MEAL Assistant - Mandalay

About the company

The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh), with headquarters in Lausanne and an office in Zurich, is the leading Swiss child rights organisation with more than 2000 employees worldwide. We stand together with children to uphold their rights, protect their lives and improve their well-being. We achieve this through innovative programmes focused on health, migration and access to justice, specially designed to have a positive and sustainable impact.

Your tasks

Overview This position will play a crucial role in supporting MEAL functions within the Nutrition Program. His/her responsibilities will involve providing essential support to the MEAL Officer and the broader program team to ensure effective planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of project activities. He/she will primarily assist in data collection, analysis, reporting, and community engagement efforts to enhance project performance and quality.Main responsibilities:

Technical MEAL and AAP Support

• Support data collection activities, including attendance monitoring, household visits, and survey implementation.
• Assist in providing basic coaching to project and partner staff on data collection and indicator tracking under the guidance of MEAL Officer.
• Participate in joint field monitoring visits to assess project quality and gather feedback from communities.
• Help facilitate baseline, midline, and endline data collection with support from MEAL Officers and external evaluators.
• Support the setup and day-to-day management of Complaints and Feedback Response Mechanism (CFRM), ensuring they are accessible and safe for women, children, and vulnerable groups.
• Help ensure regular data collection on key indicators such as enrollment, cash receipt and use, and changes in child and maternal well-being.
• Support mobile data collection processes (e.g., using KoBo) and ensure proper device use and data uploads.
• Assist in ensuring data confidentiality, protection, and compliance with safeguarding protocols when handling sensitive information.

Monitoring and Quality Assurance

• Participate in regular monitoring visits to project sites to assess Nutrition activities and collect community feedback.
• Support field staff and volunteers in following proper data collection procedures and using MEAL tools accurately.
• Help track activity-level outputs and contribute to monitoring progress toward key outcome indicators.
• Support the preparation and implementation of Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) surveys and other field assessments.

Accountability and AAP

• Support the operation of CFRM channels such as hotlines, suggestion boxes, and in-person feedback.
• Record and follow up on feedback and complaints, ensuring timely referrals in coordination with program and MEAL staff.
• Assist in organizing community awareness sessions on project entitlements, feedback channels, and safeguarding.
• Help compile and summarize feedback trends for use in program reviews and learning sessions

Reporting and Learning

• Contribute to internal learning reviews, donor reports, and cross-township data consolidation.
• Document success stories, lessons, and adaptations from field implementation.
• Promote adaptive learning among township teams through reflection sessions and feedback loop closure.

Other Duties

• Undertakes such additional tasks as may be required, especially when urgent action is required to respond to emergencies.
• Respects this job description, which may be amended by consent of the Country Director to reflect and correspond to future changes and developments in the Tdh-L country programme.The full Job Description will be shared with shortlisted candidates.Qualifications & Experience:

Requirements

Values

• In his/her professional activities, adhere to the values of Tdh: commitment, ambition, respect, and courage.

Child Safeguarding Policy and Operational Risk Management

• Comply with the Global Code of Conduct and Child Safeguarding Policy of Tdh.
• Report any observed breaches of this policy during professional activities, including proven or suspected offenses and preventive breaches.
• Commit to other Risk Management Policies, including the Safety and Security Plan, Anti-Fraud Policy, and Whistleblowing Policy.
• Ensure the best possible implementation of Terre des Hommes-Lausanne risk management policies in Myanmar.
• Inform the line supervisor and focal persons and address any cases, allegations, or potential transgressions of Tdh Risk Management Policies.

• Bachelor’s degree in Community Health, Social Sciences, Statistics, Development Studies, or related field.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in MEAL roles, ideally in cash transfer, maternal and child health, or nutrition projects.
• Strong experience in collaborating with local partner organizations is essential.
• Extensive data management experience/research/survey experience.
• English and Burmese fluency is required.
• Proficiency in data collection and analysis software (e.g., Excel, SPSS, KOBO Toolbox).
• Excellent analytical and report-writing skills.

*Tdh General Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies*

• Commits to promoting and complying with the Global Code of Conduct, systematically reporting any violations of the Code through Tdh's formal reporting mechanisms and dealing with any violations of procedures and processes appropriately.
• Raises awareness of the Foundation of the risks of policy non-compliance, violence and abuse, and related rights, towards children, community members and our own employees.

• Undertakes to comply with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguarding Policy, the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy, the Conflict-of-Interest Policy and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activities, as well as workplace behavior.
• Commits to putting values and principles into practice through exemplary behavior, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always respecting established procedures and processes.

• Commits to developing a compliant and enlightened management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.

How to apply

Application deadline: 4 November 2026 Terre des hommes (Tdh) :

Procedure How*to Apply and Submission of Expression of Interest: Please send: (1) a cover letter indicating your motivation AND salary expectation: (2) a current resume (CV) with contact information of three** professional references (your two former work supervisors and one of HR Manager) to Human Resources Department.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.References:*

Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and checks (criminal record and anti-terrorism funding check). Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left employment.

Other

Position: MEAL Assistant

Location: Based in Mandalay (with frequent travel to implementation area)*

Duration: 8 months and possible extension

Report to: MEAL Officer

Tdh-Lis an equal opportunities employer. Employees are recruited regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion, or gender. Women, LGBTQI and People with disability are also encouraged to apply.*