Early Detection & Cancer Prevention Programs Expert

Project Overview

Role Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance in the design, strengthening and implementation of evidence-based cancer prevention and early-detection programmes.
• Support development of national screening guidelines and clinical decision pathways.
• Support community awareness initiatives and healthcare workforce training.
• Strengthen referral systems between primary health care and diagnostic/treatment facilities.

Qualifications and Skills Required

• Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine, or a related field; a medical degree with clinical or public-health specialisation in Oncology or Family Medicine is also acceptable.
• Strong facilitation skills for technical working groups and multistakeholder consultations.
• Ability to translate epidemiological evidence into operational screening algorithms, referral criteria and monitoring indicators.
• Familiarity with health-promotion and behaviour-change communication approaches relevant to cancer prevention.

Professional Experience

• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) prevention and control, with substantial experience in cancer early-detection and screening programming.
• Proven track record designing or revising evidence-based national cancer screening guidelines and clinical decision pathways aligned with WHO and IARC recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience developing community awareness and risk-communication strategies, including in low health literacy contexts.
• Experience designing training curricula and competency-based capacity-building packages for health workers on clinical breast examination, visual inspection methods and referral triage.
• Prior experience piloting cancer screening programmes and establishing functional referral linkages between primary health care and diagnostic/treatment facilities is required.

Language Requirements

• English: Professional working proficiency – mandatory, particularly for technical documentation and coordination with international partners.
• Arabic: Fluency is highly desirable.

Desirables

• Experience in post-conflict, fragile or early-recovery health systems is considered a strong asset.

Application Notes

• Apply and upload your CV via LinkedIn or send to [email protected].
• Only selected candidates will be contacted due to the large amount of applicants.