laboratory testing.

Requirements

1. Current medical laboratory technologist certification, with Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science and provincial license as required
2. Minimum two years post-qualification work experience
3. Experience or familiarity with: hematology, microbiology, parasitology, tuberculosis, blood banks, malaria, HIV and hepatitis testing, sexually transmitted infections
4. Knowledge and ability in techniques of sample taking (blood, stool, sputum)
5. Knowledge of all basic laboratory techniques
6. Knowledge of laboratory testing quality control methods
7. Excellent command of English, as well as French (level B2) or another language (Arabic, Spanish)
8. Relevant travel or work experience in contexts similar to where MSF works (armed conflicts, disasters, public health emergencies or situations of healthcare exclusion)
9. Available to work six to 12 months

Assets

1. Experience using laboratory software packages, and carrying out surveys

MSF Core Competencies

1. Behaviour flexibility: Level 2 Adapts behaviour to the needs of the situation
2. Teamwork and cooperation: Level 2 Shares information and coordinates with team and others
3. Result and quality orientation: Level 2 Works towards objectives, preserving established standards
4. Commitment to MSF principles: Level 1 Demonstrates knowledge of and accepts MSF’s principles
5. People management: Level 2 Gives feedback and sets limits
6. Cross-cultural awareness: Level 3 Demonstrates an integrating attitude
7. Stress management: Level 2 Manages own stress
8. Understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI): Level 1 Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context