Senior Technical Advisor – TB Services

About the Organization

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership & Strategic Guidance

• Provide strategic technical direction for integrated TB and TB/HIV services in line with NTLP guidelines, national priorities, and donor objectives.
• Lead the development, review, and execution of TB strategies, work plans, and clinical quality improvement approaches.
• Drive the rollout and optimization of innovative TB diagnostic technologies (e.g., GeneXpert, LF-LAM, digital chest X-rays) and case-finding models.
• Advise project leadership and government counterparts on best practices for Drug-Resistant TB (DR-TB) management and TB Preventive Treatment (TPT).

2. TB Cascade & Performance Enhancement

• Lead detailed analyses of the TB identification, diagnostic, enrollment, and treatment cascade to address service delivery bottlenecks.
• Monitor key performance indicators across facilities and communities, designing targeted performance improvement plans for underperforming areas.
• Scale up active case finding (ACF) strategies in high-risk health facility settings and community hotspots.
• Strengthen TB/HIV collaborative activities, ensuring 100% HIV screening among TB patients and routine TB screening among People Living with HIV (PLHIV).

3. Capacity Building & Mentorship

• Provide differentiated technical assistance, clinical coaching, supportive supervision, and mentorship to RHMTs, CHMTs, healthcare providers, and community health workers.
• Develop and adapt TB standard operating procedures (SOPs), job aids, training modules, and clinical guidance tools.
• Build the capacity of district and regional teams to independently plan, monitor, and manage high-quality TB interventions.

4. Data Quality, Monitoring & Coordination

• Promote routine data use, triangulation, and analysis across NTLP tools and digital health platforms to guide decision-making.
• Ensure high data quality and reporting consistency across project and national TB surveillance systems.
• Represent EGPAF in national TB Technical Working Groups (TWGs), NTLP review meetings, and partner coordination forums.
• Document project successes, lessons learned, and innovations to support policy advocacy and scale-up.

Qualifications & Requirements

Required

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Nursing, Clinical Medicine, Public Health, or a related healthcare discipline.
• Experience: Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience managing and leading TB and TB/HIV public health programs in Tanzania.
• Technical Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of national NTLP guidelines, TB diagnostic algorithms, TPT scale-up, active case finding, and DR-TB management.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Proven record of collaboration with government bodies (MoH/NTLP, RHMTs, CHMTs), implementing partners, and health facilities.

Preferred

• Advanced Degree: Master’s degree or higher in Public Health (MPH), Epidemiology, Medicine, or Global Health.
• Donor Experience: Prior experience supporting PEPFAR or other major USG-funded health initiatives in Tanzania.

Important Notice & Disclaimer

• No Fee Policy: EGPAF does not charge any recruitment fees at any stage of the application process.
• Equal Opportunity: EGPAF is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B).