Senior Technical Advisor, HIV Care and Treatment

About the role

PATH Kenya is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor (STA) for HIV care and treatment to provide strategic leadership and technical oversight of integrated HIV/TB care and treatment services across project counties. The STA oversees county work-plan implementation, mentors project staff and implementing teams, and strengthens their capacity at project, county, sub-county and facility levels. The role leads transition and sustainability efforts with the County Department of Health and reports to the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), while acting as the project's main liaison with the County Department of Health. There are two positions, one each in Nyamira County and Vihiga County.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and oversee integrated HIV/TB service delivery at project-supported health facilities, including elimination of vertical transmission, in line with national and global guidelines.
• Contribute to project work-plan development and implementation design, supporting strategies that address gaps in testing, linkage, retention and viral load suppression.
• Collaborate with ministries of health, local governments and NGOs to build local capacity and improve facility-to-community referral networks.
• Strengthen county ownership and sustainability of HIV/TB services by engaging county leadership, supporting county technical working groups, transition teams and planning forums, and advancing transition roadmaps through increased domestic resource allocation and accountability.
• Ensure the project meets donor targets and milestones, oversee data-driven quality-improvement initiatives and contribute to technical reports.
• Document and share success stories, technical papers, lessons learned and promising practices to raise project visibility.
• Serve as the County Focal Person, supervising and managing project staff in the county and coordinating day-to-day operations.

Required profile

• MBChB or equivalent, with a Master of Public Health (MPH) or equivalent.
• At least seven years of progressively responsible public-health experience, including designing, implementing and overseeing county health systems-strengthening programs.
• At least five of those years in a senior supervisory role within the Ministry of Health or a donor-funded or PEPFAR-supported HIV/AIDS program.
• Demonstrated expertise in integrated HIV guidelines, HIV/TB program metrics, donor compliance and Kenya's devolved health-system architecture.

Required skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, capacity-building, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build relationships with county government leaders, staff, private-sector stakeholders and partners.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The contract is six months fixed-term, with possible extension depending on donor funding availability.