Divisional Officer

Youth Impact Organization; Manila; On-site; PHP 446,400 - 669,600; Full time

Job summary

A non-profit organization in the Philippines is seeking a dedicated individual to manage key responsibilities in partnership with educational offices. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of project management experience. Key tasks include leading program logistics, ensuring quality implementation, and maintaining relationships with stakeholders. The role offers a one-year contract with potential for extension based on performance.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience in project management and partnerships.
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships in diverse environments.
• Self-starter who can propose effective solutions to complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead partnerships with SDO and region.
• Conduct monitoring visits to ensure quality implementation.
• Manage project logistics and execution with relevant teams.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Strong communication skills

Problem solving

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Youth Impact’s mission is to connect youth to proven life-changing information. Our vision is all youth thriving, which we aim to achieve through delivery of multiple evidence-based programs. Our culture is unique: we are always learning, have a dynamic, youthful team, a fierce commitment to measurement and evidence, and work hand-in-hand with the government.

The Role:

You will embed deeply and work closely with DepEd/MBHTE SDO and regional offices to successfully scale evidence-based programs supported by Youth Impact, specifically scaling TaRL and mEducation in the Philippines. You will be responsible for ensuring that the fieldwork, training, post-training support and other organizational workflows are completed at quality. You will ensure program fidelity by providing program-related technical support to schools and teachers, conducting joint monitoring visits and calls with regional and division partners and sharing results and generating insights with program partners. You will also be responsible for managing logistical success in all field work and training. You will also lead the codification of decisions, protocols, procedures and best practices for institutional memory. You will work with the government on a day-to-day basis, supporting issuance of memos and follow-up and follow-through of memos.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead day-to-day partnerships with the SDO and region
• Lead program logistics plans and execute with timeliness and quality with relevant teams for successful implementation of program activities.
• Conduct regular monitoring visits in schools to ensure effective, quality, and standardized program implementation.
• Lead all program-related projects which include recruiting and working with facilitators, teachers, government officials , volunteer and university students.
• Lead field observations for input on curriculum iteration and development, standard operating procedures that outline the program protocols around field implementation and program related databases.
• Attend all training sessions, building the capacity to be able to support training and facilitation of sessions.
• Support the execution of a scale strategy, work plans and milestones
• Liaise with and maintain healthy working relations with local programmatic stakeholders including government partners, CSOs, NGOs, academics, etc.
• Contribute to donor/funder milestone reports and program related reporting.
• Manage and ensure all organization assets are tracked, recorded, and handed over

Qualifications and Characteristics:

• Bachelor's degree from any field
• 3-5 years’ experience in project management, partnerships and stakeholder and management
• Proven ability to manage projects, teams, problem solve and build and maintain relationships in a diverse environment.
• Ability to build systems and create structure from the ground up in addition to nurturing and innovating on existing systems.
• Self-starter who is proactive, organized and can propose effective solutions to complex problems, ideate and innovate.
• Strong people and communication skills.
• Adaptive, positive, resilient and a person who can get tough things done with a positive attitude.
• Willingness to learn, ability to balance having a strong set of skills and track record with an openness to feedback, learning, growth and collaboration among colleagues.
• Teamwork – Must have good interpersonal skills, the ability to lead teamwork sessions, and a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and other Youth Impact officers in a multi-cultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity
• Embody Youth Impact values and commitment to the youth, evidence and scale.

Time Period:

1- year contract with potential for extension pending performance

Location:

Cavite City/General Trias City, Bayawan City/Negros Oriental, Digos City, Region IX, BARMM