Resilient Shelter Coordinator (Technical Advisor I)

CRS; Philippines; On-site; PHP 2,042,000 - 3,318,000; Full time

Job summary

Catholic Relief Services in the Philippines is seeking a technical advisor to support urban development programming. You will provide technical guidance, coordinate with government partners, and support program design and implementation according to CRS quality standards.

The role focuses on land use and shelter planning within CRS' urban resilience initiatives, contributing to high-quality programming for vulnerable communities.

Job description

About CRS

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.

CRS in the Philippines, though a pilot project, will support the government’s efforts to make communities safer and more climate resilient by promoting the use of digital tools for smarter land use and urban planning. Working closely with DHSUD, the pilot will help local governments become more familiar with modern, risk informed planning approaches, gather lessons from early adopters, and encourage wider use of innovative planning technologies across the country. It will also help strengthen partnerships and explore long term funding opportunities to ensure that these digital solutions can continue to grow and benefit more communities nationwide. CRS will also coordinate with MHSD in BARMM, building on the existing CRS–MHSD partnership to scale resilient shelter solutions across the region.

Job Summary

You will provide technical advice, coordinate with government partners and support to a range of program design and implementation issues in Urban Development in line with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices to Country Program (CP) teams to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. Your advice, knowledge, and support will contribute to determining how effective, adaptive and innovative CRS’ Urban Resilience programming such as land use and shelter planning is across the globe. You will lead the implementation of the resilient shelter pilot implemented by CRS Philippines.