Regional Technical Officer, Community Engagement, HIV

About this role

FHI 360 is recruiting a Regional Technical Officer, Community Engagement, HIV for a full-time post in Ruvuma, Tanzania. The position provides technical and programmatic oversight for community and facility-based interventions that strengthen linkage to care, antiretroviral treatment initiation, continuity of treatment, and re-engagement of adults, children and adolescents. The post-holder provides implementation oversight and technical assistance at regional level, working closely with Regional and District Health Management Teams, community health workers, facility care and treatment teams and other stakeholders to remove barriers to treatment continuation. Day-to-day duties include supporting evidence-based strategies for ART linkage and retention, contributing to tools, materials and standard operating procedures for community-based HIV service delivery, and helping disseminate a strategic communication package that builds demand for HIV prevention, HTS, TB, STI and sexual violence services.

The officer works with the EpiC RTO for TB on TB/HIV collaborative activities, mentors community health workers and healthcare providers on referrals, client follow-up, case management and national tracking registers, and analyses ART retention data to recommend corrective strategies. The role also involves supportive supervision of community health workers and civil society organisations. Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in social sciences, public health, international development, communication, social work, education, gender, health, nutrition, research or a related field, and bring at least four years of progressively responsible experience in community-based health programming, including technical leadership on HIV prevention, care and treatment. Fluency in written and spoken English and Swahili is required, along with strong analytical and data-use skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and demonstrated problem-solving and organisational abilities.

Experience with NGOs, civil society organisations or government agencies is expected. The position reports to the Senior Regional Technical Officer, Community Engagement, and requires 50 to 75 percent domestic travel. FHI 360 offers a competitive compensation package with an annual basic salary of TZS 52,000,000 to 65,000,000, and applications close on 24 October 2026.