Project Coordinator

Save the Children Philippines

Cotabato City

On-site

PHP 420,000 - 600,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plan

Year-end Bonus

HMO

Employee Assistance Program

Life and Accident Insurance

Employee Learning and Development

Statutory Benefits

Time off and Leave of Absences

Job summary

Save the Children Philippines is seeking a Project Coordinator for the ACCESS project in Cotabato City. The role covers overall program delivery, consortium engagement, and partnership management across sectors.

The incumbent will plan, implement, and monitor activities, ensure financial accountability, and coordinate with government agencies and partners to deliver high-quality humanitarian services in emergencies.

Qualifications

Significant management experience in humanitarian coordination or emergency response.
Knowledge of localization principles and humanitarian standards (e.g., CHS, Sphere).
Experience engaging with LGUs, clusters, CSOs, and community-based orgs.
Experience in monitoring, reporting, and project governance.

Responsibilities

Oversee program delivery, consortium engagement, and partnership management for ACCESS project.
Plan, implement, and monitor project activities, ensuring quality and compliance.
Coordinate with government agencies and NGOs/UN partners; ensure reporting and learning.

Skills

Program management

Partnership development

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Monitoring & Evaluation

Public speaking

Communication (English/Tagalog)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Development Studies or related

Job description

Save the Children Philippines | Fixed-Term

Cotabato City, Philippines | Posted on 07/20/2026

Industry Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
Date Opened 07/20/2026
Job Type Fixed-Term
State/Province Maguindanao
Country Philippines

About Us

What We Do

Save the Children Philippines works hard every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. When crises strike, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond.

We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Description

The Project Coordinator is responsible of overseeing the overall program delivery, consortium engagement and partnership management for the project called ACCESS: Assisting Most Vulnerable Communities Affected by Complex Emergencies Access Quality and Timely Humanitarian Services including, the Top up funding for emergency response due to crisis or emergencies as approved by the ACCESS Consortium and by ECHO. The post holder is responsible for planning, implementation, and monitoring of all activities in the respective areas as per ACCESS PROJECT. The post holder is accountable for the administration and fiscal management of the project; the direction, supervision and evaluation of staff; planning implementation and evaluation of project activities; The post holder is responsible for ensuring the technical inputs on thematic requirements during the rapid emergency response, disaster preparedness programming and other support are provided to the project teams and partners in all project sites; The post holder is responsible for the review and refinement of strategies and ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of all programs activities and outcomes; establishes mechanisms for accountability and learning; The post holder is responsible for the preparation and production of all reports. The Project Coordinator is also responsible for engaging with relevant Regional and Provincial government agencies and units. The post holder is responsible for building and strengthening partners, including alignment to child rights programming, program quality delivery, and financial viability. The post holder is responsible for coordinating with consortium partners to monitor progress and delivery of project activities.

The Action will address urgent, unmet multi-sectoral needs among most vulnerable populations, giving priority to those recently displaced and affected by chronic conflict compounded by natural hazards, climate and environmental risks and other shocks. To address impacts of intersecting crises effectively exacerbated further by IHRL/IHL violations, Action will deliver gender- and culture-sensitive, age and disability inclusive, and environment- and climate-smart food, WASH, shelter, health, education in emergencies and protection assistance. A stand-alone rapid response mechanism incorporating applicable anticipatory actions will be put in place, to respond to the multi-sectoral needs of newly displaced and affected populations. An approach to filling assessed gaps in needs will be applied in the delivery of multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance.

At least 31,799 unique beneficiaries will benefit from the multi-sectoral assistance of the Action that will be implemented by a consortium of 4 INGOs working with 7 national NGOs, including 2 women’s organizations as implementing partners, as manifestation of the commitment to localization. The partners bring together elements necessary to effectively deliver multi-sectoral assistance in complex settings: organizational and technical capacities, capacity to understand local contexts, and the strong bonds with communities and vulnerable people.

This role contributes to Goal 1 of SCP’s 2025 Plan by enhancing inclusive, child-centered, and climate-informed humanitarian programming through strategic partnerships. It also supports Goal 3 by promoting fit-for-purpose systems and inclusive collaboration across SCP’s humanitarian ecosystem.

Requirements

Essential skills, knowledge or experience

Significant management experience (5 years plus) working in humanitarian coordination, partnership development, or emergency response (natural and conflict related response) and disaster preparedness programming and development contexts in the Philippines.
Strong understanding of localization principles and humanitarian standards (e.g., CHS, Sphere).
Proven ability to engage with LGUs, clusters, CSOs, and community-based organizations.
Experience in mapping and analyzing partner capacities and resources.
Education to MSc/MA/MEng level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience.
Previous experience of managing a large team.
Previous experience of project management, including multi sector programs.
Budget management experience including institutional donors.
Security management experience in insecure environments.
Field level representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN.
Demonstrable experience of oversight of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning mechanisms.
Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports.
Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy.
Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy.
A high level of written and spoken English and Tagalog.
The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.

Desirable skills, knowledge or experience

Familiarity with anticipatory action, disaster preparedness, and climate-informed programming.
Experience in multi-donor, multi-site humanitarian programs.
Strong facilitation, negotiation, and documentation skills.

Required education and qualifications (certifications, licenses, accreditations, etc.)

Bachelor's Degree in Development Studies, Political Science, Social Work, or related field.
Completion of child safeguarding training and background checks as per SCP standards.