Description Position Title: Biobank Technician II – Data Management and Cold Chain Department/Unit: IGHER-Biobank Reports To: Biobank Program Location: Kigali with possible travel to research sites Position type: Two-year contract with possible extension Position Summary The Biobank Technician II – Data Management and Cold Chain is responsible for maintaining accurate biobank information systems, managing specimen inventory records, monitoring storage conditions, and ensuring uninterrupted cold chain operations. The position ensures sample traceability, data integrity, specimen security, and compliance throughout the biobank lifecycle. The Technician also provides essential operational support to clinical trial activities by maintaining trial sample accountability records, supporting monitoring visits, and ensuring accurate documentation of research specimens. Key Responsibilities Maintain accurate biobank and clinical trial sample databases, including inventory, location, processing, storage, transfers, and access history. Reconcile physical specimens with electronic records and resolve discrepancies. Track sample receipt, storage, retrieval, shipment, and chain of custody. Monitor cold-chain conditions, including 80C freezers and liquid nitrogen systems, and respond to temperature excursions. Generate sample inventory and accountability reports and support audits, monitoring visits, and regulatory inspections. Maintain compliance with SOPs, protocols, ethics, data protection, and quality requirements, including CAPA. Maintain equipment, storage, and maintenance records and support contingency planning. Collaborate with laboratory, clinical, data, and research teams and support clinical trial start-up, monitoring, and close-out activities. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics, Biomedical/Laboratory Sciences, Data Management, Biotechnology, IT, Life Sciences, or related field. Experience 2–3 years’ experience in biobank operations, laboratory data management, clinical research, or health information systems. Experience with databases, sample tracking, and electronic records. Data management, quality assurance, Excel/database systems, cold-chain monitoring, and research documentation. Preferred Training: GCP, GCLP, biobank, data management, or biosafety training. Strong attention to detail, organization, accountability, problem-solving, teamwork, and commitment to data quality. Accurate and timely inventory, complete sample traceability, reliable cold-chain monitoring, and accurate clinical trial specimen accountability.
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