Early Detection & Cancer Prevention Programs Expert

About the role

The Key Expert will provide technical assistance to the Syrian Ministry of Health for designing, strengthening and implementing evidence‑based cancer prevention and early‑detection programmes. The role supports institutional capacity, governance and evidence‑based decision‑making in a post‑conflict health system.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and revise national cancer screening guidelines and clinical decision pathways in line with WHO and IARC recommendations.
• Design community awareness and risk‑communication strategies to promote early care‑seeking behaviour.
• Create training curricula and competency‑based packages for primary‑ and secondary‑level health workers.
• Pilot screening programmes and establish functional referral linkages between primary care and diagnostic/treatment facilities.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine or related field (medical degree with oncology or family‑medicine focus also acceptable).
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in NCD prevention, specifically cancer early‑detection and screening programmes.
• Proven experience in post‑conflict or fragile health‑system contexts is a strong asset.
• Professional working proficiency in English; fluency in Arabic highly desirable.

Required skills

• Facilitation of technical working groups and multi‑stakeholder consultations.
• Translation of epidemiological evidence into operational screening algorithms, referral criteria and monitoring indicators.
• Knowledge of health‑promotion and behaviour‑change communication approaches for cancer prevention.