Palliative Care Expert

About the role

The Key Expert – Palliative Care Expert will provide technical assistance to the Syrian Ministry of Health, strengthening oncology-related clinical protocols, medication safety, multidisciplinary coordination, clinical training and quality monitoring, while promoting patient‑centred care and integrating palliative‑care considerations within health services.

Key responsibilities

• Support the development and harmonisation of national or institutional anti‑cancer therapy protocols, especially chemotherapy protocols.
• Design and implement pharmacovigilance and medication‑safety systems for chemotherapy administration, including adverse‑event reporting and safe‑handling procedures.
• Develop structured clinical training programmes for oncology teams on protocol implementation, treatment sequencing and toxicity management.
• Create monitoring and evaluation tools to track treatment adherence, clinical outcomes and safety indicators across multiple oncology centres.
• Facilitate multidisciplinary technical working groups involving oncology, primary care and nursing directorates.

Required profile

• Master's degree in Public Health, Palliative Medicine, Nursing or related clinical field; medical degree with specialisation in palliative care strongly preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of clinical or technical experience in medical oncology, including experience with protocol development or revision.
• Familiarity with international cancer treatment guidelines (WHO Essential Medicines List, NCCN, ESMO) and adaptation to resource‑constrained settings.
• Professional experience in the MENA region or post‑conflict/early‑recovery health systems is a strong asset.
• Excellent written and spoken English; working knowledge of Arabic is a strong asset.

Required skills

• Design of monitoring frameworks and quality indicators for palliative‑care service delivery.
• Pharmacovigilance and medication‑safety system development for chemotherapy.
• Clinical training design for physicians, pharmacists and nursing staff.
• Development of monitoring and evaluation tools for treatment adherence and safety.
• Facilitation of multidisciplinary technical working groups.