Purpose of the Role:
The CDC and Laboratory Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the implementation, quality, and coordination of disease surveillance, laboratory services, and outbreak response activities in alignment with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) policies and UN agency standards. The role ensures timely collection, testing, and reporting of specimens, supports the monitoring of communicable diseases, and strengthens laboratory and field epidemiology capacity. The supervisor provides technical guidance and mentorship to laboratory personnel and CDC staff, ensuring adherence to national protocols, biosafety standards, and data quality requirements to inform evidence-based public health interventions.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Surveillance and Disease Control (CDC)
- Supervise and coordinate communicable disease surveillance activities at health facility and community levels.
- Monitor trends in reportable diseases and ensure timely notification of outbreaks to Line Manager, PHD and relevant stakeholders.
- Support the investigation, verification, and response to suspected outbreaks in coordination with district/provincial health authorities through Line Manager
- Analyze surveillance data to identify disease patterns, risk factors, and gaps in detection and reporting.
- Ensure implementation of infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in health facilities and community settings.
- Laboratory Supervision
- Oversee the collection, transportation, and testing of clinical and public health specimens according to MoPH and WHO/UN laboratory protocols.
- Ensure laboratory activities follow biosafety, biosecurity, and quality assurance standards.
- Maintain and monitor laboratory equipment, reagents, and supplies to ensure uninterrupted diagnostic services.
- Supervise and mentor laboratory technicians to improve diagnostic accuracy, record-keeping, and reporting.
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting of laboratory results to surveillance teams and decision-makers.
Capacity Building and Technical Support:
- Provide on-the job training, coaching, and mentoring to CDC officers, laboratory staff, and HFs teams.
- Identify training needs and facilitate workshops or refresher sessions on surveillance, outbreak response, and laboratory practices.
- Promote adoption of MoPH and UN agency guidelines, protocols, and standards across CDC and laboratory activities.
Data Management and Reporting:
- Ensure accurate collection, analysis, and interpretation of surveillance and laboratory data.
- Prepare and submit regular reports on CDC and laboratory activities to provincial Line Manager.
- Support data-driven decision-making and evidence-based public health interventions.
