Cancer Treatment Protocols Expert

About the role

NTU International is seeking a Key Expert – Cancer Treatment Protocols Expert (Cat. II) to support the EU‑funded Technical Assistance project for the Syrian Ministry of Health. The role focuses on developing, harmonising and implementing evidence‑based systemic anti‑cancer therapy protocols, with a strong emphasis on chemotherapy, medication safety, pharmacovigilance and clinical quality assurance.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and harmonise national or institutional systemic anti‑cancer therapy protocols, especially chemotherapy regimens.
• Facilitate consensus‑building among clinicians to adopt standardised, evidence‑based treatment pathways across dispersed oncology centres.
• Design and implement pharmacovigilance and medication‑safety systems, including adverse‑event reporting and dose‑verification procedures.
• Create structured clinical training programmes for physicians, pharmacists and nursing staff on protocol implementation and toxicity management.
• Develop monitoring and evaluation tools to track treatment adherence, clinical outcomes and safety indicators.

Required profile

• Medical degree with board certification in Clinical Oncology, Medical Oncology, Haematology‑Oncology or Clinical Pharmacology.
• Minimum 10 years of clinical or technical experience in medical oncology, including protocol development.
• Experience supporting ministries of health or national cancer‑control programmes in post‑conflict or early‑recovery settings.
• Excellent English communication skills; working knowledge of Arabic is a strong asset.

Required skills

• Chemotherapy protocol development and harmonisation.
• Pharmacovigilance and medication‑safety system design.
• Clinical training programme creation for oncology teams.
• Monitoring and evaluation tool development for protocol compliance.