STOOS Consulting is seeking a qualified and experienced Field Manager in Djibouti to support upcoming research, assessment, monitoring, evaluation, and third-party monitoring assignments across humanitarian and development sectors.

The Field Manager will coordinate field activities, supervise data collection teams, support access and logistics, and ensure that all fieldwork is implemented with strong attention to data quality, ethics, confidentiality, safeguarding, and Do No Harm.

About STOOS Consulting

STOOS Consulting is an international consulting firm specialized in Third-Party Monitoring, MEAL, research and assessments, evaluations, data collection, capacity building, conflict and gender analysis, market research, and economic empowerment studies. STOOS works with UN agencies, INGOs, donors, and development partners to provide practical and evidence-based findings that support better programming and decision-making.

Position Overview

The Field Manager will support STOOS assignments in Djibouti by managing field teams and ensuring smooth implementation of data collection activities. The role requires good knowledge of the Djibouti context, including urban and rural fieldwork conditions, community engagement, local authorities, migration and refugee-related dynamics, cross-border issues, service access, and humanitarian/development coordination.

The candidate should be able to work with diverse communities, including host communities, migrants, refugees, returnees, women, youth, and vulnerable groups, depending on the assignment.

Main Responsibilities

Coordinate and supervise field data collection activities, including surveys, Key Informant Interviews, Focus Group Discussions, site visits, field observations, and community consultations.

Prepare fieldwork plans, daily team schedules, logistics arrangements, and access coordination with relevant local actors.

Supervise enumerators and field researchers, provide daily guidance, and ensure that data collection tools and instructions are followed correctly.

Support respondent identification and coordination with local authorities, community leaders, NGOs, service providers, and other stakeholders.

Review submitted data and field notes to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reliability.

Report daily progress, field challenges, access issues, and data quality concerns to the STOOS technical team.

Ensure that all field activities respect informed consent, confidentiality, safeguarding, conflict sensitivity, and Do No Harm principles.

Key Skills and Qualifications

Candidates should have previous experience in field management, data collection supervision, research coordination, monitoring and evaluation, humanitarian assessments, or third-party monitoring in Djibouti.

Good knowledge of the Djiboutian context is required, including local administrative structures, community dynamics, access considerations, and humanitarian/development actors.

Strong experience supervising enumerators, facilitators, data collectors, or field researchers is highly desirable.

Experience working on assignments related to migration, displacement, livelihoods, protection, education, health, WASH, food security, resilience, or community development is an asset.

Strong communication, coordination, problem-solving, and team management skills are required.

Experience using digital data collection tools such as KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO, CommCare, or similar platforms is preferred.

Language Skills

Fluency in French is strongly required for coordination, reporting, and communication with stakeholders.

Fluency in Arabic is highly desirable.

Knowledge of Somali and/or Afar is a strong advantage, especially for community-level data collection and field coordination.

Good working knowledge of English is an asset for communication with international teams and reviewing project documents.

Please send your resume/CV