Laboratory Technician At Médecins Sans Frontières in Katsina

Laboratory Technician At Médecins Sans Frontières

The French Section of Médecins Sans Frontières is recruiting for its project in Katsina:

Opening Date: February 6th 2026
End Date: 13th February 2026
Work Location: Katsina
Contract Type: Fixed Term with 3 months probational period

CONTEXT

Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, not-for-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in distress, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

MSF has been active in Katsina since February 2021 after carrying an exploratory mission that end up with an opening of the project.

Currently, MSF is running an ITFC (Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre) in Katsina in the Kofar Sauri PHCC and 4 ATFC (Ambulatory Therapeutic Feeding Centre) including three in Jibia LGA (Magama, Daddara, Riko,) and one in Katsina City (Kofar Marusa).

MAIN PURPOSE

Perform clinical laboratory activities according to MSF protocols, security and hygiene measures to obtain

results to determine the patient’s treatment.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• According to medical prescription, preparing and performing clinical exams/tests with appropriate techniques and following MSF protocols and procedures. This function includes, among others:
• Taking blood, vaginal and urethral samples.
• Centrifuging blood and urine samples.
• Performing laboratory exams (serology, haematology, biochemistry, bacteriology or parasitological, according to context of the mission).
• Ensuring proper reporting and registration of the sample results to keep a written track of activity and give information to the relevant persons, ensuring confidentiality.
• Taking care, manage and organize efficiently the laboratory material/equipment:
• Perform cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used. Following the user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning
• Applying hygiene and safety protocols, doing daily cleaning /maintenance, sterilization, washing general glassware after procedures are done.
• Ensuring proper sample waste disposal according to MSF protocols and highest safety standards.
• Supplying orders, do stock, storage conditions follow-up, keep inventory.
• Keeping organized the data collection system of laboratory results, and all information generated from the analysis done.
• Reporting all relevant information linked to the activity in the laboratory to the line manager, especially the loss/robbery/damage of laboratory equipment or medicines.
• Performing minor maintenance and cleaning of the biomedical equipment following user manual and protocols. Alerting the supervisor in case of malfunctioning of any device.
• Spot check biochemistry machine.
  • Ensure the quality of the received sample
  • operating the Spotchem analyzer
  • performing daily calibration and quality control.
  • reagent preparation and management
  • routine maintenance,
  • troubleshooting basic technical faults.
• ensuring result accuracy and reliability. Participating in blood transfusion activity
• Participating in recruitment process of blood donors
• Conducting Transfusion Transmissible Infections(TTIs) screening of the potential blood donors
• Bleeding the qualified blood donors
• Crossmatching blood samples before taking the blood units to the wards
• Ensuring that blood is kept in cold chain from the blood bank to the ward to maintain its therapeutic viability

Maintaining blood stock status at the blood bank in collaboration with the laboratory supervisor

• Assisting the laboratory supervisor in organizing blood drives
• Working collaboratively with the unit staff to trace patients’ relatives to come and replace blood

Doing quality controls on the Point Of Care (POC) devices used by the unit staff

• Hemocue devices
• Glucometer devices

Carrying out preventive maintenance on laboratory equipment

• Hemocue
• Centrifuge
• Microscope
• Full Blood Count (FBC) machine

Working collaboratively with the pharmacy in stock management of laboratory consumables

Participating in proper waste management of the laboratory wastes by following waste segregation protocols Participating in laboratory data collection

Plus any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

CONTRACT: Fixed Term

208 working hours per month.

REMUNERATION                                                                                                                

According to MSF salary scale plus 13th month allowance equivalent to 1 month of gross salary.

To Apply

Only Web based applications will be accepted, interested candidates are invited to apply via the link below:https://forms.gle/ivZW5RELCT8cRJaG6

Application must include:

Complete CV with Cover letter and copies of all certificates and diplomas mentioned in the CV Applicant Contact details and ID and contact of references mentioned in the application.

Deadline for the submission of applications: 13thFebruary 2026 by 4:00pm

Qualified females are highly encouraged to apply

Only successful applicants will be called for next steps and are obligated to disclose any information about family member(s) currently in the employment of MSF-France in any location.

Dual Employment is considered gross misconduct and hence not acceptable.

MSF reserves the right to cancel any step or whole of the recruitment process at any stage. MSF France takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application

No monetary transactions, neither demands of favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the MSF recruitment process.

MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring a candidate having benefitted from any such acts. All illicit demands may be pursued through the judicial system.

MSF is an equal opportunity employer and encourages any Nigerian citizen to apply irrespective of race, gender, religion, creed, political affiliation.