Project title: DYNASLOPE
Project description:
The PHIVOLCS-funded project Development of Early Warning Systems for Landslides, also known as the DYNASLOPE Project, is a multidisciplinary endeavor addressing the problem of landslide risk. The project is composed of instrumentation engineers, software engineers, civil engineers, geologists, social scientists, and community developers working together towards the development of a community-based early warning system for landslides.
Implementing Agency:
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
Employment status:
Contract of Services under PHIVOLCS locally-funded project
Contract Duration:
October 05, 2026 – December 31, 2026
Daily rate:
PhP2,077.00 (+ premium of 20% of the salary per month)
Position Title and Job Description:
One (1) Project Technical Specialist I for Landslide Risk Knowledge-Hazards Team
Job description/Duties and Responsibilities
The Project Technical Specialist I shall assist the Hazards Team Leader in implementing Project activities and will carry out the following tasks:
● conduct landslide hazard assessments and quick response surveys;
● create maps, reports, documentation, and technical papers related to team outputs;
● assist in managing the project’s ArcGIS geodatabase;
● assist in the conduct of seminars and consultations;
● coordinate with the community, LGU, and other stakeholders regarding Project concerns (fieldwork logistics, official meetings and seminars with the LGU, schedule of activities, etc.);
● accomplish administrative documents related to the project, such as pre- and post-fieldwork requirements and monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) requirements;
● conduct work related to the implementation of early warning system protocol, such as monitoring of the Project sites;
● participate in meetings and workshops facilitated for the whole project; and
● perform other tasks as may be assigned by the Team Leader to support overall project implementation.
Educational background
● Bachelor’s degree in geology or civil engineering
Work Experience
● preferably, licensed professional
● preferably, competent in GIS
● preferably has experience in landslide hazard assessment and/or DRRM work
● preferably has knowledge and/or experience in remote sensing and/or engineering geological models
● preferably has experience in a relevant field, in engineering geology or geotechnical engineering
Required skills and qualities
● knowledgeable and skilled in GIS applications and/or field-based landslide investigations
● knowledgeable and skilled in geologic mapping
● can and willing to go on long and frequent fieldworks
● can and willing to conduct fieldwork in difficult terrain
● can and willing to render monitoring work even at nights, weekends, or holidays (less than or equal to two 12-hour monitoring shifts in a month)
● can work independently
● demonstrates good communication and interpersonal skills
Requirements:
a. Application letter addressed to:
Dr. Teresito C. Bacolcol
Director, PHIVOLCS
PHIVOLCS Bldg., C.P. Garcia Ave., U.P. Campus, Diliman, Quezon City
b. Fully accomplished Personal Data Sheet (PDS) with recent passport-size picture (CS Form No. 212, Revised 2017) which can be downloaded at csc.gov.ph;
c. Curriculum Vitae
d. Transcript of Records
e. Copy of Diploma
f. Accomplished online form: https://forms.gle/h87NaEWwbEadCANg9
Send to hrmds@phivolcs.dost.gov.ph, cc: dynaslopephivolcs22@gmail.com, cjncordero@gmail.com, theia.amandy@gmail.com on or before September 25, 2026
(NOTE: Please indicate the position title, section and division in your application letter)
As an advocate of the Equal Employment Opportunity Principle (EEOP), the DOST-PHIVOLCS encourages and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, religion, political affiliation including persons with disability, members of indigenous communities, and those from any sexual orientation and gender identities.
APPLICATIONS WITH INCOMPLETE DOCUMENTS SHALL NOT BE ENTERTAINED. Only qualified applicants will be contacted.