Senior Technical Advisor, Integrated Health Services

About the role

FHI 360 is recruiting a Senior Technical Advisor for Integrated Health Services in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, reporting to the Director, Technical Assistance and Strategic Results Utilization. The advisor gives leadership and technical support to the project 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 disease surveillance are maintained.

Key responsibilities

• Lead technical support for integrated HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and MNCH clinical management and service workflows, including testing, linkage, retention, referral and follow-up.
• Support adaptation of integrated care packages, clinical workflow tools and referral protocols, and establish data quality assurance, dashboards, indicators and client-level alerts.
• Design and institutionalize QA/QI tools, and develop guidelines and SOPs for prevention, care and treatment of HIV, TB, malaria, MNCH and other infectious diseases.
• Develop training packages, job aids and digital tools for the local health workforce, and strengthen capacity to use routine programme data for early warning and outbreak readiness.
• Advise on GHS interventions, infectious disease protocols and national laboratory systems, and support rapid response protocols and outbreak response training.
• Contribute to lessons learned, supervise technical and government staff using the TQLA model, and help manage work plans and budgets.
• Document implementation lessons and best practices, and travel within Nigeria about 45% of the time.

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.

Required skills

• High proficiency in written and spoken English, including presentation and training skills.
• Ability to investigate, analyse data and write brief, high-impact technical documents.
• Well-developed computer skills and proven supervisory ability.
• Ability to travel within Nigeria 45% of the time.

The expected annual gross salary is indexed to USD 19,745 - 25,000, depending on experience, education, internal equity and market conditions.