Senior Technical Advisor, Integrated Health Services

About the role

FHI 360 is recruiting a Senior Technical Advisor for Integrated Health Services in Cross River State, reporting to the Director, Technical Assistance and Strategic Results Utilization. The advisor leads and supports the project's work on HIV, TB, malaria, MNCH and GHS integration, coordinating services that integrate multi-disease programmes into national and sub-national health systems so that care quality and surveillance are maintained.

Key responsibilities

• Lead technical support for clinical management of integrated HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and MNCH strategies
• Help government and local partners organize testing, linkage, retention, referral and follow-up around client-centred pathways
• Support adaptation of essential care packages, clinical workflow tools and referral protocols
• Build data quality assurance, dashboards, performance analytics, indicator triangulation and client-level alerts, and embed QA/QI tools
• Develop guidelines and SOPs for prevention, care and treatment of HIV, TB, malaria, MNCH and other infectious diseases
• Support training packages, job aids and digital tools for the local health workforce
• Strengthen government capacity to use routine programme data and to respond to outbreaks, and support rapid response protocols
• Review current literature, contribute lessons learned and supervise technical and GoN staff using the TQLA model
• Manage, develop and monitor project work plans and budgets, and document implementation lessons

Required profile

• MB.BS/MD/PhD with over 12 years of multi-disease programming experience in Nigeria, including at least 5 years at senior management level; or another biological science degree with at least 11 years of such experience
• Masters degree (MPH or related) required
• Proven experience in project development, planning and technical training facilitation
• Experience with PEPFAR-funded projects and familiarity with the Nigerian public sector health system, NGOs and CBOs highly desirable
• Ability to travel within Nigeria about 45% of the time

Required skills

• High proficiency in written and spoken English, including presentation and training skills
• Supervision of staff and ability to represent FHI 360 to donors and government officials
• Well-developed computer skills