Technical Advisor for Cervical Cancer Secondary Prevention Strategies

Job ID

2026-7532

Location

PH-Manila

Category

Local

Employment Status

Full-Time

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Jhpiego works with health experts, governments, and community leaders to increase access and options to high-quality health services and health technology for their people. Through our partnerships, we aim to revolutionize health care for people who are disadvantaged and vulnerable around the world.

The Technical Advisor will provide scientific, clinical and subject matter expert leadership to the implementation, design and evaluation of initiatives under Jhpiego’s Women’s Cancer portfolio. They will primarily be responsible for designing, leading and providing technical guidance in the conduct of research and study activities in accordance with prescribed academic and ethical standards. They will also provide timely, relevant, practical, gender-transformative, culturally sensitive and evidence-based inputs to the design of HPV vaccination, screening-linked-to-treatment, capacity strengthening and other health-systems strengthening interventions. The Technical Advisor ensures that all project activities are ethically conducted and aligned with global cervical cancer elimination goals and national guidelines.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Scientific, clinical and subject matter leadership

• Lead the design and execution of research and studies related to cervical cancer screening, treatment of precancerous lesions, HPV epidemiology in the Philippines, HPV vaccination, and diagnostics
• Provide technical and clinical guidance in the development of clinical protocols, SOPs, and quality standards.
• Ensure alignment of all technical and knowledge products with WHO Cervical Cancer Elimination Global Strategy, Cervical Cancer Control and Prevention Program and other relevant national, subnational and local politics.
• Provide technical support on innovations such as HPV DNA testing, self-sampling, digital colposcopy, thermal ablation, and tele-mentoring.
• Understand and lead technical assistance for the integration of cervical cancer screening services and pathway into existing health services, including the primary health care level.

2. Data Management, Analysis & Quality Assurance

• Ensure that all research- and study-related data collection, analysis, and storage are carried out according to prescribed data privacy and security, and ethical standards in all studies.
• Provide timely and relevant technical guidance to data managers and analysts to ensure that data are collected and analyzed in accordance to research and study objectives and approved ethical protocols accuracy, completeness, and timely reporting.
• Lead data analysis and interpretation of study results.

3. Donor, partner and stakeholder engagement

• Serve as the primary technical expert in donor-facing dissemination, knowledge sharing, advocacy, consultative and external communication activities at national, regional and international level, as needed
• Ensure that technical reports, progress updates, and other knowledge products meet quality scientific standards.
• Support strategic growth and partnership unit in proposal development, budgeting, and donor presentations, as needed
• Ensure synergy of technical approaches, knowledge products, outputs and other activities with Department of Health priorities, local cancer control and prevention programs and relevant civil society partners
• Ensure integration of cervical cancer elimination activities with broader reproductive health, HIV, or primary care systems.

4. Ethical & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure all activities comply with IRB requirements, human subjects’ protection guidelines, and national clinical standards.
• Oversee ethical submissions, protocol amendments, and audit responses.

Education and Qualification:

• Advanced degree (MD, MPH, PhD, DrPH, or equivalent) in public health, oncology, epidemiology, medicine, women’s reproductive and sexual health, molecular virology, or related discipline.
• Candidates with demonstrated clinical background strongly preferred (e.g., gynecology, oncology, family medicine, public health).
• Minimum 7–10 years of experience in the conduct of health, social, clinical and/or implementation research, clinical programs, or implementation of cervical cancer or women's health initiatives.
• Proven experience with cervical cancer screening technologies (e.g., VIA, HPV DNA testing) and treatment modalities (cryotherapy, thermal ablation, LEEP).
• Experience working with low middle-income health systems, ministry of health structures, and community-level interventions.
• Demonstrated experience with IRB processes and conduct of human subjects’ research.
• Proficient in the use of word processing applications
• Familiarity with data processing or statistical analysis solutions such as but not limited to SPSS, STATA, ArcGIS, Excel and NVivo is an advantage
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Excellent command of health research and systems frameworks, qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and ethical standards of conduct of health and social research.