Field Implementation Specialist

The Field Implementation Specialist supports the effective delivery of project interventions at the field level by providing technical, operational, and coordination support to ensure timely and results-based implementation of project activities under the EU4Mindanao Action in Mindanao, Philippines.

Responsibilities

• Ensure results-based implementation of field activities in assigned areas, aligning delivery with the project logframe, approved work plans, and performance indicators, and contributing to the achievement of planned outputs and outcomes.
• Monitor, analyze, and report on implementation progress, identifying risks, delays, and operational bottlenecks, and proposing timely corrective actions to ensure efficient and accountable delivery.
• Provide technical expertise and advisory support to local government units (LGUs), community-based organizations (CBOs), and other partners, ensuring that interventions are context-appropriate, evidence-based, and aligned with project objectives.
• Contribute to the design and operationalization of project interventions, including the development and adaptation of technical guidelines, tools, and implementation strategies based on field realities and emerging needs.
• Facilitate capacity development initiatives by designing and delivering training programmes, workshops, and field-based learning activities, ensuring knowledge transfer and sustainability of project outcomes.
• Strengthen coordination and partnerships with national and subnational stakeholders, UN agencies, NGOs, and private sector actors, promoting integrated and harmonized implementation at the field level.
• Lead field-level stakeholder engagement and communication, ensuring inclusive participation, transparency, and alignment with community priorities and project goals.
• Represent the project in coordination platforms, technical working groups, and relevant forums, contributing to knowledge sharing, visibility, and strategic positioning of the project.
• Promote and ensure compliance with UN and FAO standards, including gender equality, social inclusion, conflict sensitivity, environmental and social safeguards, and accountability to affected populations.
• Support data management, monitoring, and reporting systems, ensuring timely collection, validation, and analysis of data to inform decision-making and corporate reporting requirements.
• Contribute to knowledge management and learning, documenting good practices, lessons learned, and innovations to support continuous improvement and scaling of interventions.
• Perform other duties as required, consistent with the level of the position and in support of project objectives.
• Ensure compliance with donor visibility requirements and proper implementation of the project’s communication and visibility activities across teams and actions, including in line with the European Commission’s guidelines for EU programmes visibility.

Requirements

• University degree in the field of Agriculture, Agribusiness, Community Development/Organizing, Rural Development, Development Studies, Environmental Science, or other related fields.
• At least five (5) years of relevant experience in field-level project implementation and technical support to agriculture and/or rural/agricultural development programmes, with demonstrated working knowledge of agricultural value chains in Mindanao, including familiarity with at least one of the priority value chains targeted by the Action (soybean, coffee, cattle, cacao, coconut, durian).
• Working knowledge (level C) of English and Filipino.
• National of the Philippines.
• Programme implementation and field coordination, with emphasis on results-based management, monitoring and evaluation, capacity development, stakeholder engagement, and technical support to local partners.
• Effective collaboration among government agencies, community organizations, development partners, and other stakeholders to ensure coordinated implementation, inclusive participation, and achievement of project objectives.
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to an evolving and complex humanitarian context and within multidisciplinary and different cultural background teams.
• FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED).

Skills

• Field Level Project Implementation
• Technical support to agriculture programmes
• Agriculture Value Chain Knowledge
• Programme Implementation
• Field Coordination
• Result-Based Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Capacity Development
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Collaboration with Government
• Community organization collaboration
• Development Partner Coordination
• Project technical support
• Adaptation to humanitarian context
• Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration
• Agribusiness Knowledge
• Rural Development Expertise
• Environmental Science Knowledge

Languages

English, Filipino