Regional Technical Officer, TB Services

About this role

FHI 360 is recruiting a Regional Technical Officer for Tuberculosis services to work within the EpiC Project in Tanzania, based in Lindi. The post-holder supplies technical expertise that supports the implementation and scale-up of comprehensive TB prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment, with emphasis on integrating TB and HIV services across Police and Prison health facilities and strengthening services in public health facilities to ensure early case detection and prompt treatment through to completion. Day to day, the officer provides technical support to regional technical teams, health facilities and community platforms in planning, implementing, monitoring and scaling up TB interventions. This includes supporting quality TB screening, active case finding, TB preventive treatment, drug-resistant TB management, TB/HIV collaborative activities and TB infection prevention and control in line with national standards.

The role involves mentoring, coaching, supportive supervision, on-the-job training and clinical case reviews to build health worker capacity, reviewing programme data to identify gaps and recommend corrective actions, and helping facilities develop site-level improvement plans. The officer also conducts data quality checks, reconciles data across registers and electronic systems, and documents lessons learned and best practices. Candidates must hold a medical or nursing degree from a recognised institution, with a master's degree in public health regarded as an added advantage. A minimum of four years of progressive experience in TB and TB/HIV programming is required, together with experience providing technical assistance to government health authorities and facility teams, data analysis skills and fluency in English and Kiswahili.

The position reports to the Regional Senior Technical Officer for Clinical Services and entails domestic travel of between 10 and 25 percent to councils and health facility project sites. The full-time contract carries an annual basic salary of TZS 52,000,000 to 65,000,000, plus a competitive benefits package. Applications should be submitted online through the FHI 360 career portal, with the deadline set at 31 October 2026.