Project Coordinator (LIFE Project)

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

The Project Coordinator provides overall leadership and ensure both technical and operational coordination of the project, including coordination with WVUS F&D. This role is responsible for ensuring rigorous and high-fidelity implementation, in alignment with the Theory of Change (TOC) and program design. With strong DMEAL capacity, the role leads the development and execution of the evidence and learning system, including baseline, routine monitoring, integration of the learning agenda, cohort tracking, and endline preparation. It also ensures high-quality data management, performance tracking, adaptive management, and compliance with organizational standards and reporting requirements across all project areas.

This is a fixed-term position based in Davao until September 2028.

Major Responsibilities:

Strategic Project Leadership & Operations

• Provide end-to-end project management, ensuring activities, outputs, and outcomes are delivered on time, within budget, and in high fidelity with the LIFE Project design and Theory of Change.
• Lead the multi-year phased rollout across 10 Area Programs (Bukidnon, Davao City, Sultan Kudarat, Cotabato City, Lanao del Norte, Maguindanao, Manila, Quezon City, Zamboanga del Norte).
• Direct and supervise the Project Specialist fostering a high-performance, collaborative team culture.
• Manage project finances, budget utilization, and procurement in close coordination with Finance and Supply Chain Management.
• Apply continuous context monitoring and conflict-sensitive approaches to navigate security dynamics, political transitions, and localized risk across fragile project sites.

Interfaith Partner Engagement & Network Building

• Establish, nurture, and formalize strategic partnerships with Christian churches, Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs), Islamic scholars, faith leaders, and local government units.
• Spearhead institutional partnership agreements to ensure program continuity despite leadership turnover.
• Oversee the establishment and facilitation of the Multi-Faith Technical Working Group (TWG) to guide the multi-faith contextualization and validation of the Celebrating Families (CF) and Empowered Worldview (EWV) modules.
• Facilitate interfaith dialogues and Spiritual Landscape Assessments to promote mutual trust, social cohesion, and community ownership.

Capacity Building & Training Systems

• Lead the design and execution of the facilitator capacity-building pipeline for faith leaders, Behavior Change Ambassadors, parent leaders, and field staff.
• Oversee the sequenced delivery model (EWV mindset transformation followed by CF parenting application) to ensure high-fidelity implementation.
• Standardize and monitor the application of household-level tools, specifically Family Action Plans, peer-led Parent Support Groups, and home mentoring workflows.
• Progressively transition facilitation leadership to local faith and community actors to build long-term local ownership and sustainability.

DMEAL, Research & Adaptive Learning Leadership

• Lead the operationalization of the project’s Evidence & Learning Strategy in coordination with the Project Specialist and SMIL team.
• Direct routine monitoring systems, digital beneficiary tracking, and pre/post-assessment workflows using technology tools.
• Oversee cohort-based evaluation studies, baseline/midline/endline processes, and comparative research examining outcomes between Christian-majority and Muslim-majority settings.
• Facilitate regular reflection loops, learning workshops, and adaptive management reviews to translate monitoring data into actionable programming refinements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, Development Management, Public Administration, or related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• Solid technical foundation in Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (DMEAL), including logic models, Theory of Change, and quantitative/qualitative data analysis.
• Strong capacity to build partnerships across diverse religious institutions, community leaders, and local government units.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive project management experience in international development, child-focused, or faith-and-development programs.
• Proven experience managing development programs in fragile, multi-faith contexts in Mindanao, including Muslim-majority communities and BARMM areas.
• Practical skills in conflict-sensitive programming, Do No Harm frameworks, and risk mitigation in fragile settings
• Professional fluency in spoken and written English and Filipino/Tagalog.
• Master’s degree in development management, Public Administration, or related discipline is an advantage.
• Practical experience using mobile data collection tools and managing performance dashboards.
• Working proficiency or fluency in local Mindanao dialects is an advantage
• Familiarity with strategic organizational models applied to project management in complex environment.
• Physically and medically fit to travel in covered areas.

World Vision is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adults living where World Vision operates. We have zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them. Each potential team member needs to understand the importance of these issues and be open to further training and guidance on our safeguarding policies and responsibilities.

Application Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for the next stage of the recruitment process.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only