Vacancy title:
Senior Technical Officer – TB Services
Employment type: Full time, Industry: Professional Services, Category: Healthcare, Social Services & Nonprofit, Science & Engineering, Business Operations
Jobs at:
FHI 360
Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, October 22 2026
Duty Station:
Dar es Salaam | Dar es Salaam
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, October 13 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
FHI 360 is a global organisation working to improve lives through integrated, locally driven solutions. The organisation partners with governments, communities, and other stakeholders to address complex development and public health challenges. FHI 360 is committed to equal employment opportunities, safeguarding, professional development, and maintaining a safe and inclusive working environment.
Job Summary
The Senior Technical Officer – Tuberculosis (TB) will provide technical expertise and support for the implementation and expansion of comprehensive TB prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment services under the EpiC Project in Tanzania. The position will support the integration of TB and HIV services across Police and Prison (PnP) health facilities and strengthen TB services within public health facilities. The goal is to promote early case detection, accurate diagnosis, timely treatment initiation, treatment completion, and improved patient outcomes. The officer will collaborate closely with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Police Medical Unit (PMU), Prisons Health and Nutrition Unit (PHNU), President’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG), Regional and Council Health Management Teams (RHMTs/CHMTs), health facility teams, and implementing partners. The role will focus on strengthening high-quality, equitable, and client-centred TB services, including collaborative TB/HIV activities in accordance with national guidelines and global recommendations.
Key Responsibilities
1. Technical Leadership and TB Service Delivery
- Provide technical support and strategic direction for planning, implementation, monitoring, and expansion of TB interventions across supported regions.
- Provide technical oversight of TB screening, active case finding, diagnosis, treatment, TB preventive treatment (TPT), TB/HIV collaborative services, drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), and TB infection prevention and control (IPC).
- Ensure TB services comply with Tanzania Ministry of Health and National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme (NTLP) policies, guidelines, and quality standards.
- Strengthen the integration of TB services within HIV, primary healthcare, community, Police, and Prison health platforms to improve access and continuity of care.
- Provide mentorship, supportive supervision, coaching, orientation, and clinical case reviews to strengthen regional capacity and the quality of TB services.
- Support the identification, referral, treatment monitoring, and patient-centred management of drug-resistant TB in collaboration with relevant programme structures.
2. Programme Monitoring and Performance Improvement
- Monitor TB programme performance through routine data reviews, treatment cascade analysis, data quality assessments, and performance monitoring.
- Identify service delivery gaps and recommend corrective actions.
- Support regions in developing and implementing site-specific improvement plans and follow up on agreed actions to promote accountability and sustained performance.
- Strengthen TB/HIV case identification, linkage to care, treatment initiation, adherence, retention, and treatment outcomes.
- Promote the use of digital tools and routine health information systems to improve the timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of TB reporting and programme decision-making.
3. Stakeholder Coordination and Collaboration
- Collaborate with the Ministry of Health, NTLP, PMU, PHNU, RHMTs/CHMTs, health facility leadership, and implementing partners to coordinate TB activities.
- Work with relevant stakeholders to address implementation challenges and improve service delivery.
- Support resource planning, budgeting, work planning, and prioritisation of TB activities based on programme performance and identified needs.
4. Reporting and Documentation
- Prepare high-quality technical reports, performance updates, presentations, and programme briefs for project management, government stakeholders, and donors.
- Document and disseminate best practices, lessons learned, innovations, and implementation successes to support programme improvement and expansion.
- Provide technical recommendations based on programme data, implementation experiences, and identified service delivery gaps.
5. Leadership and Capacity Building
- Mentor junior staff to strengthen their technical capacity and professional performance.
- Provide technical guidance to health facility teams and other programme personnel.
- Demonstrate strong leadership, accountability, stakeholder engagement, communication, analytical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and project management skills.
Required Knowledge and Skills
Candidates should demonstrate the following:
- Knowledge of TB prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, TB/HIV collaborative services, and DR-TB management.
- Familiarity with Tanzania Ministry of Health and NTLP guidelines, reporting requirements, and quality standards for TB and TB/HIV programmes.
- Strong leadership, team management, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Good understanding of quality assurance and continuous quality improvement principles.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical information clearly to government counterparts, donors, stakeholders, and project teams.
- Cultural sensitivity, respect for diversity, and an understanding of political, contextual, and ethical issues affecting programme implementation.
- Strong organisational and analytical skills, including the ability to interpret data, identify challenges, and recommend improvements.
- Demonstrated project management skills.
- Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and build productive stakeholder relationships.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Ability to identify operational and programmatic challenges, conduct root-cause analysis, develop practical solutions, and implement corrective actions.
- Fluency in English and Kiswahili.
Education and Qualifications
A Medical Degree (MD) from a recognised institution is required. A Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH) or an international equivalent is an added advantage.
Professional Experience
Applicants must have:
- At least six years of progressive experience in TB and TB/HIV programming, including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, preferably within donor-funded public health programmes.
- Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance and strengthening the capacity of government health authorities, RHMTs/CHMTs, health facility teams, and implementing partners to improve TB and TB/HIV service outcomes.
- Proven ability to analyse, interpret, and use TB programme data to identify gaps, monitor performance, and drive improvements.
- Experience mentoring junior staff and providing technical guidance to facility-level teams.
Supervision and Reporting
The successful candidate will report to the Senior Technical Advisor – Clinical Services and will provide mentorship to junior staff to strengthen their technical capacity and performance.
Working Environment and Physical Requirements
The position involves working in a typical office environment and may require:
- Spending extended periods working on a computer and performing repetitive keyboard tasks.
- Sitting and standing for extended periods.
- Lifting or moving items weighing up to five pounds.
Technology and Equipment
The role will involve using:
- Personal computers and laptops.
- Microsoft applications, including Office 365 and SharePoint.
- Communication and collaboration platforms such as Skype, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams.
- Mobile phones and other standard office equipment.
Travel Requirements
The position requires approximately 10%–25% domestic travel to councils and health facility project sites to provide technical assistance, supportive supervision, engage stakeholders, and support programme implementation.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 72
Level of Education: postgraduate degree
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