Job Summary:

CSC – PRESCRIBED QUALIFICATION STANDARD
Education	Bachelor's degree relevant to the job
Experience	2 years of relevant experience
Training	8 hours relevant training
Eligibility	None required
PREFERRED QUALIFICATION STANDARDS (COMPETENCY-BASED)
Education	Bachelor's Degree in Community Development, Public Administration, Social Work, or any other Social Sciences
Experience	at least five (5) years of relevant experience in management, community development, community organizing, project management, public administration
Training	at least forty (40) hours of relevant training in management, supervisory, community development, community organizing, project management
Eligibility	Career Service Professional / RA 1080 / PD 907 (Second Level) Eligibility

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Job Description:
The Area Coordinator (AC) primary responsibilities is to facilitate implementation of KALAHI CIDSS program in the municipalities and monitor and provide technical assistance in the implementation of the MPIP under the CDD LGU-led implementation. The Area Coordinator ensures that barangay and community-level development processes and activities conducted along the CEAC/MPIP are facilitated efficiently, with the direct participation, inclusion, and engagement of all stakeholders. The Area Coordinator ensures that opportunities are provided, processes are designed, and mechanisms are established by the A/MCT at the barangay level, that would allow all sectors, especially the most marginalized groups, to engage in and benefit from project activities.

Functions and Responsibilities:
• Prepare the Milestone Oriented Plan in consultation with the team and submit reports relative to implementation;
• Facilitate the municipal Participatory Situation Analysis (PSA) planning workshop, the Criteria Setting Workshop (CSW), the Project Development Workshop (PDW), the Municipal Inter-Barangay Forum (MIBF)/MDC-PRA, municipal Accountability Review and Reporting (ARR), MIAC meetings, and other municipal-level activities relevant to the Project;
• Consolidate development issues (economic, environmental, socio-economic, barangay administration, etc) in the municipality as identified in the PSAs/rapid reviews;
• Facilitate ACT planning sessions to brainstorm and agree on strategies to manage situations/people based on analysis of reports, activities, etc.;
• Review and approve intervention plans of ACT members within set standards (based on manuals and other management policies);
• Organize launch of KALAHI CIDSS in the municipality to orient stakeholders (LGU officials, barangay councils) about the program, roles, and to facilitate commitment setting;
• Conduct capability building activities that includes training, team building, coaching, mentoring, task demonstration, peer sharing, case conferences, reflection session, focused group discussions;
• Guide the MDC in criteria setting, project prioritization, resolving issues, managing conflicts and emotions arising from the decisions, and in deciding sanctions for erring barangays;
• Coordinate with existing inter-agency / inter-department mechanisms - LPRAT/Municipal Inter-Agency Committee, MCT, etc. - for poverty reduction to: (a) Mobilize support for KALAHI CIDSS implementation; (b) Facilitate resolution of issues; (c) Facilitate monitoring of Project activities; (d)Facilitate identification and mobilization of resources, and; (e) Facilitate issuance of local policies to facilitate Project implementation
• Explore other possible sources of funds for non-priority barangays and coaches the LGU on how to tap donor agencies;
• Negotiate with LGU officials on behalf of the sub-projects on possible and/or additional Local Counterpart Contribution (LCC);
• Monitor proper utilization of Project funds by reviewing all requests for fund releases against physical and financial reports, reviewing documentary requirements, and by securing the inputs of the Municipal Financial Analyst (MFA). Endorses funds release for the project.;
• Conduct Stakeholders’ mapping (including Mayor Profiling), and then develops and implements strategies for: (a) Engaging municipal stakeholders; (b) Matching of resources and programs (convergence), and; (c) Social marketing.
• Convene joint monthly meetings of the ACT and MCT for planning, performance assessment and updating of plans for succeeding period as well as for problem resolution;
• Review and approve all ACT-level project reports and documents prior to submission to the RPMO;
• Monitor operationalization of project policies and directives by the ACT;
• Assist the ACT, MCT and MIAC in resolving conflicts;
• Monitor performance of ACT members through report review, field visits, or spot checks including quality check on all community-based trainings;
• Conduct regular ACT reflection and learning sessions, and facilitate generation and documentation of best practices in Community-Driven Development (CDD) implementation from local experience;
• Coach the ACT members on expected outputs to be generated in meetings and in ensuring community compliance to the agreements in the Barangay Assemblies (BA)/BDC meetings;
• Perform municipal level coordination, negotiation, reporting, facilitation of support needed, follow up of LCC (ie, presenting results of Community-Based Monitoring and Evaluation (CBME) and ARR to LGU and negotiate next cycle Memorandum of Agreements (MOA)
• Monitor the progress of the sub-project implementation (SPI) and handles grievances/ red flag if any;
• Perform other administrative-related tasks that maybe assigned from time to time. 1. As part of Quick Response Team, helped in repacking of goods in time of calamity/disaster to be distributed to the affected Municipality. 2. Attend the Program’s calendar of activities and other program’s as well for updates;
• Perform such other tasks that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor as deemed necessary.