Area of Assignment: Northern Region

This intermediate specialist provides high quality data collection at the national office level for all child focused data. She or he will provide monitoring and evaluation for program data to conduct analysis, identify trends, formulate reports and make recommendations based on findings. The specialist provides general knowledge in data collection, measurement and analysis of program activities, outputs, and outcomes. At this career level, the incumbent supports the local program design, performing independently on moderately complex issues.

Responsibilities

• Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understands mandate to protect children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.

• Supports overall holistic child development and compiles and generates simple reports on high volumes of data to measure program inputs, outputs, and outcomes. As directed, aids the work of partnership facilitators, program support teams and church partners. Actively seeking further knowledge in field of expertise including industry standards, national policies and best practices.

• Assists with Compassion organization, processes, or initiatives by organizing business needs, reviewing, considering, and/or defining the ministry's policies and approaches, standardizing work flows, policies, and procedures, interpreting business rules and requirements, and improving the quality of the services being delivered.

• Reviews and assists with drafting business cases, sorting requirements from stakeholders, studying organization issues, translating and simplifying requirements, managing communications, and producing formal documentation.

• Utilizes multiple tools and instruments that enable the program team to conduct empirical assessment to keep track of progress through generation of monitoring and evaluation reports, analyzes high quality baseline/needs assessment data to inform program design.

• Evaluates general partner compliance and adherence to standards, procedures, and policies related to program quality; especially data collection of child focused data. Works with partnership facilitators and the program support team to provide information on intervention milestones realization, financial report status, child development milestone monitoring, partner maturity progress and such other programmatic aspects that would lead to the realization of partnership outcomes.

• Monitors all child focused data dashboards to track critical program dimensions and performance and enables the National Office to see meaningful improvements or decline in performance. Conducts simple analysis and interpretation of dashboard metrics movement and makes recommendations to the National Office Leadership Team.

• Is responsible for budgeting and planning for all data collections and other monitoring and evaluation activities in the National office. This may also include providing training to Frontline Church Partner staff, Partnership Facilitators, or external data collectors on high quality data collection.

• Requires expanded conceptual knowledge in own job discipline and broadens capabilities

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Statistics, or a related field.

• At least 3 years of solid experience in monitoring & evaluation, program analysis, qualitative & quantitative research—preferably in a non-profit, NGO, or faith-based context.

• Analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to see both details and patterns.

• Open-mindedness and respect for diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and communities.

• Comfortable working with data tools.

• Ability to lead conversations, present insights, and contribute to decision-making.

• A visionary mindset—you think beyond reports and see how data drives real change.

• Interpersonal and communication skills, with a heart for collaboration and servant leadership.

• Fluency in Thai and English (verbal and written).

• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time within Thailand.

* Please submit your resume or CV in English.

How to apply

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