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• Strengthening Action Against Hunger's technical leadership and positioning in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Shock-Responsive Social Protection (SRSP), Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA), and Resilient Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL)
• Ensure the quality, coherence, accountability, and effectiveness of resilience and humanitarian programmes through technical guidance, capacity strengthening, learning, innovation, and compliance with organizational and sectoral standards
• Lead the development, implementation, and coordination of integrated resilience and humanitarian action while collaborating with internal departments, government institutions, donors, and partners to achieve Action Against Hunger Philippines' strategic objectives

Objective 1: Strategic Leadership and Programme Development

• Contribute actively to the definition and implementation of the country strategy and resilience roadmap
• Develop and update technical strategies, frameworks, and approaches related to DRR, CCA, SRSP, AA, MPCA, RRM, and FSL in line with policies and country priorities in coordination with other technical departments
• Monitor humanitarian, climate, socio-economic, and policy context and trends to inform programme design and strategic positioning
• Support Country Director and Deputy Country Director in donor mapping, partnership identification and development, resource mobilization, and identification of funding opportunities
• Promote innovative, integrated, and evidence-based approaches that strengthen resilience and humanitarian preparedness and response

Objective 2: Programme Quality, Technical Support, Reorting and Implementation

• Lead and oversee assessments, analyses, and programme design processes related to resilience and humanitarian programming in coordination with other departments and field offices
• Provide technical guidance to field teams to ensure the relevance, quality, and effectiveness of DRR, CCA, SRSP, AA, MPCA, RRM, and FSL interventions
• Ensure programmes comply with standards, donor requirements, humanitarian principles, and sector best practices
• Support the development of high-quality proposals, budgets, technical narratives, and implementation plans
• Ensure timely submission of mission reports in accordance with internal and external reporting systems
• Strengthen integrated approaches by mainstreaming gender, protection, accountability, environment, nutrition, and inclusion across programmes in coordination with other departments
• Anticipate operational and technical challenges and support teams in identifying timely solutions
• Participate and support regular project review meetings and follow through sector specific action plans and agreements
• Support CD and DCD budget oversight of on-going resilience programs

Objective 3: Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Knowledge Management

• Ensure the collection, consolidation, analysis, and use of programme data to support evidence-based decision-making and programme improvement
• Support the development of monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) systems and resilience indicators
• Lead learning reviews, technical workshops, evaluations, and knowledge-sharing initiatives
• Monitor changes in disaster, climate, food security, livelihood, and social protection contexts to inform programme adaptation
• Document and disseminate best practices, lessons learned, and technical guidance across the mission

Objective 4: Representation, Coordination, and External Engagement

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with government agencies, donors, UN agencies, NGOs, academic institutions, private sector actors, and community stakeholders
• Represent in relevant coordination platforms, clusters, technical working groups, and resilience forums
• Contribute to donor reports, technical updates, and internal reporting requirements
• Facilitate effective coordination between programme teams, support departments, and field offices
• Promote technical leadership and visibility in resilience and humanitarian programming
• Function as lead of assigned consortia project within the sector

Objective 5: Team Leadership, HR management and Capacity Strengthening

• Provide leadership, supervision, and technical support to resilience and humanitarian programme staff
• Lead workforce planning, recruitment, performance management, coaching, and professional development of assigned team members
• Strengthen technical capacities in DRR, CCA, SRSP, AA, MPCA, RRM, and FSL through training, mentoring, and knowledge exchange
• Ensure clear roles, effective communication, and collaboration across teams and departments
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, learning, punctuality and continuous improvement
• Ensure the fostering of conducive working relationships within the team, and a collaborative environment for the project

Objective 6: Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Security Compliance

• Provide technical leadership during emergency preparedness, anticipatory action, rapid response, and recovery operations
• Support contingency planning, scenario analysis, emergency assessments, and response planning in coordination with Humanitarian Action Manager
• Ensure programme implementation considers operational and security risks and complies with security policies and procedures and timely communication with designated staff
• Coordinate with Heads of Base, Security Focal Points, and Logistics teams to maintain safe programme implementation
• Ensure timely reporting of security incidents and compliance with mission security protocols by all supervised staff and immediately report incidents to the Logistics Coordinator and Country Director
• Support business continuity and operational readiness Action Against Hunger’s team and offices in coordination with Humanitarian Action Manager

• Advance or Bachelor's degree in either Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Agriculture, Economics, Development Studies, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Social Protection, Humanitarian Action, or a related field.
• Strong expertise related to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Shock-Responsive Social Protection (SRSP), Anticipatory Action (AA), Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA), Rapid Response Mechanisms (RRM), Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA), or Emergency Response Management is an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in resilience programming, emergency preparedness and response, and humanitarian-development nexus approaches.
• Knowledge of social protection systems, cash and voucher assistance, market systems analysis, and livelihood resilience programming.
• Expertise in vulnerability, risk, capacity, and needs assessments, including participatory and community-based approaches.
• Experience in developing anticipatory action frameworks, contingency planning, early warning-early action systems, and forecast-based interventions.
• Strong understanding of climate risk analysis, adaptation strategies, and resilience-building approaches for vulnerable communities.
• Expertise in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL), knowledge management, and evidence generation.
• Strong proposal development, donor engagement, project design, and resource mobilization skills.
• Knowledge of gender-responsive, inclusive, and protection-sensitive programming approaches.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, coordination, representation, and partnership-building skills.
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in resilience, humanitarian, disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, social protection, emergency response, or food security and livelihoods programming.
• At least 3 years in a management or technical leadership role within an INGO, UN agency, government institution, or development organization.
• Proven experience managing programs related to DRR, CCA, SRSP, AA, MPCA, RRM, and FSL in disaster-prone, climate-vulnerable, conflict-affected, or fragile contexts.
• Demonstrated experience leading emergency preparedness, rapid response, humanitarian recovery interventions and humanitarian coordination system in the Philippines.
• Previous experience working with government agencies, local authorities, humanitarian clusters, social protection systems, and development partners.
• Experience designing and managing multi-sectoral programs integrating livelihoods, nutrition, social protection, and resilience outcomes.
• Proven experience in project design, donor reporting, budget management, and grant management.
• Experience working with vulnerable and marginalized populations, including remote and hard-to-reach communities.
• Previous experience in the Philippines or Southeast Asia is an advantage.
• Experience managing diverse technical teams and providing coaching, mentoring, and capacity strengthening.
• Understanding conflict and security context in the Philippines
• Fluent in English and Filipino
• Full literacy with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, etc), GIS (advantageous), Full familiarity with Windows OS, Kobo and other data management software an advantage
• National and to be deployed during emergency in the field
• Regular field visits to follow-up ongoing projects and support project teams
• Opportunity to work in different contexts, e.g. urban and rural, remote and volatile contexts
• Valuable prior experience in issues related to the promotion of gender equality or personal commitment to gender equality

• Compensation: based on Action Against Hunger grid
• Benefits: health insurance, accident and life insurance, leave entitlement, government-mandated benefits
• Fixed-term Employment