M&E & Research Field Manager

STOOS Consulting is an international research and evaluation firm operating across Africa, MENA, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

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—including in diverse and vulnerable settings across Cambodia.

Position Field Manager (Cambodia-based) Key Responsibilities Fieldwork planning & delivery: Lead the planning, coordination, and implementation of fieldwork activities across selected locations in Cambodia, ensuring compliance with national regulations, research ethics, safeguarding/PSEA requirements, and community protocols.

Recruitment & team management: Support the recruitment of the field team (enumerators, supervisors, translators where needed), including screening, contracting support, onboarding, and ensuring a gender-balanced and context-appropriate team composition.

Training & capacity building: Organize and deliver (or co-facilitate) training for enumerators and supervisors on the study objectives, tools, interviewing techniques, informed consent, safeguarding/PSEA, do-no-harm, confidentiality, and data protection—plus practical role plays and field piloting.

Tools piloting & refinement: Coordinate pilot testing of tools, document feedback from the field team, and support refinements to questionnaires, KIIs/FGDs guides, sampling procedures, and field protocols to improve clarity and cultural appropriateness.

Translation & language quality control: Coordinate translation of tools and supporting materials (e.g., consent scripts) into Khmer (and other relevant languages where needed), ensure back-checking/validation of translated versions, and support translation of qualitative notes/transcripts and key data summaries as required.

Data collection oversight & quality assurance: Supervise field teams to ensure high-quality, ethical, and timely data collection; implement daily quality checks (completeness, logic checks, skip patterns, GPS/time stamps if applicable), conduct spot checks and accompaniment visits, and enforce corrective actions when issues are detected.

Security management & duty of care: Monitor context dynamics and manage field safety, including daily security updates, movement planning, safe travel arrangements, incident reporting, and adherence to security and contingency protocols.

Escalate risks promptly and recommend adjustments to routes, timing, or modalities (e.g., remote KIIs) when needed.

Stakeholder coordination & community entry: Coordinate community entry and participant mobilization with local authorities, community leaders, CSOs/CBOs, and relevant stakeholders, ensuring appropriate permissions, safe access, and respectful engagement.

Logistics & field operations: Manage field logistics and administration (transport, per diem, accommodation if applicable, scheduling, supplies, devices/tablets, connectivity solutions), ensuring efficient deployment across locations and timely troubleshooting.

Reporting & communication: Provide regular field progress updates to the STOOS central team, including daily/weekly trackers, participation rates, challenges, and mitigation actions; contribute contextual insights to support data interpretation, triangulation, 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 Cambodia and/or similar contexts.

Proven experience in recruiting, training, and supervising field teams and applying ethical, community-centered research approaches.

Fluency in Khmer is required; strong working knowledge of English is an asset.

Experience using digital data collection tools (e.g., KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO). Strong organizational skills and ability to adapt to operational constraints across diverse Cambodian settings.

Please send your resume/CV