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Mission - "Effective engagement with member states for advancing the global agenda; contributing to national health policies, strategies and plans; and for bringing country realities and perspectives to global policies and priorities."

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cancer, represent a growing public health burden in Angola. Breast and cervical cancers are among the leading cancers affecting women, with late diagnosis contributing significantly to morbidity and mortality.
In December 2024, the Angolan Government approved the Multisectoral Strategic Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (PLANAPREV 2024-2027), which identifies cancer prevention and control as key priorities, with a focus on integrating breast and cervical cancer services into primary health care.
In line with the WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative, the WHO Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, the Angolan Multisectoral Strategic Action Plan for NCDs, and the WHO PEN interventions for primary health care, WHO in Angola, with financial support from Roche, is implementing a project to integrate cervical and breast cancer screening, early diagnosis, referral, and treatment into Primary Health Care (PHC) in Huila Province.
Priority will be given to provinces with limited access to screening and diagnostic services outside Luanda (like Huila). This project represents a concrete contribution to the implementation of PLANAPREV at the provincial level.
To lead the implementation of this project, WHO Angola seeks to recruit a national consultant to lead day-to-day planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, and reporting of project activities at provincial and municipal levels.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the UCN Team lead-WHO and in close collaboration with provincial and municipal health authorities, the Project Lead for Integrated Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention and Control will:

1. Project Coordination and Implementation
• Lead day-to-day coordination of project activities at provincial and municipal levels.
• Support integration of cervical and breast cancer screening and early detection into PHC services in targeted municipalities.
• Coordinate implementation of screening activities for cervical cancer (HPV DNA testing) and breast cancer (clinical breast examination and ultrasound).
• Ensure linkages between PHC, secondary, and tertiary levels of care for referral, diagnosis, and treatment.

2. Technical and Operational Support
• Conduct a comprehensive desk review of existing provincial data and perform a situational analysis evaluating current screening coverage of breast and cervical cancer prevention and detection.
• Develop operational documents specific to Huila Province in alignment with PLANAPREV
• Support rollout and operationalization of screening protocols, referral pathways, and patient navigation systems in line with WHO guidance.
• Support organization and delivery of training activities for health workers on HPV DNA testing, screening, triage, early diagnosis, and referral.
• Coordinate with laboratories and diagnostic services to strengthen sample referral, turnaround time, and quality management systems.
• Support implementation of multidisciplinary team (MDT) approaches for breast and cervical cancer case management at secondary level.

3. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Data Use
• Support implementation of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks and indicators as outlined in the project document.
• Ensure accurate, timely collection and validation of facility-level data on screening, diagnosis, referral, and treatment.
• Support strengthening cancer surveillance systems, including facility-based registries for breast and cervical cancer, and population-based registries as necessary.
• Contribute to analysis and use of data for decision-making, quality improvement, and reporting.

4. Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement
• Liaise with Provincial Health Directorate, municipal health teams, health facilities, laboratories, and referral hospitals.
• Support coordination with implementing partners, community mobilizers, and academic institutions involved in awareness and training activities.
• Facilitate communication between WHO, provincial authorities, and partners on implementation progress and challenges.

5. Reporting and Documentation
• Prepare regular progress updates (monthly and quarterly) on implementation status, achievements, challenges, and mitigation actions.
• Contribute to donor and internal WHO narrative and technical reports.
• Document best practices, lessons learned, and implementation bottlenecks to inform scale-up and policy dialogue.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:

• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Results/expected outputs:
1. Monthly activity progress reports aligned with agreed indicators.
2. Updated monitoring dashboards/data summaries on screening, diagnosis, referral, and treatment.
3. Training and supervision reports, including participant lists and key outcomes.
4. Mid-term implementation brief highlighting progress, challenges, and corrective actions.
5. Final consultancy report summarizing achievements, results against indicators, lessons learned, and recommendations for sustainability and scale-up.