Project Coordinator (Based in Cotabato City)

About CRS

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.

CRS Philippines, established in 1945, is the longest running, continuous CRS country program in the world with extensive programming in emergency response, early recovery and disaster risk reduction, climate resilience and peace governance. The Philippines country program has over 55 staff members in Manila, Davao, and Cotabato City offices. CRS Philippines is committed to collaborating with our strong network of church partners, national and subnational government agencies and secular NGOs throughout the country.

Job Summary:

As a Project coordinator – Cotabato City, you will provide city level support to the FCDO-funded, Climate Resilient Cities – NURTURE Phase 2: Nature-based Urban Resilience Through Unifying and Responsive Engagement (CRC- NURTURE) project. CRC-NURTURUE project intends to enhance urban resilience the integration and adaptation of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Embedded in the city LGU, you will (1) accompany Local stakeholders demonstrate enhanced capacity to effectively integrate Nature-based Solutions (NbS) into urban planning and development processes and (2) ensure pilot NbS projects are implemented and showcased as practical models for replication and scaling in urban resilience planning. Finally, you will support, monitor and report on all project activities in support of Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your thorough and service-oriented approach will ensure that the project consistently applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve.

Responsibilities

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Support the coordination and implementation of all assigned CRC-NURTURE project activities as outlined in the detailed implementation plan in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices.
• Monitor and report any challenges and/or gaps identified to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules. Assist LGU and project consultant in their efforts to reflect on project experiences.
• Support the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) effort through coordinating project evaluation activities and assisting consortium partners in their efforts to collect and support the MEAL officer analyze project data per specified mechanisms and tools. Collaborate with LGU and project consultants to prepare reports per established reporting schedule.
• Collect information on staff capacity needs and technical assistance needs of LGU and project consultants partner organizations and monitor capacity building and technical support activities to ensure effective impact.
• Complete project documentation for assigned activities. Assist with identifying information for case studies and reports on promising practices.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 2 years of work experience in project support. Experience in the field of ecosystems, Nature Based Solutions, urban planning, or public administration and working for an LGU or NGO would be a plus.
• Additional experience may substitute for some education.

Required Languages - English, Tagalog, local language of project site a plus

Travel - Must be willing and able to travel up to 20%.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Observation, active listening and analysis skills with ability to make sound judgment
• Good relationship management skills and the ability to work closely with local partners and community members
• Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities
• Proactive, results-oriented and service-oriented
• Training on Nature-based solutions and/or Ecosystems-based Adaptation (EbA) is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in participatory action planning and community engagement.
• Experience monitoring projects and collecting relevant data preferred.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge on Geographic Information Systems a plus

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Key Working Relationships: Project Team, relevant stakeholders in Cotabato City

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

Organization context

General Requirements

CRS offers are contingent on the selected candidate’s ability to legally work where the position is to be performed. Every government has a unique set of work permit eligibility requirements. All positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside a home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical clearance; some work permit processes require clearing a separate government administered medical examination.

CRS prioritizes candidates who are citizens/ permanent residents of the countries where we have CRS offices.