Date: October 10, 2024

Application Letter
Name: Mamush Sahlie Contact Address: 0912802888/+251799300630
Email: [email protected]
Goal Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Subject: Job Application Letter for “Medical Laboratory Technician at Benishangul Gumz Ura
Wereda Refugee Camp”

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to express my strong interest in the “Medical Laboratory Technician” position in your
organization, with vacancy number of REC/ 127/24 posted on Oct 09, 2024 that will be deployed in
Benishangul Gumz Ura Woreda Refugee camp. My background in Medical Laboratory,
Epidemiology, and excellent experience on Laboratory work coupled with my dedication to
organization principles, makes me a strong candidate.
With a BSc in Medical laboratory profession and 10 years of experience, I possess the skills and
experience outlined in the job description. I have a proven track record on quality laboratory test
processing and delivering the accurate and reliable lab results, managing data and fostering
trainings offsite and/or onsite based or other form of capacity building for the health care
professionals.
I am working at Gulele Botanic Center Daycare and Staff clinic as Lab technician. I have also
extensive experience on supervision and laboratory work quality assurance, data quality
management, data analysis, biological sample handling (collection, testing, shipment, and
transportation) which is particularly motivating. My experience that I had being worked as
Laboratory Equipment Focal, Inventory & Purchasing focal, Infection Prevention focal (Enat
Hospital), and TIC laboratory readiness assessor make me skillful and experienced. Additionally, my
proficiency and familiarity on computer Microsoft Office (Office 365 packages), Laboratory Data
Management System (LDMS), fluency in English and Amharic language are other assets making me
competent for the position.
I am committed to achieve high-quality laboratory results, and I consistently uphold the
organization's principles, demonstrating strong behavioral flexibility to adapt to diverse
environments and cultural contexts with good interpersonal written and oral communication that
ensures respectful collaboration with colleagues and communities, fostering a sense of serving all
equally with applying health ethics. I excel in teamwork and cooperation, fostering a collaborative
spirit to achieve shared goals.
I am excited for bringing my skills, knowledge, and dedication to the public community through any
organization' acting on the community like Goal Ethiopia. I attached my CV for more information on
my background. Thank you for considering my application.
I look forward to the possibility of contributing to the essential work of Goal Ethiopia.
Sincerely,
Mamush Sahlie

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Mamush Sahlie Bogale Sex: Male

Birth Date: Feb 12, 1989 Nationality: Ethiopian
Living Address: Addis Ababa
Contact Address: Phone: +251912802888/926798046
Email: [email protected]

Educational Background
MSc. Public Health in Epidemiology - Debre Berhan University (2020)
BSc. Medical Laboratory Technology - Jimma University (2013)
Basic Computer Skills - Almaz Bum TVET College (2014)
*MSc in Project Management (2nd year)

Language Proficiency
Amharic: Excellent Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing

English: Excellent Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing

Professional/related Training and Certificate:

Training name Year Training provided organization
1 Basic Computer skill (Microsoft Office and Internet related) Jan-14 Almaz Büm TEVT College
2 Malaria and HIV Diagnosis and Quality Assessment Mar-14 DRHRLC
3 Laboratory Bio-Safety and Bio-Security Mar-15 DRHRLC,
4 One World Accuracy Jun-15 EPHI, Amhara Region health Bureau
5 ART monitoring test (Clinical Chemistry, Hematology and CD4 Aug-15 DRHRLC,
test)
6 Quality Control and Method Validation/Verification Mar-16 ICAP-Ethiopia,
7 Basic Microbiology Dec-16 DRHRC
8 Anti-Microbial Resistance Part -1 Dec-16 Global Health e-Learning
9 Advanced TB Diagnosis Dec-16 Global Health e-Learning
10 SLIMTA I-III comprehensive Oct-16 DRHRLC,
11 Population Based HIV/AIDS Impact Assessment ToT Training Aug-17 ICAP-Ethiopia,
12 Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) Nov-17 ICAP & Global Health Network
13 SLIMTA-III Jan-15 DRHRLC, Amhara health bureau
14 HIV Basic Biology, Epidemiology, and Prevention Jul-20 Global Health e-Learning
15 HIV CD4 cells test VISTECT Training of Trainer (ToT) Apr-21 Omega Dx & KNCV Ethiopia
16 Prevent Tuberculosis: Management of TB infection Part-I Aug-23 International Union Against TB &Lung
Disease
17 Quality Management System Nov-14 DRHRLC
18 Data Quality Dec-16 Global Health e-Learning
19 Good Clinical Practice Sep-22 LSHTM -London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
20 Project Management Essentials Oct-23 Disaster Ready Organization
21 Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT and HEAT Plus) Jul-23 WHO, Health Emergency Program
22 Research Background Methods and Result writing, and Data Dec-21 KNCV Central Office (Netherland)
analysis
23 Introduction to Clinical research Aug-20 Global Health Network
24 Monitoring and Evaluation Fundamentals Apr-21 Global Health e-Learning
25 Data Governance, Policies, And Data Access Committees Apr-21 Global Health Network
26 National Strategic Planning for Tuberculosis Jul-23 WHO, on OpenWHO.org End TB channel
27 Research in Global Health Emergencies: Ethical Issues Aug-20 Global Health Network
28 Ethics in Epidemics, Emergencies and Disaster: Research Aug-20 Global Health Network
Surveillance and patient care
29 Introduction To Data Management Apr-21 Global Health Network
30 Outbreak Management and its Epidemiology Nov-19 Debre Berhan University
31 Operational Planning guideline & Covid-19 Partner’s platform Mar-20 WHO
32 Covid-19 Clinical Management Mar-20 Minister of Health-Ethiopia
33 COVID-19 Infection Orientation and Control Apr-20 Minister of Health-Ethiopia
34 SMART-care Health Care Software Nov-20 Debere Berhan Health Science College
DRHRLC: Dessie Regional Health Research Laboratory Center

Achievements
 Good onsite training and offsite training facilitation, on TB and HIV diagnosis for the projects (TB-
Ultra-Xpert, TB-Urine test and HIV CD4 VISITECT test, and for Digital Adherence Technology (DAT) of
TB disease).
 Successful teaching experience at Government and Private Health Science College
 Good data cleaning and preparing of ASCENT data for main analysis
 Participating as Primary Investigator for writing introduction, methods and result of 2 manuscripts
on the ASCENT project data for publishing
 Effective and accepted teaching for college students at Governmental and Private colleges.
 Improving laboratory One World Accuracy performance
 Successfully Improved EQA sites laboratories on TB, HIV and Malaria diagnosis quality by
supervising and supporting
 Making laboratory qualified and receiving STAR-3 recognition of laboratory by ASLM.
 Well performing and getting score of “Excellent” for MSc. Degree research thesis.
 Good Satellite laboratory supervision at ICAP with good reporting of quality work and showing
gaps.
Experience:
1. 4 years and 13 days Laboratory technologist at Alem Ketema Enat Hospital from Jul 24, 2013 to Aug
06, 2017
 2. 2 years and 4 months of Quality Officer at Alem Ketema Enat Hospital Laboratory for the Laboratory
Quality Management Implementation (supervising and monitoring lab activities, preparing of
different SOP, reporting lab performance) from Nov, 2014 to Mar 2017
3. 3 years of Supportive supervisor for EQA sites (8 Health center Laboratories) on
a. External Quality Assessment Implementation on Malaria, TB and HIV diagnosis quality assessment
and
b. Laboratory quality management system implementation
4. 2 months data collection for Schistosoma and helminthes infection coordinated by EPHI
5. Experienced on quality assurance and accreditation program implementation process with
performance of STAR-3 recognition of laboratory by ASLM
6. 1 year Laboratory equipment inventory focal person, from Nov 2013 to Nov 2014
7. 1 year Laboratory Purchasing focal Person, from August 2016 to July 2017
8. Training Facilitator for EPHIA household tester training for 2 weeks by CDC Ethiopia and Ethiopian
Public Health Association (EPHA), Aug/Sep, 2017
9. 10 months Satellite laboratory supervisor in ICAP-Ethiopia, EPHIA Project, from August 7 2017 to
May 30, 2018
10. 1 month on Measles outbreak management and intervention action by recording cases, follow up
epidemic curve and presenting final report at Debre Berhan University, Oct to Nov 2019
11. 2 years and 1 month Instructor and Department Coordinator at Debre Berhan Health Science
College from Jan 17 2019 to Feb 11, 2021.
12. 11 months Research Assistant at KNCV Tuberculosis foundation for ASTTIE, FujiLAM and PODTEC TB
projects, and immediate supervisor for above 30 study sites starting from Feb 17 to Dec 31, 2021.
13. 1 year and 10 months Research Officer at KNCV for ASCENT Digital Adherence Trial project from Feb
07, 2022 to Nov 30, 2023
14. 2 weeks MDR/DR TB Treatment Initiating Centers (TICs) laboratory readiness assessor for 2 weeks
May, 2024
15. Now, I am working at Gulele Botanic Center as Medical Laboratory Technician for the Daycare and
Staff clinic

Skills
 Best computer skill and experience on Microsoft office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, including Office
365 package (MS team, SharePoint, and OneNote, OneDrive), statistical software (SPSS, Epi Info,
STATA, EpiData), data collection software (Kobo Toolbox, ODK, Survey CTO), Tableau, LDMS and
SMART-care, Power BI.
 Effective communication and collaboration by verbally and written form and worked with
respecting other profession and culture.
 Able to handle multi tasks independently with prioritizing activities with workload and in face of
deadlines.
  Good writing skill, analyzing and reporting of research documents with good reporting skills.
 Effective leading and managing team
 Sharing knowledge and skills with others
 Effective training for study supervisor, data collectors for research, and good teaching skill with
preferring examples for students.
 Monitoring the data collected with frequent visit of the database (like Tableau Excel) and taking
intervention for the gaps observed
 Preparing report and presentations using Power PI and Excel for data visualization
Reference:
1. 1. Mr. Alebachew Abiwoy (BSc, MSc) - Alem Ketema Enat Hospital General Manager
Mobile: 0913960874 Email: [email protected]
2. Mr. Mamuye Mengesha, Debre Berhan Health Science College, Dean
Mobile: 0913059839 Email: [email protected]

3. Dr. Amare Worku, KNCV-LSHTM, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM),
ASCENT Project Trial Manager
Mobile: 0911635786/1200499 Email: [email protected]