Ateneo de Manila University
Ateneo de Manila University

Learning Experiences in Communities (LEC) Field Officer | For Pooling  

Ateneo de Manila University

 
  • Quezon City, Philippines
    Katipunan Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
    Quezon City
    Metro Manila
    Philippines
    Philippines
  • Full timeFULL_TIME

Expired a year ago

2022-10-14T16:00:00+00:00
Job closed.

Job Description

Summary of Work Activities and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Assistant to the Associate Dean, the field officer is in charge of the general field and administrative operations of partnership entered into between the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (ASMPH) and the NGOs/POs/CBCs/Schools that relate to the Learning Experiences in Communities (LEC) of the ASMPH students in Year Levels 7 and 8. S/He is also the designated official representative to the ASMPH to these organizations.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

I. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Identify and explore non-governmental organizations (NGOs), people’s organizations (POs), church-based groups (CBGs), government units and schools that can partner with the ASMPH for the LEC of the students.
  • Identify the key person within the NGOs/POs/CBGs/Schools who will serve as field preceptor for the ASMPH students.
  • Assess the communities that the NGOs/POs/CBGs/Schools are working in and their suitability to the LEC program.
  • Co-facilitate with the LEC Coordinator the official LEC orientation for the new partner organizations before the start of the school year, mid and end-year plenary activities, and year end gathering.
    • Provide logistical support for the said activities including scheduling, invitations to participants, venue reservations, meals, tokens, etc.
  • Facilitates the LEC STRAMA Oral Presentation and Defense for YL8, coordinate with and invite the field preceptors from the partner organizations-communities to attend.
    • Prepares logistical support as needed
  • Prepares the Memorandum of Agreement between the NGOs/POs/CBGs/Schools and the ASMPH, deliver the MOAs to the partner organizations and ADMU offices for signature and routing, process the notarization of duly accomplished MOAs.
  • Coordinate the schedule of the ASMPH students with the field preceptors from partner organizations-communities and the ASMPH-ACED Field Officer on LEC
  • Conduct regular supervision and monitoring visits to the NGOs/POs/CBGs/Schools and their respective communities.
  • Facilities the relationship between ASMPH including its faculty and students and the NGOs/POs/CBGs/Schools.
  • Monitor the activities of the ASMPH students together with the identified field preceptor of the NGO/PO/CBG/School.
  • Prepare and oversee the completion of the LEC student assessment forms by the partner organizations-communities and the ASMPH YL8 LEC Faculty Preceptors
    • Carry out related clerical work on the ASMPH students’ and partner organizations’ evaluation of LEC (i.e., encoding evaluation forms, content analysis of synthesis and reflection papers)
  • Prepare and oversee the completion of the evaluation of LEC forms by the partner organizations-communities that have completed the 2-year LEC cycle.

II. Other Duties and Responsibilities

  • Participate in the regular meeting of the ASMPH public health cluster.
  • Provide regular reports to ASMPH on the status of the partnership and the activities of the students.
  • Provide inputs and insights to help improve the partnership and the learning experiences of the students in the community.
  • Validate the regular activity and progress reports of students with the field preceptors from partner organization-communities.
  • Assists the ASMPH Faculty Preceptors when conducting field visit to partner organizations-communities
  • Assist in the monitoring and evaluation of the partnership between ASMPH and the LEC partners
  • Oversee the completion of the student assessment forms by the partner organizations-communities
  • Carry out related clerical work on students’ grade on the LEC (i.e., encoding, excel calculations and summary, submission to faculty coordinators, others)

III. Fiscal Duties and Responsibilities

  • Processes and coordinates financial transactions, payments, and purchase requisitions of the LEC program, obtaining necessary approvals and documents (including preparation of billings for the processing of faculty payments, cash advances, and petty cash fund)
  • Follows up with the Central Accounting Office payments made, coordinates its status, and when necessary, arranges for bank deposits and delivery of checks
  • Prepares reference materials for the yearly budget requests of the LEC program

IV. Performs other duties as may be required from the position

  • Provides logistical and administrative support for school-wide events (e.g., school opening ceremony, graduation)

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree (Social Science or Management course), preferably Community or Social Work
  • At least 2 years of relevant work experience in community development
  • Computer literacy in MS Office applications
  • Experience working in an academic setting is an advantage
  • Community/Social Development orientation

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Communication Skills
    • Ability to communicate tactfully and sensitively with all types of personalities and predispositions, utilizing different media directed at different audiences/stakeholders
  • Coordination Skills
    • Ability to proactively coordinate, mediate, and manage actions in relation to others
  • Organization and Prioritization of Work
    • Ability to effectively plan and coordinate the delivery of required outcomes, according to importance and urgency; keen to details
  • Judgement and Decision Making
    • Ability to consider the consequences of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one, using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
  • Technological Savvy
    • Ability to utilize information technology and computer and internet systems to accomplish tasks; proficient in MS Office Application
  • Documentation and Records Management Skills
    • Ability to manage files and records, take minutes and documentation, and keep matters confidential.

Jobs Summary

Job Level
Associate / Supervisor
Job Category
Public Service and NGOs
Educational Requirement
Bachelor's degree graduate
Recruiter response to application
Once in a while
Office Address
Katipunan Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Industry
Higher Education / Academia
Vacancy
1 opening
Website
http://www.ateneo.edu/

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About Ateneo de Manila University

The Ateneo de Manila University (Ateneo) is one of the leading universities in the Philippines. More than 150 years in existence, the Ateneo has grown into a major Jesuit institution. Officially it became a university in 1959. It offers over 100 academic degree programmes. Ateneo offers Basic Education (Grade School, Junior and Senior High School). In addition, the Loyola Schools (college) is made up of four schools (Social Sciences; Humanities; Science and Engineering; and Management) that offer graduate and undergraduate degrees, with a total enrolment of about 10,000 students per year. The Ateneo has 4 professional schools located in 3 campuses in Quezon City, Makati City and Pasig City (Business; Government; Law; and Medicine and Public Health), with about 4,000 professional postgraduate students. It has an array of research centres, 11 of which are recognized as Centres of Excellence by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education. In addition to a European Studies Programme, it has a Centre for Asian Studies that fosters comparative research on East and Southeast Asia. The Ateneo has 207 partnerships with universities around the world (82 in Europe, 87 in Asia, 11 in Australia and New Zealand, and 27 in North and South America) and is a member of the ASEAN Universities Network and 3 other international university networks. The Ateneo’s Rizal Library is the most advanced in the Philippines with over 307,000 titles in its collection and online access to most major academic journals.

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