MEAL Coordinator (INT11771)

Employment Term: Fixed Term (1 Year Contract)

Level: National, C2

Location: Yangon, Myanmar

Closing Date: 31 August 2026

“This role is opened for national applicant only.”

The Role:

Oxfam GB in Myanmar is looking for MEAL Coordinator.

Job Purpose:

The MEAL Coordinator will play a key role in leading the management of all MEAL parts of the project, inter-coordination among partnership and consortium projects, developing and organising programme/project information management system, supporting local organisations, and contributing to the wider Program Quality goal of OiM of achieving a knowledge-based organisation. Working closely with other MEAL colleagues and program team leads, the MEAL Coordinator will also lead and contribute to database development, knowledge management, and community feedback mechanisms of the projects. He/she will lead studies, learning, evaluations, and capture change/outcomes of the assigned projects.

This Role Report To: MEAL Manager

Staff Reporting to this Post: None

Key Relation/Interaction: This position is expected to work very closely with MEAL staff of partners, Oxfam’s Program Quality and Impact team, Program, HR, Finance and Operations Teams.

Key Responsibilities: (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource Management)

• Ensure effective planning, implementation and technical leadership role on monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning for the assigned projects/programs, primarily in the relevant thematic area of Enterprise Development and Innovation, Livelihoods Grants and Market System development.
• Manage and develop MEAL plans, including logical framework, indicators and target setting.
• Design and maintain high-quality MEAL tools/templates and data collection processes, developed in coordination with relevant stakeholders.
• Design and maintain clean project/program databases and prepare data/insights to be presented for management decisions, employing proper analysis and visualisation tools.
• Perform quantitative and qualitative data analysis, interpretation, triangulation, visualisation, dissemination and reporting.
• Conduct regular and participatory monitoring/observation (physical/remote), document findings and recommend actions for improvements, through extraction of key information from community consultations, interviews and FGDs.
• Perform routine data quality assessments to verify the quality and integrity of reported data and MEAL reporting of partner organisations, capacitating them as necessary.
• Lead studies, both qualitative and quantitative, capturing changes and harvesting outcomes at the project/program level.
• Lead and facilitate reflection, learning and review workshops with the project and partner teams, summarise key findings and support overall project/program learning initiatives.
• Lead the support of partners in partner-led complaints/feedback mechanisms initiative, including capacity strengthening, sharing and review of accountability practices, and mainstreaming the complaints/feedback mechanism.
• Ensure all MEAL-related reporting meets required disaggregation, integrity and quality as per respective deadlines, adherence to Oxfam’s data protection and confidentiality protocols.
• Support internal/external evaluation processes through coordination with a range of stakeholders.
• Provide MEAL oversight and take technical leadership roles for the partners and relevant staff, ensuring that value addition from MEAL activities and data is optimal and effective.
• Allocate at least 30-40% of working hours for field-based business trips and local partner technical support.
• Adapt and apply feminist principles to programme monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) throughout its programming, including its humanitarian response.
• Contribute to overall Program Quality and Knowledge Management work of the organisation, including the organisation-level information management and coordination.
• Any other tasks and responsibilities assigned by the management, in line with the thematic areas of MEAL, data, CFM and information management.

Safety and Security

• Complying with all security policies, procedures, directions, instructions, regulations or plans.
• Taking care of their own safety and security.
• Actively contributing to the development and maintenance of security management policy and procedures.

Safeguarding

• Ensure adherence to safeguarding policies by protecting the safety and dignity of all individuals.
• Ensure completing all annual core compliance courses.
• Must report any concerns or witness or suspect any behaviour that could be in breach of the one Oxfam safeguarding policies (PSEA, Child Safeguarding etc) or Oxfam Code of Conduct.

Other

• Eager and required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights.
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles.
• In case of emergency response, perform assigned tasks to contribute to an efficient and timely emergency response activities.

What we are looking for:

Skill and Competence:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of solid Monitoring and Evaluation experience leading consortium/partnership MEAL portfolio.
• Minimum 2-3 years of working experience in relevant thematic area of Enterprise Development and Innovation, Livelihoods Grants and Market System development. Additional experience in recovery and resilience-building intervention is a plus.
• Strong skills and experience in database development and management (MS Excel, Power BI, digital data collection tools and others).
• Demonstrated experience of coordinating with grassroots organisations and Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in Myanmar.
• Good facilitation skills, such as when leading workshops/ FGDs and proven experience in strengthening the technical capacity of varied stakeholders.
• Strong critical thinking and competency in both quantitative and qualitative analysis skills, with a specific focus on attention to detail.
• Competent presentation, reporting and report-writing skills, building upon strong data and evidence.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills in Burmese and Workplace English.
• Ability to manage multiple partners, priorities and work under pressure and competing deadlines.
• Ability to communicate and influence teams and individuals effectively, comprising both internal and external stakeholders.
• A master’s degree in development studies, gender, and humanitarian-related subjects would be an asset.
• Ability and willingness to undertake extensive business travel across the country, especially to the affected areas.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall goals and values, including a strong commitment to gender, diversity, inclusion, capacity building and rights-based approaches.

Essential:

• Self-Awareness
• Mutual Accountability
• Listening
• Relationship Building
• Influencing

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

Flexfam:

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

If you have any questions about this role, we'd love to hear from you. Please email us at recruitmentteam@oxfam.org.uk , making sure you include the job title of the role you're asking about.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.