Quality and Accreditations Manager

LifeCare Connect Nigeria Limited is the CAC-registered umbrella commercial entity through which every Group platform is marketed, contracted and delivered in Nigeria and across Africa. It sits under the Ancestra Group parent brand, alongside LifeCare Medical Group. The Group operates five platforms, three in active focus — Ancestra Health, QualiSentinel and JAPAC Accreditation — with OneHealth Sentinel and NCD Sentinel pursued through a government and public-sector motion. We are opening our founding operations base in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, with a launch targeted for January 2027. We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Quality and Accreditations Manager

Location: Uyo, Akwa Ibom

Employment Type: Full-time (Permanent)

Department: Quality Management / JAPAC Accreditation

Reports to: Business Development Team Target start date: 4 January 2027

Job Summary

Own the day-to-day operation of the Group’s ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System and serve as technical lead on JAPAC Accreditation client engagements across Nigeria and Africa. Role Overview The Quality and Accreditations Manager owns the day-to-day operation of the Group’s ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System and serves as the Group’s technical lead on JAPAC Accreditation client engagements — laboratory, testing and certification-body accreditation services delivered across Nigeria and Africa.

Key Responsibilities

Own day-to-day execution and continuous improvement of the Group’s ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System. Lead the Company-Wide Internal Audit Programme, prepare inputs for the Management Review, and own nonconformity and corrective action tracking across the Group. Maintain the Master Document Register and document-control discipline across the Group’s full set of controlled documents. Serve as the Group’s technical lead for JAPAC Accreditation client engagements, covering frameworks such as ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 15189 and ISO/IEC 17020. Coordinate external assessments, surveillance audits and certification-body relationships on behalf of client engagements. Act as an independent reviewer for pre-release verification and design-review gates, maintaining segregation from the work under review. Champion quality culture and ISO 9001 competency training across every department. Track the Group’s own progress toward its ISO 9001 certification window.