Lab Management Expert

D. Key Duties and Responsibilities

A. Strategic Leadership, Governance, and Planning

• Lead laboratory interventions for the country in line with national policies, technical guidance, and international best practices.

• Coordinate annual plans, targets, budgets, procurement inputs, supervision, sustainability, and risk actions in line with national and Global Fund requirements, where applicable.

• Advise the PMU and national programmes on laboratory networks, technologies, investments, and integration into Government systems.

• Oversee the activities/performance of the Laboratory Specialist.

B. Diagnostic Networks and Specimen Referral

• Optimize laboratory networks, service packages, and referral systems to improve access, turnaround time, and capacity use.

• Provide technical oversight for TB, HIV, and malaria diagnostics, treatment monitoring, and surveillance.

• Monitor testing and referral performance and guide the responsible introduction of approved diagnostic technologies.

C. Quality Management, EQA, and Accreditation

• Strengthen laboratory quality-management systems, SOPs, internal controls, and corrective-action processes.

• Coordinate external quality assessment and follow up unsatisfactory performance.

• Support laboratory assessments, stepwise quality improvement, and accreditation readiness.

D. Biosafety, Waste, and Service Continuity

• Strengthen biosafety, biosecurity, occupational health, access control, and incident reporting.

• Ensure safe specimen handling, decontamination, and healthcare and chemical-waste management.

• Maintain emergency and service-continuity procedures and monitor corrective actions.

E. Equipment, Infrastructure, and Commodities

• Oversee equipment selection, installation, calibration, maintenance, utilization, and decommissioning.

• Monitor infrastructure and equipment constraints affecting laboratory services.

• Support commodity forecasting and mitigate stock-outs, expiry, wastage, downtime, and service interruptions.

F. Laboratory Information, Performance, and Data Quality

• Development and maintenance of Lab Information Management System , digital reporting, identifiers, and interoperability.

• Standardize indicators and dashboards and improve laboratory data quality and use.

• Support data-quality assessments and analyse performance to identify gaps, inequities, and improvement priorities.

G. Workforce, Innovation, Risk, and Reporting

• Implement training, mentoring, competency assessment, and supportive supervision for laboratory personnel.

• Promote responsible research and innovation and assess feasibility, cost, and sustainability before scale-up.

• Manage laboratory risks, coordinate stakeholders, and prepare quality-assured reports, briefs, and grant inputs.

• Adoption of new diagnostic tools and prepare plan for scale up as per national priorities.

H. Additional Responsibilities

• Develop mechanisms for troubleshooting and issue resolutions for national, regional, and peripheral labs.

• Coordinate with external TA wherever appointed for lab strengthening activities.

• Undertake any other reasonable and relevant responsibilities assigned by the Deputy Team Leader (Technical and Programmatic), commensurate with the technical seniority, skills, and experience required for the position.

E. Qualifications and Experience

Education

• Master's degree in medical laboratory science, microbiology, pathology, laboratory medicine, molecular biology, public health, or another relevant discipline.

• Postgraduate qualification or advanced training in laboratory medicine, clinical pathology, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, laboratory quality management, biosafety, or public-health laboratory systems is desirable.

Experience

• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in laboratory systems strengthening, diagnostic services, or public-health laboratory management, including at least 5 years supporting national or donor-funded laboratory programmes.

• Demonstrated experience in laboratory network planning, quality management, EQA, diagnostics, biosafety, equipment systems, supportive supervision, and government and partner coordination.

• Experience with Global Fund or WHO-supported programmes, national reference laboratories, ISO 15189 implementation, molecular diagnostics, or LIMS is highly desirable.

F. Competencies

Technical Competencies

• Integrated laboratory systems and network design.

• TB, HIV, and malaria diagnostics, testing algorithms, and specimen referral.

• Laboratory quality management, internal quality control, EQA, and accreditation readiness.

• Biosafety, biosecurity, and waste management.

• Equipment, lifecycle, and laboratory commodities.

• Laboratory information management systems (LIMS), connectivity, and data quality.

• Performance management, operational research, and risk and compliance.

• High-quality technical reporting in English and Bangla.

Behavioral Competencies

• Strategic and technical leadership, analytical thinking, and results orientation.

• Sound judgement, communication, and stakeholder coordination.

• Supervision, coaching, and teamwork.

• Innovation, with willingness to take disciplined risks.

• Integrity, accountability, and professionalism; encourages openness and transparency.

• Cultural sensitivity, respect for diversity, and commitment to safe, equitable, and continuously improving laboratory services.

G. Expected Deliverables

• Approved annual Laboratory Implementation Plan, including targets, technical budget and procurement inputs, network priorities, risk actions, and supervision schedule.

• Integrated laboratory-network and specimen-referral improvement plan, with monitored access, turnaround, and service-continuity actions.

• Laboratory quality improvement and accreditation-readiness plan, EQA performance reports, and corrective-action tracking.

• Biosafety, biosecurity, waste management, and continuity-of-operations action plan and implementation reports.

• Equipment, infrastructure, and commodity performance analyses and risk-mitigation recommendations.

• Quarterly laboratory dashboards, performance reviews, supervision, and data-quality reports.

• Annual capacity-development report and timely technical inputs to grant reports, reviews, guidance, and policy decisions.

H. Integrity, Safeguarding, Confidentiality and Compliance

• The incumbent shall uphold the highest standards of integrity, accountability, impartiality, professionalism, and ethical conduct, including the timely and transparent disclosure of any actual, potential, or perceived conflict of interest.

• The incumbent shall contribute to and promote a safe, respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory working and service environment, with zero tolerance for harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, discrimination, retaliation, or any other safeguarding violation.

• The incumbent shall safeguard and maintain the confidentiality of all programme, financial, personnel, beneficiary, and other sensitive information, including medical and personal data, and shall respect the principles of informed consent, privacy, and data protection.

• The incumbent shall promptly report any suspected or identified misconduct, safeguarding concern, fraud, corruption, conflict of interest, financial irregularity, misuse of resources, or other violation through the prescribed reporting and escalation channels.

• The incumbent shall perform all duties in accordance with applicable Government of Bangladesh laws and policies, the Global Fund Grant Agreement, the Global Fund Code of Conduct for Recipients, and other relevant policies, procedures and guidelines.

I. Remuneration and Benefits

• Monthly remuneration will be determined in accordance with the PMU HR guideline

• Group health insurance will be provided as per the PMU HR guideline

• Monthly mobile and internet bill will be provided as per the PMU HR guideline

All these positions are open for Bangladeshi Nationals only. All candidates, irrespective of gender, religious and ethnic backgrounds can apply for the vacancies. Female candidates are highly encourged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates shall be invited for written test/interview. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Last Date of Application: 20 November 2026 (23:59 PM)