For more than four decades, FAO has been working with the Government of the Philippines, civil society, community-based organizations and the private sector to address challenges in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector. Joint efforts have included increasing sustainability in agricultural production, promoting value-adding practices, improving post-harvest management, enhancing productivity and increasing the resilience of agriculture-based livelihoods to natural disasters, climatic hazards and armed conflict.
In recent years, FAO has adopted a comprehensive and inclusive approach to strengthening resilience and reducing poverty, recognizing that the poor and most marginalized people are disproportionately affected by hazards and crises. FAO advocated the Adaptive and Shock Responsive Social Protection (ASRSP) system to build the resilience of the vulnerable population to shocks and stresses, helping to break the vicious cycles of social and economic deprivation. FAO’s work on ASRSP contributes to FAO’s Strategic Programme 5: “‘Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises.”
Reporting Lines
The Project Development and Coordination Support directly reports to the Team Leader of the Socio-Economic & Social Development group.
Technical Focus
The FAO-DSWD Cooperation Agreement on the Establishment of Shock Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) was signed in November 2020. The Agreement seeks to define areas of collaboration between DSWD and FAO to enhance coherence between social protection and agricultural programming, and to promote the establishment of shock responsive social protection for building resilience. Through this Agreement, the DSWD and FAO will jointly implement the adoption of the Roadmap on Adaptive and Shock Responsive Social Protection (ASRSP) which is among the milestones of the DSWD Social Protection Plan 2020-2022.
Tasks and responsibilities
The incumbent will be lodged in the RGMO to facilitate the activities related to the Cooperation Agreement. He/She will work in close collaboration with the Head of the Resource Generation Management Office (RGMO) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Specifically, the Project Development and Coordination Support shall perform the following responsibilities:
Coordinate and facilitate the implementation of activities under the DSWD-FAO partnership on the Establishment of Shock Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) including coordination with partner offices/bureaus/units within DSWD.
Assist the partner offices/bureaus/units in the development and packaging of proposals for project activities;
Monitor the implementation of project activities to ensure compliance to the Cooperation Agreement and delivery of outputs;
Provide technical and secretariat support to meetings related to the DSWD-FAO work plan;
Prepare monthly accomplishment reports to be submitted to the DSWD-Resource Generation and Management Office (RGMO) Concurrent Head and the FAO Socio-Economic and Sustainable Development(SESD) Team Leader;
Work in close coordination with the RGMO, DRMB and NHTO technical staff and FAO SRSP team including the SEFDC Team Leader, Social Protection Specialist and Technical Assistant;
Facilitate the submission of reports and other relevant documents to the Secretary of SWD and FAO Programme Team Leader;
Perform other related duties as required by the FAO Representative and RGMO Concurrent Head
Candidates Will Be Assessed Against The Following
Minimum Requirements
University Degree in development studies, pubic administration, social work and other related sciences/disciplines;
At least three (3) years relevant and progressive experience in the development and management of projects related to social protection and disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) and coordination with national/regional government structures, and private sector;
