Senior Project Officer for Policy and Advocacy in Philippines at Catholic Relief Services

Position title: Senior Project Officer for Policy and Advocacy

Location: Philippines
Responsibilities:

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Lead policy analysis and development: conduct policy and regulatory analysis and identify gaps, barriers and opportunities affecting the integration and scaling of locally led NbS at national and subnational level.
• Develop policy briefs/position paper/technical notes and recommendations while ensuring these briefs align with national policies such as the NAP, NCCAP, NbS Framework and other DENR policies.
• Facilitate policy dialogues and multistakeholder consultations and support coordination with other NbS stakeholders of other national climate adaptation and resilience programs.
• Contribute to donor reports, learning reviews, and project evaluations related to policy and advocacy outcomes

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree in environmental science, environmental policy, economics, social development, or other relevant fields; or a bachelor's degree in similar fields with an additional two years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of the master’s degree requirement.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of work experience in climate change adaptation, nature-based solution and policy advocacy work, preferably for an INGO.
• Additional experience may substitute for some education.

Required Languages – English and Filipino.

Travel - Must be willing and able to travel up to 30 % of the time in the project locations

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment.
• Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with local stakeholders. Representation abilities. Ability to contribute to written reports.
• Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented.
• Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities.
• Exemplary project management and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant experience in working on climate change policy and advocacy is a plus.
• Experience facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogue generating policy briefs and recommendations
• Experience analyzing data and contributing to evaluation reports.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Key Working Relationships: TBD

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

CRS is proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Selection and hiring decisions are made without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, veteran status or any other protected area.