Background

Amref Health Africa -Tanzania is a non-profit public health organization supporting the Government of Tanzania to address public health issues, including maternal and child health, HIV, TB, Malaria, and Nutrition in Tanzania since 1987. Amref Health Africa in Tanzania is funded by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through CDC Tanzania to execute a robust HIV care and treatment clinical cascade project aimed at accelerating the achievement of the current 95-95-95 goals and HIV epidemic control in Tanzania. Branded as Afya Thabiti, this project has been implemented in Mara, Simiyu, and Zanzibar since October 2023 and expanded to Dar es Salaam starting January 2026, covering facility and community-based prevention, care, and treatment services. Afya Thabiti works in collaboration with and under the guidance of the Tanzania Ministry of Health, the Zanzibar Ministry of Health, and the President’s Office, Regions Authority, and Local Government (PORALG).

Job Summary

The HIV Clinical Services Officer plays a key role in supporting the delivery of high-quality, comprehensive HIV care and treatment services in line with national guidelines and PEPFAR priorities. The position is responsible for strengthening the HIV treatment cascade from case identification, ART initiation, adherence, and retention to viral suppression toward achieving the 95-95-95 HIV epidemic control goals. The officer will collaborate closely with Council Health Management Teams (CHMTs), health facility teams, community partners, retention, MCH, Laboratory and Testing Officers to ensure integrated, client-centered, and data-driven quality HIV services that are sustainable and aligned with Ministry of Health (MOH) standards.

Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Support the provision of comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in accordance with national guidelines.
• Ensure effective implementation of the clinical cascade from HIV case identification and linkage, adherence counseling, retention, to attaining ad sustaining viral load suppression.
• Facilitate integration of Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) services, CD4 testing, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hepatitis, and mental health screening into HIV care.
• Provide technical support and oversight to healthcare providers in collaboration with CHMTs on implementing Differentiated Service Delivery Models (DSDMs) such as same-day ART initiation, 3/6MMD, and community ART refill.
• Collaborate with Facility and Community HIV Case identification officers and peer navigators to ensure timely linkage and enrollment of newly diagnosed PLHIV into care and treatment.
• Work closely with Retention Officers to ensure proper follow-up and documentation of ART clients.
• Strengthen community engagement through the use of community health workers and expert clients to trace and re-engage clients with treatment interruption.
• Support linkage of PLHIV to economic strengthening and life-skills initiatives where available.
• Support clinic preparation processes, client reminder systems, and eligibility checks to prevent missed opportunities and enhance client retention.
• Build capacity of healthcare providers through technical support, oversight, virtual data driven performance meetings; dissemination of SOPs, job aids, and national guidelines.
• Participate in cluster, council, and facility-level technical meetings, ensuring alignment with MOH and PEPFAR policies.
• Participate in monthly and quarterly review meetings at the council and cluster levels to evaluate progress and address implementation gaps.
• Work collaboratively across program units (clinical, community, M&E, laboratory) to ensure integrated and coordinated service delivery.
• Provide technical guidance to ensure all services comply with national standards and donor requirements.
• Monitor clinical outcomes among recipients of care (RoC), including viral load testing, prompt interpretation and client management with all abnormal laboratory results
• Track facility, council performance weekly, monthly, quarterly using Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) indicators and timely develop remediation plans where necessary.
• Collaborate with M&E and data teams to ensure accurate, timely, and high-quality data reporting.
• Utilize data to guide decision-making and quality improvement interventions.
• Prepare and submit weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to the HIV Clinical Services Advisor and relevant stakeholders.
• Participate in periodic data quality assessments (DQA) and performance review sessions.
• Engage with District Coordinators, CHMTs, respective Medical officers in charge to innovatively develop service sustainability systems, strengthen facility referral systems for service continuity of ROC with comorbidities and complicated clinical cases
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) from a recognized institution.
• Master's in public health (MPH) or equivalent qualification is an added advantage.
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in HIV/AIDS clinical care and treatment, preferably within PEPFAR-supported program.
• Proven experience working with R/CHMTs, facility teams, and partners to meet programmatic targets.
• Demonstrated skills in data analysis, interpretation, and use for program improvement.

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

• Strong technical expertise in HIV/AIDS care and treatment, ART management, and differentiated service delivery.
• Excellent program planning, coordination, and management skills.
• Ability to foster collaboration with government entities, development partners, strategic alignment with regional, district mentors and community organizations.
• Strong mentorship, supervisory, and leadership skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with data systems such as CTC2 and DHIS2.
• Fluent in English and Swahili (spoken and written).

• Support the provision of comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in accordance with national guidelines.
• Ensure effective implementation of the clinical cascade from HIV case identification and linkage, adherence counseling, retention, to attaining ad sustaining viral load suppression.
• Facilitate integration of Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) services, CD4 testing, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hepatitis, and mental health screening into HIV care.
• Provide technical support and oversight to healthcare providers in collaboration with CHMTs on implementing Differentiated Service Delivery Models (DSDMs) such as same-day ART initiation, 3/6MMD, and community ART refill.
• Collaborate with Facility and Community HIV Case identification officers and peer navigators to ensure timely linkage and enrollment of newly diagnosed PLHIV into care and treatment.
• Work closely with Retention Officers to ensure proper follow-up and documentation of ART clients.
• Strengthen community engagement through the use of community health workers and expert clients to trace and re-engage clients with treatment interruption.
• Support linkage of PLHIV to economic strengthening and life-skills initiatives where available.
• Support clinic preparation processes, client reminder systems, and eligibility checks to prevent missed opportunities and enhance client retention.
• Build capacity of healthcare providers through technical support, oversight, virtual data driven performance meetings; dissemination of SOPs, job aids, and national guidelines.
• Participate in cluster, council, and facility-level technical meetings, ensuring alignment with MOH and PEPFAR policies.
• Participate in monthly and quarterly review meetings at the council and cluster levels to evaluate progress and address implementation gaps.
• Work collaboratively across program units (clinical, community, M&E, laboratory) to ensure integrated and coordinated service delivery.
• Provide technical guidance to ensure all services comply with national standards and donor requirements.
• Monitor clinical outcomes among recipients of care (RoC), including viral load testing, prompt interpretation and client management with all abnormal laboratory results
• Track facility, council performance weekly, monthly, quarterly using Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) indicators and timely develop remediation plans where necessary.
• Collaborate with M&E and data teams to ensure accurate, timely, and high-quality data reporting.
• Utilize data to guide decision-making and quality improvement interventions.
• Prepare and submit weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to the HIV Clinical Services Advisor and relevant stakeholders.
• Participate in periodic data quality assessments (DQA) and performance review sessions.
• Engage with District Coordinators, CHMTs, respective Medical officers in charge to innovatively develop service sustainability systems, strengthen facility referral systems for service continuity of ROC with comorbidities and complicated clinical cases
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor

• Strong technical expertise in HIV/AIDS care and treatment, ART management, and differentiated service delivery.
• Excellent program planning, coordination, and management skills.
• Ability to foster collaboration with government entities, development partners, strategic alignment with regional, district mentors and community organizations.
• Strong mentorship, supervisory, and leadership skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with data systems such as CTC2 and DHIS2.
• Fluent in English and Swahili (spoken and written).
• Data analysis, interpretation, and use for program improvement.

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) from a recognized institution.
• Master's in public health (MPH) or equivalent qualification is an added advantage.
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in HIV/AIDS clinical care and treatment, preferably within PEPFAR-supported program.
• Proven experience working with R/CHMTs, facility teams, and partners to meet programmatic targets.
• Demonstrated skills in data analysis, interpretation, and use for program improvement.