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Vital Strategies is an international public health organization. Our programs strengthen public health systems and address the world’s leading causes of illness, injury and death. We currently work in 73 countries, supporting data-driven decision making in government, advancing evidence-based public health policies, and mounting strategic communication campaigns. Vital Strategies’ priorities are driven by the greatest potential to improve and save lives. They include non-communicable disease prevention, tobacco control, road safety, obesity prevention, overdose prevention, environmental health, vital statistics systems building and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment research. Our programs are primarily concentrated in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific; the Overdose Prevention Program is our first initiative in the U.S. Please visit our website at www.vitalstrategies.org to find out more about our work.
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The Senior Technical Advisor, Africa Region will provide leadership and technical support to eastern, western, and southern Africa in the development and implementation of programs to improve population-based cancer registration. The Senior Technical Advisor will lead technical assistance provision in several countries in Africa and work with the IARC-GICR Collaborating Centers (IARC: International Agency for Research on Cancer; GICR: Global Initiative for Cancer Registries), including, but not limited to planning and implementation of work plans and managing Country Coordinators.
This is a full-time position that can be based in either Mozambique or any other eastern, western, or southern African countries. Vital Strategies offers highly competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits. The salary range for this position in Mozambique is 4,100,000 MZN to 4,900,000 MZN. Vital may consider outstanding candidates in other regions. The salary range may be adjusted based on country market conditions.
Technical Support: population-based cancer registration
Direct country support tasks
Education and Degree
Skills and Abilities
Required
Preferred