Laboratory Manager

**Main purpose of the job**:

- To plan, organize, direct, control, and coordinate the operations of Wits RHI Ward 21 CRS laboratory, to ensure smooth running and compliance

**Location**:

- **22 Esselen Street, Hillbrow - Johannesburg**

**Key performance areas**:

- Plan the activities of the team and delegate tasks to ensure performance objectives are achieved
- Monitor equipment calibration and maintenance to ensure accurate and reliable results
- Identify skills gaps within team in so far as technical outputs are required and perform training to bridge the skill gaps thereby ensuring competence
- Implement safe working conditions and procedures to ensure a safe working environment and compliance with all legislation
- Ensure that the team is familiar with and adheres to safety rules and regulations
- Ensure the appointment of the Laboratory Safety Officer
- Ensuring the preservation of the integrity of all investigational material
- Manage the implementation of study start-up and close-out activities
- Manage the review process of SOPs and implement appropriate changes to ensure the laboratory is constantly able to provide high-quality, cost-effective, and correct results
- Evaluate and QC the results from trials thereby ensuring accuracy and identifying trends to address skills gaps
- Ensure that the Laboratory is compliant with GCLP
- Timeously perform method validation and establishment of new assays by overseeing the process in real-time
- Review and approve laboratory orders per established procedures
- Inspect, verify, and check delivered goods and stock as per orders
- Oversee the management and storage of biohazardous waste and toxic materials
- Oversee the transport and shipping of clinical specimens
- Attend to all staffing requirements and administration
- Conduct interviews
- Supervise and manage the duties of subordinates to ensure optimal staff utilization and maintenance of sound labor relations
- Perform and facilitate performance development and assessments
- Identify substandard performance by team members and take necessary corrective action
- Coach and train subordinates and team members to ensure the acquisition of knowledge and skills required by the organization
- Promote harmony, teamwork, and sharing of information
- Reporting of results and deadlines to management and Donors
- Reporting of problems experienced with trials to management and sponsors
- Send electronic results to the Principal Investigator and Donors
- Give progress reports on certain assays
- Good communication with other laboratory users, to ensure smooth functioning of the laboratory such as incidents, stock control, logistics, etc.
- Take ownership and accountability for tasks & activities and demonstrate effective self-management
- Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately maintained
- Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
- Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
- Take ownership of driving your own career development

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **National Diploma in Biomedical Technology with Bachelors in Technology**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **Minimum 5 years experience in appropriate/relevant laboratory**

**Professional body registration**:

- Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa

**Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities**:

- Knowledge of and certification in Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP)
- Sound knowledge of laboratory information systems and Microsoft Office at an intermediary level
- Orderly and systematic
- Exceptional organizational and administration skills
- Able to work under pressure and adhere to deadlines
- Assertive and confident
- Above-average attention to detail
- Sound interpersonal skills
- Self-motivated and able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Able to make independent decisions
- Able to manage high volumes and flow of work
- Results driven
- Self-motivated and proactive with high regard for work ethic, values, and integrity
- Knowledge of clinical trials would be an advantage

**Demands of the job**:

- Able to work in a pressurized environment and consistently achieve stringent turnaround times and performance targets
- Required to utilise all resources cost-effectively
- Operate in a laboratory where GCLP and general health/safety rules must be adhered to at all times
- Exposure to hazardous and potentially infectious samples

**TO APPLY**:

- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
- Note AJ Personnel is fully POPI compliant.
- Note WHC, in accordance