Laboratory Assistant

Title: Laboratory Assistant
Location: Clinton Foundation– CHINA ， Yunnan office
Reports to: Yunnan Regional Program Manager
Hours of duty: Monday – Friday 0900-1800 hrs.
(Must be prepared to accept occasions when work will also need to performed outside of normal working hours， including at times， weekends)

Regarding the cooperation program:

The Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS collaboration has been established to work with the Yunnan Bureau of Health with the scope to improve quality HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Yunnan Province by providing assistance in areas of clinical treatment， laboratory assistance， community treatment support through international experts， clinical team， outreach community and laboratory team.

Reliable laboratory testing is recognized internationally as essential for quality care and treatment of HIV/AIDS patients; without essential laboratory tests， patients outcomes are worse and programs become more expensive due to treatment failure and associated extra-costs. Therefore， basic set of tests are considered to be essential for quality and cost-affective ART programs including: HIV diagnosis in adults & infants， CD4 count， Viral Load， Clinical chemistry and hematology， TB diagnosis. The Yunnan cooperative program works with laboratories at province， prefecture and county level to meet

Essential Duties

The Laboratory Assistant will work together with the Clinton Foundation Yunnan Program office， Lab team， Procurement team and other members of the Clinton Foundation team to provide effective coordination and logistic for laboratories and procurement involved in the diagnosis and treatment of AIDS patients. A significant focus of the position will be coordination among different CF teams and program sites， and will require field-work from time to time. The position will be under administrative management of Yunnan Program Manager and technical supervision of Lab team and procurement team.

The areas of work include:



Responsible for Yunnan Program‘s laboratory-related operations and logistics

Assisting information management and sharing with laboratory partners

Assisting the relationship building with Yunnan CDC and other local lab partners in order to maintain a good cooperation and network.

Assisting CF lab team and procurement team in providing technical assistance to Yunan Program.

Monitoring and reporting lab progress of the program sites.

Other program support as defined by RPM.

Qualification required:

1 Work Experience

2-year experience in clinical laboratory testing

Prerequisite

Or equivalent experience with HIV/AIDS related laboratory work

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Or equivalent experience with management of laboratory work

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Experience in consulting and providing technical assistance

Advantage

2 Education

Minimum laboratory technician diploma or other relevant field diploma (e.g. public health)

Prerequisite

PhD and/or Masters and/or BSc

Advantage

3 Other Qualifications

Computer skills in Microsoft Word， PowerPoint， Excel

Prerequisite

Good communication and coordination skills

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Ability to work independently and within team

Prerequisite

Quality assurance and laboratory testing

Advantage

Awareness of non governmental organization environment

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Awareness of public health system

advantage

Public health background， experience

Advantage

4 Language skills

Basic command in English (oral and written)

Prerequisite

Fluent Mandarin (oral and written)

Prerequisite

Yunnan Dialects

Advantage

Job Challenges:



Able to work as a member of the team

Flexible enough to take on new tasks as they arise

Possess initiative and ability to propose ideas for input while willing to take direction

Ability to multi-tasks， efficiency， self-motivation and honesty

Able to travel extensively