Project Officer (Uniting Against OSAEC Project)

Plan International Pilipinas Foundation Inc. is a local non-government, non-religious, and non-political development and humanitarian organization committed to enabling children to live free of poverty, violence, inequality, and injustice.

We are committed to gender equality and actively work with and engage children, communities, other people, and institutions in addressing the root causes of poverty and gender inequality. We support children and young people, especially the most vulnerable, to build the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to claim their rights to a fulfilling life, today and in the future. We focus on girls, young women, and other marginalized groups so that they can improve their well-being and achieve their full potential.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Plan International Pilipinas Foundation Inc. will implement a three-year project entitled:  Uniting Against Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC): Multistakeholder Collaborations for a Safer Digital Space.

This intervention aims to protect 1,000 children in all their diversities from online sexual exploitation. The project will be implemented in Manila; Dasmarinas, Cavite; and, Llorente, Eastern Samar. The project is divided into two major outcomes: (1) Strengthened capacity of children and young people to effectively protect themselves and their peers and take collective action against online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) and online violence; and (2) Enhanced protection systems for children and young people from OSAEC in homes, schools and digital spaces, with survivor-centered approaches supported to strengthen public and private efforts in preventing, mitigating, and responding to OSAEC.

In line with this project, we invite competent, experienced, and committed professionals to fill the following position. 

The Project Officer will mobilize the target communities to identify problems and possible interventions as well as facilitate their participation in project ownership. Further, the Project Officer (PO) will capacitate the children, community stakeholders, and partners by facilitating situational analysis, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation (SAPIME) in the context of Child Centered Community Development (CCCD) and gender responsiveness.  The post holder will work based on the overall project objectives and key outcomes, including establishing complementation and alignment with similar initiatives.

The PO will provide project updates in the Digital Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Tracker on a regular basis in coordination with the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer.   

Further, as the Project Officer:

• You will facilitate the gathering and updating of baseline data into a community profile and ensure that these are communicated in the community.
• You will conduct awareness raising and facilitate capacity-building activities for children and youth (CAY), women, civil service organizations (CSO), private sector actors, and child protection system actors, including parents and caregivers and communities against sexual exploitation of children (SEC) and online violence.
• You will promote and support the strengthening of online safeguards for internet and telecommunication service providers/ICT companies and small business operators to prevent SEC and online violence.
• You will facilitate the strengthening of (existing) formal and informal child protection systems and mechanisms.
• You will facilitate advocacy towards ICT companies, internet service providers, telecommunications, and small business operators to strengthen their online safeguards to prevent and respond to SEC/ online violence in the long term.
• Plan International is a development and humanitarian organization. In exceptional cases, you will be asked to support emergency response activities in the communities in your assigned covered areas. 

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

To be successful in the role you will need among other things:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Community Development, Social Sciences, or other related courses.
• Training on community organizing/community development, program/project management, participatory rapid appraisal, children’s rights, child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA), child protection, gender sensitivity; gender and development.
• Three years of experience in implementing child protection programs, particularly doing research, planning, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating child protection programs.
• Good command of verbal and written communication skills and the ability to relate to people from all backgrounds.
• A team player with integrity and transparency; proactive and gender sensitive.
• Applicants must be based in the Philippines and Filipino nationals.

Location: 1.) Manila, 2.) Dasmarinas, Cavite, 3.) Llorente, Eastern Samar

Type of Role: Project-based (until October 2026)

Reports to: Project Manager

This role requires fieldwork in the project areas.

Competitive compensation package (local T&C)

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organizational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights, and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organization, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme, we will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.