Iyk Lala

Humanitarian operations and logistics leader with over 7 years of progressive experience with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) across Nigeria and South Sudan, working inside hospital and primary-healthcare settings in direct collaboration with Ministry of Health (MOH) counterparts. Skilled in coordinating multidisciplinary technical and support teams, strengthening hospital operational readiness, and building the systems, infrastructure, and workforce capacity that underpin quality clinical care. Extensive hands-on experience negotiating and coordinating with Federal and State Ministry of Health facilities and personnel, supporting government-facility assessments, and managing gap-fill leadership roles that required rapid alignment between MSF standards and national/local hospital systems.

Combines a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and Organisational Leadership with a strong operational track record in workforce planning, training design, capacity building, and cross-functional coordination between medical, logistics, and support departments — the core disciplines of hospital management.

Flying Technical Logistics Specialist (Biomedical) – Coordination - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OCA - Nigeria Mission

• Provide technical and operational coordination support across multiple MSF projects, ensuring continuity of critical hospital operations during emergencies and routine implementation.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary interventions spanning biomedical systems, facility infrastructure, ICT, cold chain, fleet, and hospital support services.
• Lead technical assessments of hospital infrastructure, equipment, and operating systems, identifying operational risks and advising management on practical, sustainable solutions.
• Collaborate closely with Project Coordinators, Medical Departments, Logistics Coordinators, and Headquarters advisors to align technical strategy with medical and hospital-management priorities.
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to national staff, strengthening local capacity and promoting sustainable management practices ahead of eventual handover.
• Supported multiple mission-wide deployments while maintaining uninterrupted hospital operations.
• Improved coordination between field teams and technical advisors, accelerating implementation of hospital-strengthening interventions.

Biomedical & Hospital Systems Coordinator - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OCA - Nigeria

(2017-01)

• Manage preventive and corrective maintenance programmes underpinning hospital, surgical, laboratory, and primary-healthcare services.
• Coordinate technical and support-service functions for surgical theatres, laboratories, vaccination programmes, and inpatient departments — core ancillary services in hospital management.
• Work directly with the Federal Ministry of Health on facility assessments, equipment standards, and compliance across government health facilities.
• Monitor inventories, procurement requirements, and documentation in line with MSF and national standards, supporting continuity and quality of care.
• Maintained 100% equipment readiness during more than 70 successful Noma reconstructive surgeries, with zero service interruption.
• Achieved near-zero cold chain failures through preventive maintenance and calibration programmes protecting vaccination services.
• Reduced procurement lead times by 35% by introducing 3D-printed spare-part solutions, improving hospital operational resilience.

Logistics Manager (Gap-fill) - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OCA - Talata Mafara, Zamfara State

(2023-01 - 2023-12)

• Assumed full operational and managerial leadership of a project's logistics and support functions, ensuring uninterrupted continuity of hospital services during a critical staffing gap.
• Supervised multidisciplinary teams across fleet, power systems, supply chain, warehousing, and infrastructure maintenance.
• Coordinated with contractors, external service providers, and government stakeholders while ensuring compliance with MSF operating procedures.
• Monitored performance and reported operational recommendations directly to project management, informing decision-making.
• Reduced stock discrepancies by 40% and improved supply chain efficiency by 25% through strengthened operational controls.
• Increased reporting accuracy by 35% through improved documentation and monitoring systems.
• Restored critical power supply through complex technical repairs, safeguarding continuity of medical services.

Biomedical Specialist – Emergency Deployment - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OCA - South Sudan

(2023-10 - 2023-11)

• Ensured operational readiness of critical medical equipment supporting emergency humanitarian operations in a conflict setting.
• Delivered technical training to logistics and medical personnel, strengthening local capacity and reducing dependence on external contractors.
• Reduced equipment downtime by 25% while achieving 100% equipment certification compliance during deployment.

ICT & Base Supervisor (Gap-fill) - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OCA - Benue State

(2019-01 - 2019-12)

• Managed ICT infrastructure and information systems supporting hospital networks and operational reporting.
• Improved information management processes, increasing reporting accuracy and operational efficiency.

Electrician Assistant (Gap-fill) - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OCA - Sokoto & Abuja

(2021-01 - 2021-12)

• Supported installation, maintenance, and repair of power systems safeguarding continuous hospital service delivery.

Postgraduate Diploma - Management and Organisational Leadership

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

Higher National Diploma (HND) - Electrical Engineering (Electronics/Telecommunications)

Diploma - Electrical and Electronics Engineering