Senior Technical Advisor – HIV Care and Treatment

About the role

The Senior Technical Advisor – HIV Care and Treatment provides strategic technical leadership to improve the quality, coverage and performance of HIV services across EGPAF‑supported regions and facilities. The role drives data‑informed strategies to boost treatment initiation, retention, adherence, viral load suppression and overall clinical outcomes while delivering differentiated technical assistance, coaching and mentorship.

Key responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of HIV care and treatment strategies, work plans and performance‑improvement approaches aligned with national guidelines.
• Analyse the HIV treatment cascade to identify gaps in linkage, initiation, retention, adherence and viral load monitoring, and guide corrective actions.
• Develop and monitor targeted performance‑improvement plans for under‑performing regions, councils, facilities and priority populations.
• Provide differentiated technical assistance, coaching, mentorship and supportive supervision to regional, council and facility teams as well as community structures.
• Strengthen capacity of government teams to independently plan, monitor and improve HIV care and treatment services.
• Document effective practices, lessons learned and innovations for scale‑up and support quality‑improvement initiatives.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Nursing, Clinical Medicine, Public Health or related health discipline; advanced degree (Master’s or higher) highly desirable.
• Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience in HIV care and treatment programming, preferably within large‑scale donor‑funded public health programs.
• Proven experience providing strategic technical leadership, mentorship and performance‑improvement support at regional, council, facility and community levels.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse program performance data and translate findings into targeted interventions that improve HIV treatment outcomes.

Required skills

• HIV treatment cascade management
• ART optimization and treatment failure management
• Viral load monitoring and suppression strategies
• Differentiated service delivery models
• Data analysis and performance‑improvement planning