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Background and Partner Organisation

Brot für die Welt has long-standing partnerships with Myanmar. The portfolio currently comprises 24 church-based and secular organisations with 32 projects working in the areas of community development, food security, agroecology, interfaith dialogue, protection of minorities, and lobbying and advocacy work. The organisations receive personnel or financial support. 

Myanmar has faced many political, economic and social challenges for decades. Since the military coup in 2021, the country has been characterised more than ever by political instability, ethnic tensions and serious human rights violations.

The Myanmar dialogue position was established in 2013 in the context of Myanmar's political opening to support Brot für die Welt's partner organisations in the transition from military dictatorship to democracy. After the military coup in 2021, the Professionals tasks shifted from general training to ensuring that civil society organisations could continue to operate under repressive conditions.

The Professional for dialogue acts as a bridge between local NGOs and Brot für die Welt's Southeast Asia regional office in Berlin, thus actively participating in the partnership dialogue.

The Professional will be affiliated with an organisation in Cambodia or Thailand. The work will be carried out predominantly digitally. 

Your Responsibilities

As a Professional for dialogue in Myanmar, you will help to expand existing structures and provide secure communication and digital security for partners. 

In particular, you will be responsible for the following:

  • You will organise and facilitate network meetings and consultations to promote exchange and cooperation between NGOs with the aim of strengthening their resilience in the current crisis situation and developing support services.
  • You will promote  exchange between civil society organisations in Myanmar, Brot für die Welt and relevant development policy actors.
  • You will advise and support the organisations on technical, administrative and development-related issues and maintain ongoing contact. 
  • You will accompany and coordinate thematic working groups and initiatives in particular on digitalisation, psychosocial health and climate change, also involving external consultants.
  • You will strengthen the capacities of the NGOs by providing advice on further training including in the areas of financial management and PME through mentoring and the development of local advisory services.
  • You will represent the organisation in important forums and support strategic programme development and partner search in close cooperation with the Southeast Asia department of Brot für die Welt. 

Your Profile

  • You have an university degree in a relevant field.
  • You have relevant professional experience in development cooperation and partner qualification/consulting.
  • You have an affinity for the above-mentioned areas of digitalisation, psychosocial health and climate change. 
  • You have good intercultural communication skills for working in networks and are willing to perform the majority of your work tasks online. 
  • Your very good English skills enable you to communicate with partners; you are open to learning the Burmese language intensively.
  • You are able to respond actively, flexibly and solution-oriented to unexpected situations and challenges.  
  • You have a high level of intercultural sensitivity and experience, preferably in Southeast Asia.

Benefits provided by Brot für die Welt and Dienste in Übersee

Brot für die Welt provides a framework in which the Professionals of Dienste in Übersee share their knowledge and skills with people of another culture.
Supportive cooperation, mutual learning and intercultural exchange are enabled by:

  • Individual preparation
  • Three-year contract with benefits in accordance with, or analogous to, the German Development Workers Act 
  • Coaching

Please submit your application including the following documents:

  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Motivation letter
  • Contact details of two professional references (name and email address)

Only complete applications can be considered in the application process.

Dienste in Übersee gGmbH is a 100% owned subsidiary of the Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development e.V., operating under the brand Brot für die Welt.
Diversity is important to us. We welcome applications from people regardless of their ethnic, or social origin, gender, disability, age, or sexual identity.