Provides national technical leadership for integrated HIV/TB, maternal, newborn and child health, and nutrition programming in Arusha, supporting implementation planning, service-delivery standards, workforce capacity, quality improvement, referrals, community–facility linkages, and measurable health outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead national technical planning for integrated HIV/TB, maternal, newborn and child health, and nutrition services.
- Translate approved activities, timelines, targets, and budget inputs into detailed implementation plans.
- Guide HIV testing, treatment linkage, ART continuity, viral-load follow-up, TB screening, diagnosis, referral, treatment support, and TB preventive treatment approaches.
- Guide antenatal and postnatal care, newborn and child health, immunization linkages, nutrition screening and counselling, and referrals.
- Promote integration of HIV/TB, MNCH, nutrition, malaria, and community health activities.
- Develop or adapt training, coaching, and mentorship approaches for health workers and community teams.
- Provide technical support to regional health specialists and facility, hub, and spoke teams.
- Promote low-dose, high-frequency learning, coaching, supportive supervision, and continuous quality improvement.
- Use performance data and supervision findings to identify service gaps, agree corrective actions, and monitor follow-up.
- Monitor health activities against approved milestones, outputs, targets, timelines, and budgets.
- Coordinate with health specialists, Finance, Sourcing, and MEAL colleagues on implementation inputs.
- Review progress against resource utilization and flag delays, variances, risks, and forecast changes.
- Strengthen referral and feedback pathways among communities, facilities, spokes, and hubs.
- Support community case finding, HIV/TB contact tracing, adherence and treatment follow-up, and community follow-up for MNCH and nutrition services.
- Identify barriers to access, linkage, retention, and continuity of care and coordinate corrective action.
- Coordinate with the Ministry of Health, regional health authorities, hubs, faith-based organization partners, and consortium technical teams.
- Contribute to technical reviews and donor and consortium reporting.
- Document lessons, implementation adaptations, and good practices.
Requirements
- Strong technical knowledge of HIV and TB prevention, testing, treatment, retention, adherence, and referral systems.
- Strong technical knowledge of maternal, newborn, and child health; nutrition screening, counselling, and referral; and integrated primary and community health service delivery.
- Knowledge of integrated service delivery, community–facility linkages, and continuity of care.
- Ability to interpret program data, identify performance gaps, and translate findings into practical technical actions.
- Strong facilitation, mentoring, coordination, writing, planning, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and support implementation oversight.
- Understanding of safeguarding, inclusion, confidentiality, ethical health-service practice, and equitable access.
- Commitment to Compassion International’s cultural behaviors and Christian mission.
