Project Officer

The Project Officer will coordinate and implement project activities to support resilient and rights-based fisheries and aquaculture supply chains in Region XII of the Philippines. The role involves stakeholder engagement, data collection, monitoring, reporting, and representation in coordination meetings.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective coordination and implementation of project activities, delivering integrated and comprehensive interventions in a timely and efficient manner.
• Coordinate and facilitate the ILO’s engagement with regional partners, including relevant local government officers, workers’ and employers’ organizations as well as sectoral associations and other relevant stakeholders.
• Conduct regular missions to Regional XII to facilitate the organization and delivery of coordination meetings, trainings, advocacy campaigns, seminars and workshops, ensuring effective engagement and participation of stakeholders.
• Collect and compile data and information from project constituents and implementing partners to support planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of activities.
• Assist in reviewing, verifying and analysing project work plans, including those of project implementing partners and related documents to ensure clarity, consistency and completeness.
• Monitor the progress of project activities, follow up on required documentation, clarify information, and respond to queries regarding clearance and processing to facilitate timely implementation.
• Draft terms of reference for the implementation of direct project activities such as meetings, trainings, seminars, workshops, as well as implementation agreements.
• Prepare information materials, including briefs, background notes, statements and news articles, to support communication and visibility of project activities.
• Prepare narrative progress reports.
• Attend and represent the ILO in UN crisis response and other relevant coordination meetings and events related to fisheries and aquaculture supply chains.
• Draft, edit and translate official correspondence, statements, speeches, and other public information materials into the local language, as needed.
• Perform other duties for the ILO Office as may be assigned by the Regional Coordinator for Supply Chains and/or the Country Director.

Requirements

• First level university degree in social sciences, public policies, development studies or another relevant field.
• At least two years of professional experience at the national level in project management, implementation, liaison and coordination activities.
• Experience in working effectively with government authorities and social partners.
• Experience working on recovery activities for the labour sector or labour issues in the fisheries and aquaculture supply chains would be a strong asset.
• Experience working in Region XII would be an asset.
• Good knowledge of labour rights and social development, political awareness and understanding of socio-economic factors.
• Excellent knowledge of English and Filipino.
• Good knowledge of the context and challenges for the project areas of expertise.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to justify requirements and approaches to problem resolution, and good drafting skills.
• Good ability to interpret project information and to identify and analyze problems with implementation.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Ability to clarify information.
• Demonstrate collaborative and teamwork experience and ability to work effectively with a multicultural and interdisciplinary team, as well as to work on his/her own initiative.
• Ability to work independently, quickly, precisely, and take initiative and responsibility.
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, web-browsers and database applications.
• Familiarity with virtual meeting platforms and apps (MSTeams, Zoom), and generative AI tools.
• Ability to deal with people with tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and gender-sensitive behaviour and attitudes are also required.

Skills

• Project Management
• Project Implementation
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Government Liaison
• Labour Sector Recovery
• Labour Rights Knowledge
• Social Development
• Socioeconomic Analysis
• Analytical Skills
• Report Writing
• Data Collection
• Problem Analysis
• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Excel
• Database Applications Knowledge
• Virtual Meeting Platforms
• MSTeams
• Zoom
• Generative AI
• Multi-cultural Team Collaboration
• Independent Work
• Time Management
• Diplomacy
• Gender-sensitive Approaches

Languages

English, Filipino