• Coordinating laboratories’ activities and preparing reports; • Organizing, managing and storage of technical records; • Supervising and evaluating the performance of laboratory staff; • Participating in the development , control and monitoring the implementation of the Management System Documents; • Receiving test samples, keeping record thereof, and assigning work to laboratory officers; • Supervising and performing analysis of test items; • Ensuring the validity of test results, method validation and the evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty; • Participating in the internal laboratory audits and conducting root cause analysis, correction and corrective actions for other identified nonconformities; • Monitoring and providing data for commissioning of new equipment. • Developing and monitoring the implementation of maintenance and calibration schedules for equipment; • Identifying and ordering adequate and detailed technical specifications of supplies (equipment, reagents, chemicals, materials needed for analysis) and verifying the same on delivery; • Developing and ensuring the implementation of work programs for students on attachment; • Identification of equipment, updating the laboratory equipment catalogue and participating in the assets registration and management; • Ensure implementation of institutional gender equality initiative related to his/her functions; • Apply gender equality lenses in his/her functions to ensure gender gaps identification; • Communicate and report on gender equality disaggregated data.