M&E and Research Field Manager

STOOS Consulting is an international research and evaluation firm registered in Kenya, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Ukraine, Libya, Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Honduras, Haiti, Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil, Myanmar, and other countries. We deliver high-quality consulting services across livelihoods, health, education, protection, climate resilience, governance, and humanitarian response, grounded in evidence-based, participatory, and ethically sound research practices. STOOS supports NGOs, UN agencies, and donors with research, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), capacity building, and technical advisory services across Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia— including fragile and conflict-affected contexts such as Myanmar.

Position: Field Manager (Myanmar-based)

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning, coordination, and implementation of fieldwork activities across selected locations in Myanmar, ensuring compliance with national regulations, ethical standards, safeguarding requirements, and community protocols.
• Supervise and support enumerator and field research teams, ensuring high-quality, ethical, and timely data collection, with strong attention to cultural sensitivity and “do no harm” principles.
• Coordinate community entry and participant mobilization in collaboration with local authorities, community leaders, CSOs/CBOs, and relevant stakeholders, ensuring safe and appropriate engagement.
• Conduct field monitoring, spot checks, and troubleshooting, adapting to logistical and access constraints (e.g., permissions, transport, connectivity, and security considerations).
• Provide regular field progress updates to the STOOS central team, contributing contextual insights to support data interpretation, quality assurance, and reporting.Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health, Environmental Studies, or a related field.
Minimum 3 years of experience managing fieldwork for research, assessments, or M&E assignments, preferably in Myanmar and/or similar fragile contexts.
Demonstrated experience supervising enumerator teams and applying ethical, community-centered research approaches.
Fluency in English is required; knowledge of Myanmar language (Burmese) and relevant ethnic languages is a strong asset.
Experience using digital data collection tools (e.g., KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO).
Strong organizational skills and ability to adapt to access, security, and operational constraints in diverse Myanmar settings.