Program Officer (Fixed-Term Contract)

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), an active and reliable development partner of the Philippine Government, is now seeking the services of dynamic and competent staff with a high degree of initiative to fill the position of:

PROGRAM OFFICER (Position Code: PO)

PO shall be responsible in performing a full range of assignment (such as administrative, logistic and technical support, as well as, coordinating with government offices or related agencies in the implementation of programs) under the supervision of JICA Philippines. PO will be working with Japanese and Filipino counterparts in JICA Philippines to liaise with JICA HQ, development partners, and Philippine Government counterparts.

Said position will be assigned to any section at the discretion of the Management and on a one year fixed-term contract period.

Qualifications*:

• Graduate of a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Agriculture, Economics, Engineering, Management, Public Policy, Public Finance, Public Administration, other related or social science courses
• With 3 years relevant working experience; experience in foreign development aid, project finance/financial management in government or private sector is an advantage
• Strong interest and good knowledge of development issues would be a requirement
• Good interpersonal skills, adaptable and willing to learn in a multi-cultural environment
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English
• Good computer skills with sound knowledge of common word-processing, spreadsheets and graphics software used in JICA (such as Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Filemaker, Outlook, etc.)

* Evaluation of applicants shall not be limited to the abovementioned qualifications. Please see attached Terms of Reference (TOR) (Word/52KB) for the PO post for more details.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is an agency of the Government of Japan responsible for implementing the technical cooperation, grant aid, and yen loan programs of Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA). For more information, refer to JICA's homepage: http://www.jica.go.jp/english and http://www.jica.go.jp/philippine/english/index.htmland JICA Philippines Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/jicaphilippines).

All applicants must indicate the position code in the subject line and submit their Curriculum Vitae with photo, including two work-related references and a proposal of not more than 5 pages on how to carry out the TOR or Work Plan Approach for the engagement, on or before 7 August 2024 to JICA Philippines Office at 40F Yuchengco Tower RCBC Plaza Ayala Avenue Makati City or e-mail to pp_oso_rep@jica.go.jp.

Only short-listed applicants will be notified.