Senior Expert: Cancer Early Detection & Prevention Programs

NTU International A/S; Islamabad; Sur place; PKR 55 630 000 - 98 898 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

NTU International is seeking a Key Expert – Early Detection & Cancer Prevention Programs Expert (Cat. II) to provide technical assistance for the EU-funded project “Technical Assistance to the Syrian Ministry of Health – Strengthening Institutional Capacity and Governance.” The assignment focuses on designing evidence-based cancer prevention and screening initiatives at national level.

The role requires leading development of national screening guidelines, clinical decision pathways, community

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine, or related field.
• Medical degree with oncology or family medicine specialization acceptable.
• Strong facilitation skills for technical working groups and multistakeholder consultations.
• Ability to translate epidemiological evidence into screening algorithms, referral criteria and monitoring indicators.
• Familiarity with health-promotion and behaviour-change communication approaches in cancer prevention.

Responsabilités

• Design and implement evidence-based cancer prevention and early-detection programmes, including national screening guidelines, clinical decision pathways, community awareness initiatives, healthcare workforce training and referral systems.
• Design or revise national cancer screening guidelines and clinical decision pathways aligned with WHO and IARC recommendations.
• Develop community awareness and risk-communication strategies to strengthen early care-seeking behavior in low-literacy contexts.
• Design training curricula and competency-based capacity-building packages for primary- and secondary-level health workers on clinical breast examination, visual inspection methods and referral triage.
• Pilot cancer screening programmes and establish functional referral linkages between primary care and diagnostic/treatment facilities; work in post-conflict health systems.

Connaissances

Facilitation skills for meetings

Translate epidemiological evidence to‑

Formation

Master's degree in Public Health / Epidemiology / Preventive Medicine

Medical degree with Oncology or Family Medicine specialization

Description du poste

NTU International is seeking a Key Expert – Early Detection & Cancer Prevention Programs Expert (Cat. II) to provide technical assistance for the EU-funded project “Technical Assistance to the Syrian Ministry of Health – Strengthening Institutional Capacity and Governance.” The assignment focuses on designing evidence-based cancer prevention and screening initiatives at national level.

The role requires leading development of national screening guidelines, clinical decision pathways, community