Cancer Treatment Protocols Expert

About the role

The Key Expert will support the Syrian Ministry of Health in strengthening institutional capacity for cancer care. The role focuses on developing, harmonising and implementing evidence‑based systemic anti‑cancer therapy protocols, especially chemotherapy, medication safety, pharmacovigilance and clinical quality assurance.

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical assistance for the development, harmonisation and implementation of systemic anti‑cancer therapy protocols.
• Lead consensus‑building among clinical stakeholders to adopt standardised, evidence‑based treatment pathways.
• Strengthen pharmacovigilance and medication‑safety systems for chemotherapy, including adverse‑event reporting and dose‑verification procedures.
• Design and deliver structured clinical training programmes for oncology teams on protocol implementation and toxicity management.
• Develop monitoring and evaluation tools to track treatment adherence, clinical outcomes and safety indicators across multiple oncology centres.

Required profile

• Medical degree with board certification or equivalent specialisation in Clinical Oncology, Medical Oncology, Haematology‑Oncology or Clinical Pharmacology.
• Minimum 10 years of clinical or technical experience in medical oncology, including protocol development or revision.
• Demonstrated familiarity with WHO Essential Medicines List, NCCN and ESMO guidelines and their adaptation to resource‑constrained settings.
• Experience supporting ministries of health or national cancer‑control programmes in post‑conflict or early‑recovery contexts.
• Excellent written and spoken English; working knowledge of Arabic is a strong asset.

Required skills

• Chemotherapy protocol development and harmonisation.
• Pharmacovigilance and medication‑safety systems.
• Adaptation of WHO, NCCN and ESMO guidelines.
• Adverse‑event reporting and dose‑verification procedures.
• Clinical training programme design for oncology teams.
• Monitoring and evaluation tool development for protocol adherence and safety.