Community Development Specialist II

Project Management Institute; Philippines; Hybrid; PHP 669,600 - 1,004,400; Full time

Job summary

Project Management Institute seeks a Community Development Specialist to support planning, coordination, and delivery of priority community initiatives across the Asia Pacific region. The role focuses on enabling effective execution across student, CIP-aligned, and specialized community initiatives, while building toward deeper program ownership over time.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in community management, exceptional organizational skills, and a passion for building

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Education, or related field.
• 3–5 years in community management, engagement, development, or related role.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in project management and organizational tools is a plus.
• Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives with competing timelines and dependencies.
• Experience with student or early-career audiences is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and in a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Strong ownership and ability to bring structure to ambiguous initiatives.
• Event/association management experience is a plus.
• Experience building broad relationship/account management and learning programs.
• Fluent English; additional Southeast Asian languages assets.
• Travel 10-15%+.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, coordination, and delivery of priority community initiatives across APAC.
• Enable effective execution across student, CIP-aligned, and specialized community initiatives.
• Build program ownership over time.
• Identify delivery gaps, risks, and opportunities, and advise regional leadership.
• Progressively take on greater ownership of defined programs or initiatives.
• Support additional time-bound or ad hoc initiatives as assigned by regional leadership.

Skills

Community management

Engagement

Development

Communication

Project management

Organizational tools

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Multilateral coordination

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Education

Job description

Do you love new ideas and look to improve the world in ways big and small?

How will you make a difference to PMI?

The Community Development Specialist will support the planning, coordination, and delivery of priority community initiatives across the Asia Pacific region. The role focuses on enabling effective execution across student, CIP aligned, and specialized community initiatives, while building toward deeper program ownership over time.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in community management, exceptional organizational skills, and a passion for building meaningful connections.

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• The Community Development Specialist will support the planning, coordination, and delivery of priority community initiatives across the Asia Pacific region. The role focuses on enabling effective execution across student, CIP aligned, and specialized community initiatives, while building toward deeper program ownership over time.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong background in community management, exceptional organizational skills, and a passion for building meaningful connections.
• What you’ll bring to the role:
• Support coordination, delivery, and continuous improvement of student focused initiatives across APAC, in partnership with chapters through established chapter engagement structures.
• Serve as a liaison and coordination point for emerging volunteer, specialized, and CIP aligned community initiatives, supporting intake, readiness, and alignment with chapters and global owners.
• Identify delivery gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities, and make recommendations to regional leadership.
• Progressively take on greater ownership of defined programs or initiatives, based on demonstrated capability, clarity of scope, and organizational need.
• Support additional time bound or ad hoc initiatives as assigned by regional leadership.

Role Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Education, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in community management, engagement, development, or a related role.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in project management and organizational tools is a plus.
• Experience supporting multi-stakeholder initiatives with competing timelines and dependencies.
• Experience working with student, academic, or early-career audiences is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
• Strong sense of ownership, follow through, and ability to bring structure to early stage or ambiguous initiatives.
• Experience in event and/or association management a plus.
• Experience building and sustaining broad relationship/account management programs and learning culture.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, including demonstrated team-based operational and strategic results, balancing consistency and localization and communicating with one voice.
• Proficiency in English is required, as English is PMI’s primary business and working language across the organization.
• Additional language proficiency is an asset, particularly in Southeast Asian languages (e.g. Tagalog/Filipino, Bahasa Indonesia, Malay, Thai), given the regional scope of the role.
• Travel 10-15%+

What you can expect from us

We value and nurture an environment of inclusivity and diversity, and a culture of communication and collaboration. Your health, safety and well-being come first, and we believe that you should have time for your work, but you should also have time for you..

Join Us And You’ll Get

• an excellent total package, with compensation and benefits based upon your geographic location.
• skill development opportunities, to help you grow now and into the future.
• access to a global network, to enrich your professional experience.
• flexible options to help balance work time and your time
• award and bonus opportunities.

The salary offer will be based on several factors, including the candidate’s demonstrated skills, qualifications and relevant experience.

Project Management Institute, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.