About COAR:

COAR is an independent social enterprise that directly supports practitioners, policymakers, and donors by facilitating humanitarian and development interventions in complex, fragile, and high-risk environments.

Objectives

To lead and coordinate the implementation of one or more concurrent projects, ensuring delivery against scope, timelines, budgets, and quality standards;
To establish and maintain effective project management systems and workflows, including planning, tracking, risk management, and reporting;
To oversee the production of project deliverables, ensuring they meet client requirements, internal quality standards, and contractual obligations;
To coordinate with and support multidisciplinary teams (analysts, field staff, IM, finance, consultants), ensuring clear tasking, accountability, and efficient collaboration;
To serve as the primary focal point for project stakeholders, including clients, donors, and partners, ensuring clear communication and relationship management;
To ensure alignment between analytical outputs and project objectives, translating research and data into structured, decision-useful deliverables without necessarily leading their production;
To support project design, adaptation, and scaling, including contributing to proposals, concept notes, and strategic planning for new or renewed projects;
To identify risks, constraints, and operational challenges, and proactively implement mitigation strategies to ensure continuity and delivery;
To ensure compliance with donor requirements, internal policies, and operational standards across all project activities.
Activities

The Myanmar Project Manager will:

Develop and manage project workplans, timelines, and tracking systems to ensure delivery across multiple concurrent projects;
Coordinate cross-functional teams (analysts, field staff, IM, finance, consultants) to ensure clear tasking, efficient workflows, and timely outputs;
Oversee the production and quality assurance of all project deliverables, ensuring alignment with client requirements and internal standards;
Serve as one of the primary focal point for clients and stakeholders, managing communications, briefings, and relationships;
Support budgeting, financial tracking, and resource allocation in coordination with senior management;
Identify and manage risks, adapting project plans and implementation in response to contextual and operational changes;
Contribute to project design, proposals, and the development of new or renewed workstreams;
Maintain strong contextual awareness of Myanmar to ensure project relevance and alignment with the aid landscape;
Contribute to internal coordination, strategic planning, and continuous improvement of project management practices;
Uphold professional standards, including integrity, confidentiality, and timely communication.
Deliverables

The Myanmar Project Manager will:

Produce or oversee the production of all deliverables for the project as required for invoicing the client;
Produce project concept notes, proposals, and other documents as needed for project renewals and proposals;
Support on other deliverables and projects as needed.
Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidate will have:

Five to seven years experience in project management for a research institution, think-tank, publication, or NGO. Experience in research, analysis, or programmatic INGOs highly desirable;
Demonstrated knowledge of the Myanmar context, or related complex crises;
Demonstrated understanding of donor-funded humanitarian and/or development systems;
Demonstrated ability and/or willingness to work under tight deadlines, provide real-time data and analysis with accuracy under pressure;
Curiosity, dedication, and genuine interest in the current situation in Myanmar.
Skills and competencies (non-exhaustive)

Excellent knowledge of technology (laptop, smartphone, tablet);
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and/or the Google Suite;
Ability to complete work at a high standard with tight deadlines;
Ability to multitask and work on multiple projects simultaneously;
Excellent knowledge and easy use of social media, news portals;
Excellent knowledge of research methods, including non-traditional research methods;
Strong English language skills;
Ability to speak Burmese or other recognized local languages highly desirable;
Ability to speak Thai highly desirable.
Personal competencies

Socially tolerant and open-minded, with strong people skills;
A strong interest in current events, geopolitics, and local developments;
High personal and professional integrity;
Strong work ethic and desire to continuously improve;
Self-aware and open to constructive criticism;
Critical-thinker;
Flexible and able to work autonomously;
Takes responsibility and personal interest in their work;
Able to assess personal and professional risks;
Code of Conduct

The Myanmar Project Manager is expected to:

Work in a committed manner with consistency, integrity, and discretion;
Maintain professional confidentiality and discretion over all subject matters and business and personnel;
Treat all persons with respect and consideration regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, language, age or marital status.

Please send your resume/CV