HIV and TB Program Lead

• PositionHIV and TB Program Lead
• CompanyInfectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
• LocationArua, Uganda
• Job TypeFull-time; 5-month duration
• CategoryHealth / NGO
• IndustryPublic health
• DepartmentNot stated
• Deadline21 November 2026, 23:59

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is a Ugandan health institution affiliated with Makerere University and focused on infectious diseases and related public-health challenges. Its official site describes work that brings research, training, and healthcare practice together, with an African approach to improving health systems and care.

IDI presents itself as a partner in transforming healthcare through research, training, and collaboration. Its work includes supporting health workers and services addressing HIV and other infectious diseases across Africa. Learn more from the official IDI website.

The HIV and TB Program Lead provides technical assistance and leadership to cluster teams delivering integrated care and treatment across the HIV care continuum. The focus spans adult, adolescent, and paediatric HIV management; TB prevention and treatment; PMTCT and elimination of mother-to-child transmission and early infant diagnosis services; retention; differentiated service delivery; and quality improvement. The postholder works with supported districts and facilities to strengthen service quality and accelerate progress toward HIV epidemic-control targets. The work combines clinical mentoring, planning and monitoring against national guidance and programme commitments, team workplan and budget review, and routine use of site data. It also involves coordination with Ministry of Health counterparts, CDC, METS, regional referral hospitals, and community partners. IDI lists Arua as the station, a full-time classification, a five-month duration, and one vacancy.

• Oversee integration of care and treatment services across care, PMTCT, TB, retention/COT, differentiated service delivery models, and quality improvement at cluster level.
• Provide technical leadership for planning, implementation, and monitoring of TB, HIV, care, and treatment interventions in line with national guidelines, project priorities, workplans, budgets, outputs, targets, and milestones.
• Review workplans and budgets for cluster teams supporting care and treatment services.
• Provide continuous clinical mentoring to cluster teams, including support with Ministry of Health reporting.
• Organize and conduct district-based continuing medical education in care and treatment services.
• Organize and conduct district-based performance-review meetings.
• Conduct facility support visits to review technical assistance delivered by cluster teams.
• Strengthen quality-improvement activities for care, treatment, PMTCT, TB, and retention, including district, health-subdistrict, and community quality-improvement structures.
• Ensure accurate, timely HMIS and programme reporting for supported care, PMTCT, TB, quality-improvement, retention, and differentiated-service-delivery indicators.
• Lead site-level data use to track routine performance against COP indicators in supported districts.
• Work with the Ministry of Health, CDC, METS, and regional referral hospital teams on regional quality-improvement initiatives, meetings, coach forums, performance reviews, conference abstracts, and simulation activities in the cluster.
• Support viral-load coverage and suppression monitoring, low-level viraemia monitoring, and HIV drug-resistance database review and treatment optimization in supported districts.
• Work with OVC and community-led monitoring partners to link children and adolescents living with HIV to community livelihood programmes for socioeconomic strengthening.
• Carry out other duties assigned in line with the role.

Required Education

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB).

Work Experience

• At least two years of relevant HIV/AIDS clinical experience.

Additional Requirements

• Training in HIV/AIDS care and management is essential.
• Active registration with the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council is required.
• A Master of Public Health, Master of Health Services Research, or Health Services Management is an advantage.
• Knowledge of USG programming policies and regulations and Ministry of Health and district procedures is an advantage.

Technical Skills

• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in HIV/AIDS management.
• Clinical mentoring and integrated HIV, TB, care, and treatment support, as specified in the duties.
• HMIS and programme reporting and site-level routine performance tracking.

Soft Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team.

The advert does not state a salary or benefits package.

• The scope connects HIV care, TB services, PMTCT, retention, and quality improvement rather than focusing on a single service area.
• The post combines clinical leadership with hands-on technical assistance to cluster teams and supported facilities.
• The work includes mentoring health teams and strengthening district-level learning and performance reviews.
• Routine HMIS reporting and site-level data use are central to tracking service performance.
• The role engages with Ministry of Health counterparts, CDC, METS, referral hospitals, and community partners.
• The station is Arua, with a stated five-month full-time assignment and one vacancy.

Submit your application through the official IDI vacancy listing. The employer states that applications close on 21 November 2026 at 23:59. Review the job code and full eligibility details on the employer page before submitting.

• Checked on 10 November 2026 against Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)'s official advert.
• Closing date confirmed as 21 November 2026. NextRoleHub closes the listing at 23:59 Kampala time that day.
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