Officer-Extension Services (for Nature Based Solutions)

Energy Development Corporation; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Development Corporation is seeking a professional to lead community and social aspects of projects guided by VERRA CCB and related standards. You will design community support, engage diverse stakeholders, and drive co-creation for nature-based solutions.

Travel up to 30-50% is expected to enable field collaborations. The role requires field experience in managing community development projects, strong communication, and capability to navigate local and international frameworks for

Qualifications

• Field experience in managing and implementing community development projects.
• Knowledge of local and international frameworks for community development.
• Experience with biodiversity conservation and nature-based solutions.
• Understanding of Greenhouse gas and sustainability standards such as Gold Standard and CCB.

Responsibilities

• Leads project area evaluation and selection related to community and social aspects guided by VERRA CCB and other frameworks.
• Designs appropriate support for local communities and ensures compliance with standards.
• Engages and organizes communities and stakeholders (LGUs, NGOs, academe, faith groups) as co-creators.
• Organizes stakeholders to refine, implement and operate Nature based Solutions projects.
• Oversees awareness campaigns and stakeholder consulting to improve the project.
• Ensures design implementation meets standards and achieves target community co-benefits.

Skills

Community development

Community organizing

Technical writing

Frameworks knowledge

Nature-based solutions

CCB standards

Job description

Unleash your energy within! Be a part of the EDC Team!

Leads project area evaluation and selection specifically related to community and social aspects guided by the VERRA CCB and other relevant frameworks. (e.g. baseline profiling and assessments ) Responsible for creating the appropriate design to support the project's local communities. Ensures the design meets relevant aspects of the standards (e.g. Gold Standard, VERRA CCB) Responsible for engaging and organizing communities and other project stakeholders (e.g. LGUs, NGO, academe, faith based groups etc.) to support, refine, implement and operate the project. This work includes organizing stakeholders such that they are able to perform as co-creators and partners in Nature based Solutions project development and operations (e.g. awareness campaigns, consulting stakeholders on the improvement of the project, seeking assistance and support from stakeholders and partners). Responsible for design implementation to achieve target community project co-benefits. Ensures that its implementation is done according to design and the standards (e.g. Gold Standards, VERRA CCB).

Skills and Experience

• Field experience in managing and implementing community development projects
• Community organizing
• Technical writing
• Familiar with local and international frameworks for community development
• Field experience in Nature based Solutions, reforestation/forest protection, biodiversity conservation
• Experience developing, certifying and managing operations of a project under the Climate, Community and Biodiversity standards a plus

Travel: 30-50%

Who We Are

Energy Development Corporation is a geothermal energy industry pioneer and the recognized world leader in wet steam field technology.

In the Philippines, EDC is the largest vertically integrated geothermal company, delivering 1,475MW of clean and renewable energy.

We continue to diversify our renewable energy portfolio through investments in hydropower, solar power and wind energy projects in the Philippines.

With almost 40 years of geothermal mastery, EDC is set to deliver the benefits of sustainable geothermal development to communities around the world as it ventures into Latin America and Indonesia.

EDC is part of the First Gen Corporation (“First Gen”) Group, which has the largest portfolio of power plants using clean and renewable technology in the Philippines.

First Gen’s 16 power generation plants have a combined capacity of 2,763MW.

First Gen has one of the cleanest power portfolios in the country with its entire power generation portfolio utilizing fuels such as geothermal steam, water, and natural gas.

Wind power complements EDC’s existing power generation assets including the baseload geothermal plants, as well as, the Pantabangan hydroelectric plant, which serves as a peaking plant.

EDC has become the leading geothermal energy producer in the Philippines through the successful development and operation of numerous geothermal energy projects.

Since 1983, the Company has successfully developed, financed, built, and operated seven geothermal steamfields in five geothermal contract areas, containing both wet and dry steam.

These steamfields currently supply geothermal steam to geothermal power plants with an aggregate installed capacity of 1,130 MW.

In addition, the Company currently, directly and indirectly, owns and operates eleven geothermal power plants with a total installed capacity of 1,181 MW.

EDC, through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Green Core Geothermal, Inc., operates the 192.5MW Palinpinon and 112.5MW Tongonan geothermal power plants.

Bacman Geothermal, another indirect wholly owned subsidiary of EDC, operates the 130MW Bacman geothermal power plant.

The Company believes this track record has enabled it to develop the expertise needed to assess the feasibility of future acquisitions and greenfield projects, ensure the safe and efficient construction of power plants, and provide for efficient power plant operations.

Our Core Values We have the best-qualified and trained professionals, technical people and support staff who persist in always bringing EDC to industry leadership.

The company’s geothermal team has over 40 years of technical and management experience in the geothermal industry.

We also have a core team geoscientists and engineers who are holders of degrees from Geothermal Institutes in Iceland, Italy, New Zealand and Japan.

We are guided by the following distinct Lopez Group values: A Pioneering Entrepreneurial Spirit Business Excellence Unity Nationalism Social Justice Integrity Employee Welfare and Wellness.

We know from generations of experience that it is by living according to these values that a company can be built to last.