Plan International Pilipinas Foundation Inc. is a local non-government, non-religious, and non-political development and humanitarian organization committed to enabling children to live free of poverty, violence, inequality, and injustice.

We are committed to gender equality and actively work with and engage children, communities, other people, and institutions in addressing the root causes of poverty and gender inequality. We support children and young people, especially the most vulnerable, to build the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to claim their rights to a fulfilling life, today and in the future. We focus on girls, young women, and other marginalized groups so that they can improve their well-being and achieve their full potential.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Plan International Pilipinas Foundation Inc. will implement a three-year project entitled: Casting a Wider Net: Systems Approach Against Child Abuse and Exploitation in the Philippines Project.

The project will be implemented in three (3) cities and three (3) Municipalities namely: Tacloban City, Catbalogan City, Zumarraga & Daram of West Samar, and, San Jose City and Magsaysay, in Occidental Mindoro. The project will strengthen the protection, recovery, and reintegration efforts of duty-bearers in addressing children and young people (CAY) abuse and exploitation from human trafficking and early and forced marriages and unions.

In line with this project, we invite competent, experienced, and committed professionals to fill the following position.

The Project Officer will lead the implementation in communities covered by the project. This will involve community mobilization, dissemination of information, education, and communication (IEC) materials, and capacity building for children and their families, community stakeholders, and partners. He/she will lead the coordination with partner local government units.

Further, as the Project Officer:

• You will network with barangay/city/national agencies and service providers based in the project areas and maintain linkages with them.
• You will lead the conduct of organizational diagnosis in the project areas to identify related training needs of partners/locally mandated bodies to make them functional.
• You will facilitate the gathering of the baseline data on the structural, institutional, and community drivers in relation to Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA).
• You will facilitate the review/preparation of IEC materials on CSEA and the distribution plan.
• You will facilitate the capacity building of partners including children about the project on CSEA.
• Plan International is a development and humanitarian organization. In exceptional cases, you will be asked to support emergency response activities in the communities in your assigned covered areas.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

To be successful in the role you will need among other things:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Community Development, Social and Behavioral Sciences, or other related courses.
• Two years of experience in community organizing and development. Hands-on experience in participatory approaches with communities and children.
• Training on basic research, community organizing/ community development; program/project management; children’s rights, child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA), and, child protection.
• Good command of verbal and written communication skills and the ability to relate to people from all backgrounds.
• Applicants must be based in the Philippines and Filipino nationals.

Base Location/s: Tacloban City (1); Catbalogan City (1); Zumarraga (1); Daram (1); San Jose, Occidental Mindoro (1); Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro (1)

Type of Role: Project-based (until September 2026)

Reports to: Project Manager

This role requires fieldwork to the assigned project area.

Competitive compensation package (local T&C)

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organizational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights, and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organization, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme, we will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.