Project Officer

Solar Philippines; Philippines; On-site; PHP 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Solar Philippines is seeking a Project Officer to ensure timely delivery of approved projects from acquisition through readiness, coordinating deliverables across Legal, Document Control, Engineering, Permitting, and Finance. You will track progress, surface issues early, propose practical solutions, and manage project documentation and handovers.

A bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Real Estate, or a related field is required, and willingness to travel to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Real Estate, or related field from a reputable university.
• Experience in project management, business development, land acquisition, real estate development preferred.
• Ability to coordinate and facilitate deliverables across multiple functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and track due diligence and documentation by relevant teams.
• Ensure permitting requirements are completed within contingency periods and before deadlines.
• Coordinate handovers between functional teams for timely delivery.
• Manage day-to-day development and progress of each project.
• Document project development details and control changes.
• Maintain regular project progress reports for senior management.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Real Estate, or related field

Tools

MS Office

Project tracking tools

Job description

The Project Officer ensures timely and successful delivery of approved projects. The role focuses on facilitating, monitoring, and aligning deliverables from functional teams (e.g., Legal, Document Control, Engineering, Permitting, Finance) to ensure continuity from acquisition through project readiness. The officer contributes by tracking progress, surfacing issues early, and recommending solutions that keep projects on time, within budget, and compliant with internal and external requirements.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Monitor and track all property due diligence and documentation prepared by relevant functional teams; escape issues and recommend solutions where needed.
• Ensure that all due diligence and permitting requirements are completed within defined contingency periods and before critical project deadlines.
• Facilitate coordination among functional teams to ensure timely handover of requirements.
• Monitor post-acquisition clean-up activities handled and ensure timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Will manage the day-to-day development and progress of each project, initiating and/or helping in the quick and effective resolution of barriers and other difficulties encountered in the course of the project execution.
• Will establish and manage a system of properly and accurately documenting all the project development details, controlling project changes and having such documents organized for easy retrieval and review.
• Maintain updated regular reports and trackers on project progress for senior management review and decision-making.
• Identify risks, delays, or bottlenecks in functional team outputs, and propose corrective actions.
• Perform other monitoring and facilitation tasks in support of project execution as required by management.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Real Estate, or related field from a reputable university.
• Preferably with relevant years of experience in project management, business development, land acquisition, real estate development, permitting, or related fields preferably gained from the real estate or development industries
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and facilitate deliverables across functional teams (e.g., Legal, Document Control, Technical Services, Permitting).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to escape issues and propose practical solutions.
• Proficiency in MS Office and project tracking tools (knowledge of digital workflow tools is an advantage).
• Must be willing to travel and be assigned temporarily to provincial areas.