Laboratory Technologist – Quality Assurance

ABOUT NARO AND NVPC
The NARO Vaccine and Pharmaceuticals Centre (NVPC) is a specialised Centre of the National Agricultural Research Organisation responsible for research, development, production and commercialisation of vaccines, pharmaceuticals and other products of strategic importance to animal health and agricultural development.

POSITION DETAILS
• Job title: Laboratory Technologist – Quality Assurance
• Number of positions: 1
• Duty station: NVPC, Nakyesasa, off Gayaza–Zirobwe Road, Uganda
• Employment terms: Contractual
• Work schedule: Full-time (8 hours)
• Reports to: Not stated in the advert.

JOB PURPOSE
To provide independent QA oversight of laboratory systems, testing processes, laboratory documentation and laboratory data, ensuring that laboratory activities supporting product-quality decisions comply with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), data-integrity requirements and other non-routine Quality Assurance objectives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Provide Quality Assurance oversight of Quality Control (QC) laboratory operations and GMP compliance.
2. Review and approve laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), specifications, analytical procedures and controlled laboratory documents.
3. Verify implementation of approved laboratory procedures.
4. Review laboratory records for completeness, traceability and compliance.
5. Provide QA oversight of Out-of-Specification (OOS) and Out-of-Trend (OOT) investigations.
6. Review laboratory deviations and related Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
7. Review analytical method validation and verification documentation from a QA perspective.
8. Provide QA oversight of laboratory equipment qualification and computerised laboratory systems.
9. Review computerised-system validation documentation for laboratory systems.
10. Verify sample traceability from receipt through testing and reporting.
11. Review environmental-monitoring results and trends from a QA perspective.
12. Review critical laboratory quality trends and escalate adverse trends.
13. Provide QA input into product-release decisions based on laboratory documentation and results.