Technical Advisor TB/County Focal Person (Vihiga) at PATH

Job Responsibilities for Technical Advisor role:

• Provide technical support and mentorship to county and sub-county health teams for TB and TB/HIV service delivery.
• Coordinate planning, implementation, and performance review of TB activities with the CHMT and SCHMTs.
• Strengthen integration of TB, HIV, and primary healthcare services.
• Support data-driven decision-making through TIBU, DHIS2, and project reporting systems.
• Represent the project in county and national TB technical working groups and stakeholder forums.
• Promote sustainability of TB interventions through local capacity building and system strengthening.
• Carry out any related tasks that may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

Job Responsibilities for the County Focal Person role:

• Provide administrative leadership for the project in Vihiga County.
• Serve as the project’s point person with all the relevant departments at the County.
• Serve as the performance leader/manager for the technical and administrative project staff in the County.
• Represent the project in forums within Vihiga County.
• Carry out any related tasks that may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

Background, Experience & Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in a clinical-related area such as Clinical Medicine, Nursing.
• Those with a master’s degree in public health, Epidemiology, or a related field will have an added advantage.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in TB/TB-HIV programming, with 3 years in a technical leadership role within a donor-funded project.
• Proven experience working with county health systems and NTLD-P structures.
• Proven experience leading a multi-disciplinary team of technical and monitoring/evaluation staff.
• Strong data analysis, mentorship, and coordination skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills and initiative.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Good time management skills and the ability to prioritize.
• Proficiency in Ms Office applications especially MS word and excel.