Miguel Roberto Parungo, or Rob, earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications Technology Management from the Ateneo de Manila University. His academic experiences immersed him in different fields of studies, such as communications, multi-media, and information technology. These different fields of studies taught him how they have changed and will change the relationship of people and businesses altogether.
He actively participated in various student-based organizations and projects that cultivated his passion for development work. He served in Tugon Ateneo, an organization that advocates against the existence of child sexual abuse in the country. As Assistant Area Head to one of the partner institutions of Tugon Ateneo in 2013, he was tasked to design and execute sustainable systems to improve the organization’s area engagements. He also spearheaded Lights for Hope which was formerly known as Blue Christmas, a university-wide project that celebrates Christmas with over a thousand public school children. He, along with his team, pushed for innovations while expanding the experience of the project to the different school units and more children. He is also part of the Loyola Mountaineers, an organization that advocates environmental preservation and rehabilitation. Rob co-headed Loyola Mountaineer’s Indigenous People’s Forum, which discussed the rights of the Philippines’ indigenous peoples with the assistance from the National Commissions of Indigenous People.
His experiences in project management and social work, along with his persistence for innovation and change, fuels him to work in the development sector.
Hazel Karen Castro graduated with a degree in Psychology from the Ateneo de Manila University. During her years in the university, she has immersed herself in socially-oriented organizations which inspired her to pursue a career in the development sector.
Hazel held vital positions for Musmos, an accredited sector-based organization in the Ateneo. For two consecutive years, she was the Katipunan Area Head, mainly tasked to organize the weekly apostolate areas and coordinate with the community. During her term, she has successfully conceptualized and executed projects both for the urban poor kids Musmos caters to and their parents. She served as the President of the organization tasked to coordinate and manage all projects and provide training and organizational development through improving systems for work efficiency. Her experience in Musmos encouraged her to work for the development industry, hoping to contribute significantly in society.
Hazel is also an entrepreneur. She is an independent distributor and supplier of anti-ageing, health, and wellness technologies and machines to end-consumers and businesses such as salons and spas. Her experience in business exposed her not only to different marketing and business strategies, but also to many personality development and financial literacy trainings including one from Rich Dad Asia, Brian Biro, Raymond Aaron, and Ty Bennett to name a few. Her experience in business further honed her skills in leadership, interpersonal relations, retailing, training and mentoring, and public speaking.
Hazel’s background both in business and organizational work inspired her to finally pursue a career in the development sector and gain more experience to someday be able to fulfill her personal advocacy of changing the young Filipinos’ money blueprint.
Romeo or Meong graduated with a degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University. During college, he was involved in Kaingin, an organization advocating social justice through education by providing formation seminars and member development trainings. He served as their Vice President for Formations.
He initially joined SEDPI as a program officer delivering technical and mentoring assistance to various clients all over the Philippines. He was also one of the training associates of the Ateneo Microfinance Capacity Building Program. Along with his teammates, he also conducted several researches including a research on typhoon microinsurance.
He took a short break from development work and entered the real estate industry. He worked as a project development associate in one of the largest real estate companies in the Philippines. He was responsible for the overall management of two economic housing projects in Metro Manila. During this time, he honed his skills in project management and financial analysis. He ventured into real estate research when he joined an international company as a research analyst. He was responsible for providing quarterly updates on the Philippine real estate market. As such, he was invited by various real estate companies and investment firms to provide grounded and market-based opinions on the real estate market. In his stint with Colliers, he improved his skills in research, analysis, and market forecasting.
Realizing his passion for development work, he re-joined SEDPI and was immediately involved in research activities, particularly in organizational appraisals and assessment of cooperatives. His goal is to be able to contribute to nation-building through providing capacity building in the fields of microfinance, financial literacy, and social entrepreneurship.
• Hone professional skills and strengthen interpersonal relationships of incoming junior and senior students in professional settings as applied in the context of development work
• Contribute to the achievement of social and commercial goals of social enterprises in the Philippines
Internship Design:
• Training on Leadership and Development Management will be provided
• Sessions on proper project management to attain project outputs set for the internship
• Weekly mentoring from the President and CEO
• Monthly team building sessions
• Field exposure to gain thorough understanding of development work
• Incentive scheme for attainment of internship program outputs
• Competitive allowance for the entire duration of the internship
Eligibility:
• Incoming junior or senior college student of any university
• Good academic performance on the area of internship being applied for
• Related experience such as class output or part time work to show competency in the internship program applied for
Internship Duration: May 8 to July 8, 2015
Internship Programs
There would be three teams composed of three to four team members in the internship program. The teams will be assigned specific areas of work that will be supervised throughout the internship program. The interns will participate in the design, planning, implementation and evaluation stages of project management. Relevant exposure trips will be extended to the interns to gain first hand understanding and contextualize their work in the greater scheme of development work. The three teams are the Information System Team, Graphic Design Team and Marketing and Communications Team.
THE TEAMS
Information System Team
The Information System Team will develop programs and applications, design databases, animations and websites that will enable SEDPI to improve efficiency when servicing microfinance institutions, social enterprises and social investors.
Possible Project Areas:
• Development of a website that will serve as information portal for social enterprises in the Philippines
• Development of a database management in monitoring social investments of SEDPI Development Finance
• Create simple phone apps that can be used in financial literacy
• Make SEDPI existing information system web-based
• Animations for SEDPI’s online courses
Graphic Design Design Team
The Graphic Design Team will create paraphernalia that will be used to enhance the visual aid tools of SEDPI. It will involve the design and development of comic book characters; creation of visuals to create more attractive presentations; and crafting infographics based on SEDPI research results. The team will work on the SEDPI’s branding manual to ensure consistency. Thee team will also closely coordinate with the Information System team for the development of animations and with the Marketing and Communications team to provide support in producing marketing paraphernalia.
Possible Project Areas:
• Character development for comic books on financial literacy
• Design and layout of comic books on financial literacy
• Creation of infographics based on SEDPI researches in social entrepreneurship, microfinance and financial education
Marketing and Communications Team
The marketing and communications team will be in charge of developing, planning and initial implementation of a marketing and communications plan for SEDPI.
Project Areas:
• Social media engagement
• Marketing plan for the following SEDPI products: training events; publications and consulting services
• Mount one training event on financial literacy
• Create marketing and communications plan to launch a book on financial literacy
APPLICATION PROCESS
DATE DESCRIPTION
April 12, 2015 Deadline for the submission of letter of intent and resume
April 15, 2015 Announcement of short-listed applicants
April 25, 2015 Deadline of submission of pre-internship questionnaire and sample work
April 30, 2015 Announcement of accepted interns
May 8, 2015 Start of Internship Program
Kindly use the file naming convention described below when sending letter of intent and resume. Applicants who don’t follow will not be shortlisted.
• For the Letter of intent: lastname firstname loi team (ex. garcia randolf loi information system OR garcia randlof loi graphic design OR garcia randolf loi marketing)
• For the resume: lastname firstname resume team (ex. garcia randolf resume information system OR garcia randlof resume graphic design OR garcia randolf resume marketing)
SEDPI is the premiere capacity building institution providing training, research and consulting services in the areas of microfinance, social entrepreneurship and financial literacy in the Philippines. It is composed of young and dynamic social entrepreneurs from prestigious universities.
SEDPI runs the Microfinance Capacity Building Program in partnership with the Ateneo de Manila University. It also runs the longest running Social Enterprise Business Plan competition in the Philippines with the British Council, the ‘I am a Changemaker’ program. SEDPI has trained more than 10,000 individuals on financial literacy.
Established in 2004, SEDPI worked in 23 countries worldwide reaching approximately 3,000 development organizations.
The organization is currently expanding and is looking for aproject-based program officer..
The Project-based Program Officer (PPO) post is open for six months to one year contract. Fresh graduates and those with one-year experience are encouraged to apply. The PPO will conduct various research projects and training courses of SEDPI all over the Philippines on field. The PPO’s main responsibilities include gathering data through field work, writing research reports, and assisting in the conduct of training courses.
SEDPI offers the opportunity to hold a position with development impact; be exposed to key players in the Philippine development sector; and join a successful team of young social entrepreneurs. It is looking for young and flexible individuals who are willing to be trained and are fast learners. Passion for development work and effectiveness in working in a team are given more weight than academic qualification or professional experience.
For interested individuals, kindly send your resume and application letter to info@sedpi.com.
Edgardo Valenzuela worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Bangkok and Rome for almost 25 years, where he was responsible for advocacy and awareness raising programs and retired from the FAO in 2012. He holds a BA in Philosophy as well as completed academic requirements towards a Master of Science in Social Psychology from the Ateneo de Manila University, an MBA from the European School of Economics, a certificate in development management from the Asian Institute of Management, and a certificate in Leadership and Strategic Management from the Institute of Development Research on a Ford Foundation scholarship. He was former CEO of the Asian Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) and worked as regional training officer with the Asian Cultural Forum in Development (ACFOD) in Bangkok. Edgar is a founding member of OFSPES.
Therese Anne Villanueva is an Organization Adviser for Belgian-based KBC Bank N.V. on performance improvements, at both strategic and operational levels. Her consulting experience spans across Belgium, Kenya and the Philippines. Although having been primarily involved in project management and financial services operations, she has also facilitated team-building and leadership development workshops for corporations and youth organizations. She has likewise volunteered as a marketing strategy consultant to an NGO in Kibera, the largest slum community in Kenya. Tracy holds a BSc in Management from Ateneo De Manila University and an International MBA from Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Belgium, where she graduated with Great Distinction.
Leila Rispens-Noel co-founded WIMLER Foundation Hong Kong Ltd. and WIMLER Philippines in 2006. She was Senior Advisor for INAFI International, a network of over 300 microfinance institutions in Latin America, Asia, and Africa until 2012. Leila was former Program Manager at Oxfam Novib, in the Netherlands. She was a member of International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Civil Society Global Forum for Migration and Development in Manila-2008 and in Mauritius- 2012, Member of the Steering Committee for the UN High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development, and member of the Migrants Advisory Board (MAB) of the EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI). She is presently a member of the Follow-Up Committee for the Joint Migration and Development Initiative (Philippines). She earned her BS degree in Commerce (Major Accounting) at the Holy Cross of Davao College (Philippines) and diploma in Rural and Agricultural Project Planning at the Institute of Social Studies (The Hague, The Netherlands). Her fields of interest are migration, remittances, development, and microfinance. She is presently studying for her MA in Migration Studies at Miriam College, Manila.
Fr. Nilo Tanalega, SJ holds a Doctorate in Ministry with a concentration in Family Counseling from Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, New York; a MSc in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola College in Maryland; MA in Theology from Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University, and a Post-Graduate professional diploma in religion and Religious Education with major in Family Ministries from Fordham University. He holds a BA degree in Economics also from Ateneo University. He is currently the President of UGAT Foundation, Inc. based in the Ateneo University, which runs counseling programs for the grassroots families in the Philippines and abroad. Fr. Nilo is a well-known family psychotherapist. He is also the Project Director of ABS-CBN Bayaning Pilipino Awards, a yearly affair giving fitting tribute to fine Filipino values of humanitarianism, industry, determination, and dedication to public service. He currently teaches in the Doctoral program of the Ateneo Graduate School, Psychology Department and other institutions such as the Foreign Service Institute, DFA, OWWA Welfare Officers in Counseling.
Mylin Sapiera-Koebele graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in BA (Pol. Sci.), magna cum laude, in 1993 and a Bachelor of Laws degree, Dean’s Medal Awardee, in 1997. She obtained her Master of Laws degree from the University of Michigan where she was the Clyde Dewitt fellow in 2002. She was in private practice at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, the biggest law firm in the Philippines. In 2006, she became the first Filipino resident fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative International Public Law and International Law. One of her publication credits is as legal editor of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. She is currently assistant to Prof. Dr. Dr. Albert Jan van den Berg, considered the foremost authority on the New York Convention and arbitration chair at Erasmus University.
