Established in 2004, the Aga Khan University Medical College in East Africa seeks to provide high quality education for health professional leaders who will then go on to become reputable specialists generating a positive and lasting impact in the lives of their patients and in the communities they serve. Our goal is to produce health professional leaders through our unique training programmes, building strong research programmes, supporting best practice in the delivery of health services, and contributing to the broader community through strategic partnerships regionally and globally. We aspire to build for the youth of East Africa, a medical college of international quality, providing them with the opportunity to get the best health professional education that is relevant and has impact across East Africa, and indeed, in the world.

Job Summary

The Laboratory Technologist will work as part of a team to manage the multi-specialty teaching laboratory facilities at the Aga Khan University Centre, Nairobi. 

• Running trials of experiments before classes and demonstrating techniques for experiments to students.

• Supporting the work of faculty in the classes and during laboratory sessions.

• Giving technical advice to staff and students.

• Assists academic staff in designing and running laboratory classes.

• Working with individual students and supporting them on their research projects

• Managing the stock control of chemicals and equipment.

• Work as part of a team to manage both multispecialty laboratories.

• Provide a regular report on facility usage and happenings.

• Developing and updating experiment manuals for all the practicals done in the multi-speciality laboratories.

• Responsible for regular maintenance of laboratory equipment, safety within the lab, reagent inventory management and any other duties assigned by the lab manager.