Senior Research Assistant

Introduction 

The Outreach and Research Programme of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health has ten community-based field sites across Pakistan (including four in Karachi) and focuses on research for betterment of women and child health. The Department has a Nutritional Research Laboratory as well as an Infectious Disease Research Laboratory that cater to the needs of its research projects. It has well-acclaimed work to its credit both at the national and international level.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible to:

• ensure that the samples are received and processed as per the protocol/guidelines stated in the research procedure manual for individual projects, to
• provide quality service on a daily basis or as and when required
• follow and assist seniors in implementation of safety standards according to Research Laboratory Safety Manual on a daily basis for own safety and the safety of the others
• assist in maintaining inventory logs, manual sample receiving and data maintenance record.

Requirement

You should have:

• Graduation in any Discipline or Masters (preferably lab sciences.)
• 1-2 years of experience in laboratory or hospital/ research facility
• good Knowledge of Laboratory/research procedures
• ability to immediately follow written and oral instructions.
• good team player
• act vigilantly while performing lab tasks.
• selection of Research potential vendors according to lab needs.
• review quality of purchased products
• maintain updated records of purchased products, delivery information and invoices
• monitor stock levels and place orders as needed
• coordinate with warehouse staff to ensure proper storage