Field M&E and Research Manager - Gaza

About the role

STOOS Consulting, an international research and evaluation firm, is looking for a Field M&E and Research Manager based in Gaza. The role leads the planning, coordination and oversight of field monitoring, evaluation and research activities, ensuring operations are well organized, ethically conducted and methodologically sound, with primary data collected to a high standard of quality, safety, accuracy and timeliness. It reports to the central technical team / Project Manager and works closely with team leaders, researchers, enumerators, supervisors and partner focal points.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and implement fieldwork for assessments, evaluations, monitoring, surveys, KIIs, FGDs, observations and verification visits
• Develop field plans, movement schedules, team deployment plans, daily trackers and contingency arrangements
• Coordinate access with local stakeholders, community representatives and gatekeepers
• Support recruitment, onboarding and supervision of enumerators, facilitators, supervisors, note-takers, translators and field support staff
• Organize training on study objectives, tools, informed consent, safeguarding, confidentiality, do-no-harm and data protection
• Pilot tools, collect field feedback and refine questionnaires, discussion guides, sampling procedures, translations and SOPs
• Oversee data collection quality through daily checks, completeness and logic reviews, spot checks and accompaniment visits
• Support digital data collection via KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO or similar, and monitor daily data uploads
• Ensure high-quality facilitation and documentation of KIIs, FGDs, case studies and observations
• Monitor security conditions, support safe movement planning and escalate access or security risks
• Recommend adaptations such as remote interviews, phone follow-up or phased deployment
• Act as the main field focal point in Gaza, give regular operational updates and support data cleaning, synthesis and field reporting

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Social Sciences, Statistics, Development Studies, Public Health, Economics, Education, Protection or a related field
• At least 4 years of progressively relevant experience managing fieldwork for research, assessments, monitoring and evaluations, preferably in Gaza or similar humanitarian contexts
• Experience supervising mixed-methods data collection (household surveys, KIIs, FGDs, field verification)
• Proven experience recruiting, training and managing field teams while maintaining data quality and ethical standards
• Strong Arabic; good working knowledge of English strongly preferred
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt field plans in a dynamic environment

Required skills

• Digital data collection platforms: KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO or CommCare
• Research ethics, informed consent, safeguarding/PSEA, confidentiality and do-no-harm
• Preferred: experience with humanitarian assessments, protection research, TPM, baseline/endline studies, and fieldwork with vulnerable groups

The assignment is on a project-based consultancy / fixed-term basis, depending on the nature and duration of STOOS assignments in Gaza. Applications are made by submitting a CV through the online form provided by the employer.