Project Specialist (LIFE Project)

World Vision; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

World Vision invites applications for a Project Specialist based in Quezon City, with up to 30%-40% field travel. The role focuses on monitoring, evaluation, learning, and training support to strengthen data collection systems, dashboards, and evidence products for adaptive program management and scale-up.

The candidate will supervise data quality, coordinate facilitator trainings, and contribute to knowledge management, case studies, and donor reports while ensuring alignment with SMIL

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Social Work, Developmental Studies, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in project monitoring and evaluation, research, data management, and training coordination in development or humanitarian programs.
• Demonstrated experience in mobile data collection tools, database management, and digital beneficiary tracking.
• Strong capability in processing quantitative and qualitative datasets, administering pre-/post- training assessments, and conducting Data Quality Assessments (DQAs).
• Practical experience in coordinating adult training workshops, facilitator refreshers, and training logistics.
• Professional fluency in spoken and written English and Filipino/Tagalog.
• Post‑graduate credits or Master’s Degree in Statistics, Evaluation, Social Research, or Development Practice is an advantage.
• Hands‑on skills in operating real‑time performance dashboards.
• Understanding of development and child protection dynamics in fragile and multi‑faith communities, particularly in Mindanao.
• Physically and medically fit to travel in covered areas.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize paperless data collection frameworks using KoBoToolbox with offline functionality.
• Maintain the digital beneficiary tracking systems to prevent duplication and ensure accurate site-level reporting.
• Manage and update the integrated performance dashboard for real-time tracking of project indicators.
• Perform routine Data Quality Assessments (DAQs) and data cleaning across all project sites.
• Oversee administration of pre- and post-assessments for EWV and CF workshops.
• Establish routine tracking mechanisms for Family Action Plans, peer-led Parent Support Groups, and home mentoring visits.
• Support baseline, midline, and endline evaluations by the Project Coordinator and SMIL team.
• Consolidate quantitative datasets and qualitative transcripts for comparative research.
• Coordinate logistics, technical materials, and assessment tools for facilitator trainings and refresher events.
• Monitor facilitator training quality and adherence to guidelines.
• Assist in synthesizing facilitator feedback loops to refine training toolkits and implementation guides.
• Guide local community encoders and seasonal staff during peak data-entry periods.
• Synthesize routine monitoring findings into monthly and quarterly progress summaries.
• Draft case studies, change stories, and learning briefs capturing shifts in parenting behaviors and social cohesion.
• Support preparation of technical donor reports with SMIL standards and DMEAL indicators.

Skills

Data management

Monitoring & evaluation

Training coordination

Data quality assessments

Qualitative analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Social Work, Developmental Studies, Social Sciences, or related field

Master's/Post-graduate credits in Statistics, Evaluation, Social Research, or Development Practice (advantage)

Tools

KoBoToolbox

Mobile data collection tools

Dashboard software

Job description

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children's life stories!

Employee Contract Type

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description

The Project Specialist provides specialized monitoring, evaluation, learning, and training support for the project. The role supports the implementation of the project's evidence and learning agenda by strengthening data collection systems, cohort tracking, data quality assurance, and analysis of monitoring and evaluation findings. It also supports the design, coordination, and quality assurance of facilitator training, refresher sessions, and learning events to ensure consistent delivery of the contextualized CF and EWV approach across project sites. In addition, the Project Specialist contributes to knowledge management, documentation of lessons learned, and the development of evidence products, including reports and comparative studies, to support adaptive management, learning, and future scale-up of the intervention. The Project Specialist will be based in Quezon City with up to 30%-40% field travel, reporting to the Project Coordinator and have technical reporting to SMIL for alignment and standard purposes. This is a fixed-term post based in Quezon City until September 2028.

Major Responsibilities

M&E Systems Operation & Digital Data Management

• Operationalize paperless data collection frameworks using KoBoToolbox with offline functionality.
• Maintain the digital beneficiary tracking systems to prevent duplication and ensure accurate site-level reporting.
• Manage and update the integrated performance dashboard for real-time tracking of project indicators.
• Perform routine Data Quality Assessments (DAQs) and data cleaning across all 10 project sites.

Cohort Tracking, Evaluation & Research Support

• Oversee administration of pre- and post-assessments for Empowered Worldview (EWV) and Celebrating Families (CF) workshops.
• Establish routine tracking mechanisms for Family Action Plans, peer-led Parent Support Groups, and home mentoring visits.
• Support the Project Coordinator and SMIL team in executing baseline, midline, and endline evaluations.
• Consolidate quantitative datasets and qualitative FGD/KII transcripts for comparative research.

Facilitator Training & Capacity-Building Support

• Coordinate logistics, technical materials, and assessment tools for faith leader facilitator trainings and refresher events.
• Monitor facilitator training quality and adherence to contextualized CF and EWV module guidelines.
• Assist in synthesizing facilitator feedback loops to refine training toolkits and implementation guides.
• Guide local community encoders and seasonal support staff during peak data-entry periods.

Knowledge Management & Reporting

• Synthesize routine monitoring findings into monthly and quarterly progress summaries.
• Draft case studies, change stories, and learning briefs capturing shift in parenting behaviors and social cohesion.
• Support preparation of technical donor reports, ensuring strict alignment with SMIL standards and DMEAL log frame indicators.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Social Work, Developmental Studies, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of hands‑on experience in project monitoring and evaluation, research, data management, and training coordination in development or humanitarian programs.
• Demonstrated experience in mobile data collection tools, database management, and digital beneficiary tracking.
• Strong capability in processing quantitative and qualitative datasets, administering pre-/post- training assessments, and conducting Data Quality Assessments (DQAs).
• Practical experience in coordinating adult training workshops, facilitator refreshers, and training logistics.
• Professional fluency in spoken and written English and Filipino/Tagalog.
• Post‑graduate credits or Master's Degree in Statistics, Evaluation, Social Research, or Development Practice is an advantage.
• Hands‑on skills in operating real‑time performance dashboards.
• Understanding of development and child protection dynamics in fragile and multi‑faith communities, particularly in Mindanao.
• Physically and medically fit to travel in covered areas.

World Vision is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adults living where World Vision operates. We have zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them. Each potential team member ne