The Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) was founded in 1970 through the initiative of the Norwegian and Swedish Save the Children organizations seconded by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. The Institute got its name from the Norwegian physician, Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who first described the leprosy bacillus (Mycobacterium leprae). AHRI is a biomedical research institute that works in developing tools for prevention, control and treatment of mycobacterium and other diseases of public healthy importance through applied and basic biomedical research and training. .

AHRI would like to hire qualified candidacy for the position of assistant researcher Laboratory Management Center

Job Title: Health Assistant Researcher II 

Employment Type: Government (permanent) employment basis

Required No: 1 (one)

Job Grade: XIV

Directorate: Laboratory Management Center

Salary: Birr 9,056 (ETB nine thousand fifty six birr)

House Allowance: Birr 2,500 (two thousand five hundred)

Mobile Allowance: Birr 250 (two hundred fifty)

Internet Allowance: Birr 250 (two hundred fifty) 

Duties and Responsibility

• Provide preventive and corrective maintenance to medical and research laboratory equipment in a safe, self-directed and timely manner.
• Prepare documentation and maintain records pertaining to all repairs, replacement parts, calibrations and modifications of laboratory and medical equipment.
• Prepare new laboratory or medical equipment specifications
• Provide installation and acceptance testing of new equipment and devices.
• Communicate with sponsors, vendors and potential customers about equipment malfunctions.
• Maintains biomedical equipment supplies inventory; anticipating needs; managing orders.
• Advice on service agreements for equipment to be serviced by external organizations.
• Utilize broad and innovative skills to work in a team environment to find solutions to challenging problems.

Job Requirements

• BSc in Biomedical Engineering with 2 years related experiences .
• MSc in Biomedical Engineering.
• Experience in hospital or related area is advantageous
• Electrical experience is an asset  

How to Apply

Interested applicants who fulfilled the above requirements should send the following through ethiojobs.net on or before April 12, 2021.

• A CV/resume (not more than 3 pages)
• A cover letter (not more than one page)
• A one page table summarizing your educational background, technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process