Capacity Building Specialist

Capacity Building Specialist - Samar (Filipino Nationals Only) - for pooling/11004

Duration :
6 months

Start date :
ASAP

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Designing, adapting, and delivering localized training and capacity development interventions that support the formulation and validation of national standards on peer education. The role will ensure that youth, educators, LGUs, and community stakeholders in Southern Leyte and Samar are meaningfully engaged, equipped with knowledge and tools, and able to contribute effectively to the standards development process.

Key activities in your role will include

Objective 1: Inception Phase

• Provide technical inputs to the inception report, particularly on regional training needs and contextual challenges in Southern Leyte and Samar.
• Conduct preliminary capacity needs assessment among youth groups, schools, and LGUs in the target provinces.

Objective 2: Establish TWG & ARG

• Support the formation and orientation of the Technical Working Group and Adolescent Reference Group, ensuring local representation from Samar and Southern Leyte.
• Develop and deliver orientation and training modules tailored to ARG members and youth participants.

Objective 3: Stakeholder Consultations

• Lead provincial consultations and FGDs in Samar and Southern Leyte to identify existing peer education practices, challenges, and training gaps.
• Document and feed results into the national Conceptual Framework and consultation report.

Objective 4: Standards Development Workshop

• Co-facilitate workshop sessions focused on capacity building, training, and implementation models.
• Draft capacity-building components of the Peer Education Standards (competencies, training, and certification modules).

Objective 5: Rapid Pilot/Field Validation

• Coordinate and implement pilot training/validation exercises in schools and communities in Samar and Southern Leyte.
• Collect feedback and document learning to refine the standards.

Objective 6: Final Package & Endorsement

• Provide finalized capacity-building framework and training modules as annexes to the Peer Education Standards.
• Present findings and inputs at the National Validation and Endorsement Forum.

Do you meet the profile required criteria?

• Advanced university degree in Nutrition, Nursing, Public Health, Education, or related social sciences.
• Specialized training in peer education, adolescent health, WASH, youth development, or SBCC desirable.
• Professional training in participatory facilitation, project management, monitoring and evaluation, and policy development.
• Training in gender equality, child rights, and safeguarding an advantage.
• Demonstrated expertise in capacity building, curriculum design, and participatory training approaches.
• Strong knowledge of peer education models, adolescent health, nutrition, WASH, and youth engagement frameworks.
• Ability to translate global/national peer education standards into localized training tools and approaches.
• Experience in designing and delivering SBCC strategies in health, nutrition, WASH, or youth programs.
• Knowledge of Early Childhood Development (ECD), adolescent development, and inclusive education.
• Strong facilitation, mentoring, and coaching skills across diverse groups (youth, LGUs, teachers, CSOs).
• Familiarity with humanitarian-development-peace nexus and resilience-building approaches.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in capacity building, training facilitation, or curriculum development.
• At least 3 years in youth programming, peer education, or adolescent health-related initiatives.
• Experience in local-level policy or program development, especially in partnership with LGUs and schools.
• Proven experience in organizing and conducting community-based or school-based training programs.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure in complex or multi-stakeholder environments.
• Familiarity with UN- and government-led cluster systems (Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education), with cluster leadership experience being an asset.
• Practical knowledge of humanitarian coordination, community participation, institutional strengthening, and partnership development with local NGOs and youth networks.
• Solid understanding of the humanitarian–development–peace nexus and the integration of resilience in programming.
• Knowledge of organizational policies, safeguarding standards, accountability frameworks, and donor (e.g., UNICEF) procedures.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Filipino required.
• Proficiency in regional/local languages (Waray, Cebuano, or other Visayan dialects) is a strong advantage for community engagement.
• Strong command of MS Office applications (Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proficiency in online collaboration platforms and tools (Zoom, Google Workspace, SharePoint).
• Experience with data collection/analysis systems (e.g., KoboToolbox) is desirable.
• Willingness and ability to undertake frequent travel to project sites across the Philippines, including urban, rural, and conflict-affected areas.
• Experience promoting gender equality, diversity, and child rights in project design and implementation.
• Experience in mainstreaming GEDSI (Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion) in youth or health programming.
• Strong commitment to safeguarding, PSEA (Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse), and child protection principles.

Our remuneration package:

• Compensation: based on Action Against Hunger grid
• Benefits: health insurance, accident and life insurance, leave entitlement, government-mandated benefits
• Project-based employment

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