Vacancy title:
Senior Technical Advisor, HIV & TB

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
FHI 360

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, September 30 2025

Duty Station:
kampala | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, September 25 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Job Summary:

FHI 360 is seeking qualified candidates to fill a position of Senior Technical Director, HIV & TB for EpiC (Uganda) to provide technical leadership and oversight of life-saving HIV/TB care and treatment services in several regions of Uganda.

Job Summary:

The Senior Technical Advisor, HIV & TB will provide technical monitoring and support on the design and implementation of life-saving HIV/TB technical strategies and interventions for the EpiC project in Uganda. S/he will provide technical support and capacity building to project partners and ensure strong technical performance.  S/he will ensure completion of high-quality project technical deliverables on schedule and within budget constraints. The Senior Technical Advisor, HIV & TB will supervise technical personnel to ensure EpiC’s technical objectives are met. S/he will contribute to and/or lead technical presentations for key local stakeholders, including but not limited to project donors and relevant Government of Uganda ministries, and participate in technical working groups.

Accountabilities:

• Provide technical leadership in HIV & TB in Uganda in collaboration with the EpiC Technical Director.
• Creates and/or refines technical portion of the project workplan, within the given resource and financial constraints.  
• Demonstrates good judgment in addressing challenges, selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining solutions, with some supervision.

• With technical oversight, provide technical leadership in the design, development, planning, and implementation of the EpiC project in Uganda.
• Contributes to staff and partner capacity-building on implementing and monitoring HIV & TB life-saving activities.
• Leads the day-to-day technical activities and tracks delivery of project results.
• Monitors staff members’ LOE (Level of Effort) needs to ensure adequate coverage of resources.
• Maintains a constructive dialogue and technical exchange with country counterparts and technical staff members of implementing partners.
• Develops tools for the design and implementation of specific technical components of the project workplan, as needed.
• Ensures technical implementation is consistent with best practices in the industry / subject and meet client / funder contractual obligations.
• Supervises technical staff members, sub-partners, and others implementing technical project work.

• Develops and implements technical training and capacity building interventions for sub-partners. Identifies strategies to address training gaps.

• Drafts donor technical reports.
• Prepares and delivers presentations to donors and Government of Uganda stakeholders on project progress.
• Gathers and aggregates data to provide a summary / high level overview.

• Identifies areas for improved efficiency or effectiveness within prescribed parameters, and institutes enhancements to procedures.

Applied Knowledge & Skills:

• Ensures appropriate and timely technical support for the EpiC project.
• Ensures the quality of implemented technical activities and systems at all levels.
• Conducts routine coordination with employees and consultants, as needed, on-site and at field sites.
• Strong knowledge and skills in HIV & TB program implementation in Uganda.
• Solid knowledge of HIV & TB standards, operational processes and procedures, work, and task flow.
• Has the ability to manage projects, set realistic priorities, and plan for the successful implementation of activities.
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills.
• Relevant computer software skills (including, at a minimum, the standard applications in MS Office).
• Ability to manage own work to job and performance standards.
• Must be able to read, write and speak fluent English.

Problem Solving & Impact:

• Demonstrates the ability to assess needs within agreed upon duties and considers course of action best to meet those needs.
• Effectively applies knowledge of technical area to solve a range of problems.
• Demonstrates the ability to develop solutions to problems that cannot be solved using existing methods or approaches.
• Problem solving involves evaluating and resolving discrepancies with data, analyses, processes, etc. within prescribed guidelines.

Supervision Given/Received:

• Will supervise junior staff members.
• Coordinates own workflow and sets individual priorities.
• Works under general guidelines for completion and accuracy as determined by the supervisor.
• Accomplishes results through lower-level staff managers or through experienced staff who exercise independence in their assignments.
• Serves as mentor to more inexperienced technical staff.
• Reports to Technical Director, HIV & TB.

Education:

• Master’s Degree or its International Equivalent in either Public Health, Global Health, Epidemiology, clinical medicine, or . a Human Development or Related Field.
• Project Management (PM) training is of added advantage.

Experience:

• 8+ years of relevant experience in technical implementation of large HIV projects and/or programs in Uganda.
• Experience working with PEPFAR-supported programs and local or international organizations implementing HIV/TB care and treatment programs in Uganda.

• Documented experience providing HIV technical assistance and capacity building to government and/or partner organizations.
• Program development or program management experience strongly preferred.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: postgraduate degree

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