Haramaya University Junior Bio-Medical Engineer Jobs in Ethiopia

Haramaya University Junior Bio-Medical Engineer Jobs in Ethiopia

Job Id: 224226

Category: Engineering

Location: Haramaya, Oromia

Employment Type: Full time

Salary: 8,000 Birr per month

Job Description

Child Health and Mortality Surveillance (CHAMPS) Ethiopia

We are seeking to appoint a full time multi-skilled and experienced Bio-Medical Engineer (BME) to be based in Harar, Ethiopia. The role is to support development of a medical research laboratory of a new Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance site in Harar, Ethiopia.

This is a collaboration between Haramaya University, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Emory Global Health Institute.

CHAMPS laboratories are located at the College of Health and Medical Sciences, and at HiwotFana Hospital in Harar at present, although laboratory work in Kersa District is possible in the long term.

The post-holder will be responsible for carrying out routine equipment maintenance and equipment checks primarily for CHAMPS, but should assist with other medical equipment when time permits.

They will be expected to:liaise with theUniversity Biomedical Engineer, work closely with sub-contractedBiomedical engineersduring installation, preventative maintenance and servicing of newly purchased equipment, and existing equipment.

Haramaya University, Oromia, Ethiopia

Haramaya University is one of the oldest Universities in Ethiopia, with its first intake in 1954.

It is about 17km from the city of Harar, 40km from Dire Dawa (where there is a regional airport), and 510km East of Addis Ababa. The College of Health and Medical Sciences is based on a campus in Harar town to facilitate training of students in nearby hospitals.

This campus also hosts the office of the two Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS).

Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance network (CHAMPS)

The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance network (CHAMPS, http://champshealth.org/)is a new global health surveillance network funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aimed at understanding the causes of child death in developing countries, particularly sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

The Emory Global Health Institute, which houses the U.S. office of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), is the lead partner in the network and has worked with the London School of Hygiene to develop the collaboration with Haramaya University.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The post-holder will work full-time at the CHAMPS site in Haramaya, Eastern Ethiopia.

The post-holder will be responsible for performing planned preventive maintenance (PPM) based on approved PPM procedures; maintain all the laboratory equipment and inspect electrical installation; execute all related biomedical engineering work to establish safe, secure and 24 hour functioning laboratories to support CHAMPS activities.

They will be expected to: inspect, install, configure, repair, service, and troubleshoot technical problems associated with all laboratory equipment and peripheral services such as lighting,