Senior Health Specialist - HIV/TB, MNCH and Nutrition

About the role

Compassion is recruiting a Senior Health Specialist in Arusha, Tanzania, for a fixed-term role supported by grant funding approved for one year. The position provides national technical leadership for integrated health programming covering HIV and tuberculosis (TB), maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and nutrition, and promotes community-facility linkages and measurable results.

Key responsibilities

• Lead national technical planning for integrated HIV/TB, MNCH and nutrition services across hubs, spokes, facilities and community platforms, turning approved activities, targets and budgets into detailed implementation plans.
• Guide HIV testing, linkage to treatment, ART continuity, viral-load follow-up, TB screening, diagnosis, referral, TPT and adherence, as well as antenatal, newborn and child health, immunization linkages and nutrition screening and counselling.
• Develop or adapt training, coaching and mentorship approaches, support Regional Health Specialists and field teams, and use performance data and supervision findings to drive continuous quality improvement.
• Monitor delivery against milestones, outputs, targets, timelines and budgets, and coordinate with Finance, Sourcing and MEAL colleagues on training, supplies and implementation inputs.
• Strengthen bidirectional referral and feedback pathways, support community case finding, contact tracing and follow-up, and promote referral of priority and vulnerable clients.
• Coordinate with the Ministry of Health, regional health authorities, hubs, FBO partners and consortium teams, contribute to technical reviews and donor reporting, and document lessons learned.

Required profile

• Personal relationship with Jesus Christ, with a commitment to child protection and Compassion's Code of Conduct.
• Master's degree in public health, epidemiology, maternal and child health, nutrition, nursing or a related health field.
• Minimum of six years of experience, including strong experience in HIV/TB programming, MNCH and nutrition, preferably in integrated or USG-funded programs.
• Experience in training, mentorship, supportive supervision and quality improvement; experience with government health structures and FBO or community platforms is desirable.
• Ability to interpret program data and identify performance gaps.

Required skills

• Technical knowledge of HIV and TB prevention, testing, treatment, retention, adherence and referral systems.
• Technical knowledge of MNCH, nutrition screening and counselling, and integrated primary and community health service delivery.
• Strong facilitation, mentoring, coordination, writing, planning and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of safeguarding, inclusion, confidentiality and ethical health practice.

Travel of approximately 20-30% to regions, districts, hubs, spokes, facilities and stakeholder sites is required. The organization may close the recruitment early if a suitable pool of candidates is found.