Skilling & Employment Officer, CATALYZE ASP Philippines - copy

The Palladium Group

Philippines
Permanent
Full-time

22 days ago

Skilling & Employment Officer, CATALYZE PhilippinesProject Overview and Role:CATALYZE is a $250 million 5 to 8-year program, designed to catalyze $2 billion in private capital, especially to underfinanced social sectors and higher risk countries (especially low-income and post-conflict countries) around the globe, complemented by a cross-cutting inclusion of gender-lens investing. Our aim is for investors to explore and find commercially viable opportunities and approaches to creating jobs, developing sustainable social services, tightening, and rationalizing supply chains, and advancing inclusive growth.The objective of this CATALYZE activity is to promote social protection and economic empowerment of female workers in the Philippines. As such, it will work to support Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) participants by improving access to essential health services and quality employment. The 4Ps conditional cash transfer program is managed by the Filipino Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and targets the most vulnerable households in the country. Implementation began in 2008 with 300,000 beneficiaries and has grown to reach 4.4 million households, 85% of which are headed by women.CATALYZE seeks to support 4Ps graduates and soon-to-be graduates by connecting them to skilled and semi-skilled employment opportunities. The program will use various innovative financing approaches, such as pay-for-performance (P4P), to ensure focus is on outcomes while encouraging private sector actors to invest. In addition to providing skills training and employment opportunities, CATALYZE will provide an adolescent- and young adult-specific health curriculum and improve linkages to care through integration with the job site and connections to telehealth and a provider network. Integrating employment with health is critical to ensure 4Ps graduates are equipped with essential skills and knowledge to sustain positive livelihoods. CATALYZE will also establish an adolescent and youth engagement program through which 4Ps graduates will mentor current 4Ps mentors in mental health and well-being, sexual and reproductive health, and other life skills.Primary Duties and Responsibilities:The Skilling & Employment Officer will be a member of the Skilling & Employment Unit with CATALYZE ASP Philippines. They will collaborate closely with private employers, private foundations, training institutions, and government agencies and offices to facilitate employment interventions for the project's beneficiaries. These beneficiaries primarily consist of 18 to 24-year-old senior high school graduates who come from 4P's households and reside in the project sites. They will also provide operational and logistical support needed for the implementation of project activities.The Skilling & Employment Officer will report directly to the Skilling & Employment Technical Advisor to support the completion of all technical requirements, including project results and deliverables, in accordance with the project workplan. These include but are not limited to:

Institutional partnership:

Supporting the formation and maintenance of partnerships with:
Private sector (i.e., employers, business associations, training institutions, corporate foundations)
Government (i.e., LGUs, PESO, DOLE, TESDA)
Maintain a directory of partners and relevant stakeholders and partnership trackers that contributes to effective monitoring and assessment partnerships and engagements
Supporting the formation and maintenance of productive working relationships with USAID/Philippines, implementing partners, and key stakeholders;
Capacity building:

Support monitoring and reporting on delivery of skilling, on-the-job training, and job placement activities.
Supporting the facilitation and documentation of learning events and workshops associated with the project
Administrative support:

Scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, and taking detailed notes
Contributing to sector specific research, reports, forecast, budgets, workplans, proposals and other outputs intended for distribution to internal and external stakeholders.
Supporting the maintenance of pending task lists and team trackers.
Supporting operational activities associated with the project, including contract action requests (i.e., travel, partner, budget realignment, etc.).
Documenting deliverables and maintaining team calendar.

Required Qualifications:

Familiarity with and commitment to the 4Ps.
Familiarity with and demonstrated experience in workforce development, youth, and private sector engagement.
Experience implementing development-related projects, particularly with government or donor funding, preferred.
Demonstrated skills in building and maintaining relationships with private companies, donors, other donor-funded projects and stakeholders, organizations, and partners is a plus
Strong experience in utilizing various effective productivity tools particularly MS Excel, Powerpoint, Canva, etc. is a plus
Experience managing required programmatic and financial reporting requirements.
Experience with Monitoring and Evaluation is a plus.
Experience with similar USAID-funded programs is a plus
Strong oral and written communication skills in both English and Filipino; excellent demonstrated listening, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
Good ability to multi-task and be well-organized
A team player and can work with minimal supervision
Good analytical and problem solving skills
Good ability in utilizing digital technology to support development of documentation materials

Company Overview:About Palladium - Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact - the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most importantly, people's lives.Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

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