Economic Security Generalist 2

Role Overview

• Conduct economic security assessments, analyze community needs, and recommend appropriate response options based on food security, livelihoods, income, and living conditions.
• Coordinate and implement Economic Security (EcoSec) activities, ensuring compliance with organizational standards, policies, and operating procedures.
• Serve as the primary focal point for collaboration with the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS), local authorities, and humanitarian partners to strengthen coordinated responses.
• Collect, analyze, and report qualitative and quantitative data to identify humanitarian needs, economic security gaps, and emerging trends.
• Plan, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate emergency assistance, and livelihood support activities.
• Ensure accountability to affected populations by engaging communities, collecting beneficiary feedback, and adapting programmes based on identified needs and lessons learned.
• Organize and oversee beneficiary registration, aid distributions, post-distribution monitoring, and related administrative and reporting requirements.
• Represent the EcoSec programme in multi-sector assessments, coordination forums, and humanitarian working groups at the regional level.
• Support the design and implementation of sustainable livelihood initiatives, value chain interventions, and conditional cash grant projects with appropriate exit strategies.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams and provide operational support for large-scale assessments, emergency responses, and field activities across the area of responsibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Economics, Rural Development, Veterinary Science, Nutrition, International Development, Humanitarian Studies, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in humanitarian or development programmes, preferably in livelihoods, food security, cash and voucher assistance (CVA), or economic security programming.
• Experience conducting field assessments, beneficiary registration, data collection and analysis, program implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
• Strong knowledge of humanitarian principles, community engagement, accountability to affected populations (AAP), and coordination with government authorities, local partners, and humanitarian actors.
• Strong knowledge and experience of the operational, geographical, and socio-cultural context of Southeast Myanmar, particularly in East Bago, West Bago, Ayeyarwady, Tanintharyi, and other areas of responsibility.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and report-writing skills, with proficiency in both English and the Burmese, other local language an asset; ability to translate and interpret when required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and digital data management systems, with willingness to travel extensively and work in challenging field environments.

Benefits

• A unique and rewarding opportunity to help the victims of violence in a fast-paced environment.
• Initial training and on-boarding organized.
• A 12-month contract extendable.
• A competitive compensation package including medical coverage and transportation allowances.
• A training opportunity to develop and strengthen the quality of the services provided to our beneficiaries as well as to support our staff members’ professional and personal development.