Ma. Teresa Medrano-Ganzon is the Managing Director of Bangko Kabayan (BK), Inc. She is also the president of Ibaan Rural Bank Foundation inc., the social arm of BK. Teresa has endeavored to weld business efficiencies, development concerns and faith-based motivation to grow a business organization with a strong orientation towards service to the rural community. Today, she serves as the Asian representative in the International Commission on Economy of Communion of the Focolare Movement. Teresa is a graduate of the University of the Philippines (A.B. Journalism, cum laude) and she holds a Master’s Degree in Entrepreneurship in Social Development (Superior Performance) from the Asian Institute of Management.
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Fr. Patrick Z. Falguera, SJ
Fr. Patrick Z. Falguera, SJ currently works as a consultant for the Ateneo School of Government while finishing his doctorate in Leadership Studies also at the Ateneo de Manila University. Having been ordained a Jesuit priest in 2004, he was first assigned as parish priest of San Jose Manggagawa Parish in Marikina. He then completed an MSc degree in Development Planning at the University College London after the parish was turned over to the Diocese in Antipolo.
Teodora Dizon
Teodora Dizon is a psychologist from the Ateneo de Manila University, with background and training in both Clinical and Applied Social Psychology. She is a founding partner, psychologist and training officer for Better Steps Psychology. She also serves the Ignatian grassroots advocacy under UGAT Foundation, Inc., where she has been working as a speaker, project director and therapist for four years. Teddi focuses largely on issues of migrant workers and their families, helping them to re-discover personal and interpersonal harmony within the migrant setting. She is currently serving as the director for the Family Care and Wellness Program for Migrants under UGAT Foundation. She regularly conducts seminars on family systems and community building to both local and migrant communities in the Philippines, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Arnel Casanova
Atty. Arnel Casanova is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and is a Lead Faculty member of the Social Entrepreneurship Course at the Ateneo de Manila University’s School of Government. He holds a law degree from the University of the Philippines and Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government as a Mason Fellow and World Bank scholar. He is a founder of AvantChange, a social enterprise established in Harvard and is organizer of the Harvard Club of the Philippines Social Enterprise Initiative. Arnel sits in the board of CARD-MRI, the largest microfinance institution in the Philippines.
Florisa Almodiel
Atty. Florisa Almodiel is pursuing a Masters in Law at the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands. She was one of the first lawyers of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) trained in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) by the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Hawaii. Flor pioneered the application of ADR to environmental conflicts and co-founded the Mediatiors Network for Sustainable Peace (MedNet), a conflict-resolution NGO providing ADR training and mediation services. Flor has lectured on International Human Rights Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution for the mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) program of the Supreme Court for lawyers and judges at the University of Cebu and has published an article on the use of conflict management in coastal management. She graduated top of her class, cum laude, in AB Sociology from the University of the Philippines (UP) and holds a Bachelor of Law degree, also from UP.
Opening for Finance Officer
SEDPI is a private organization composed of young and dynamic social entrepreneurs, with a niche in providing services for the microfinance industry and microenterprises. Its’ services include training, technical and mentoring assistance, market research, strategic planning, project appraisal, and impact assessment.
SEDPI’s management personnel run the Microfinance Capacity-Building Program of the Ateneo de Manila University. Local participants as well as nationals of Cambodia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Laos, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Sweden, and the USA have attended the program. SEDPI has also conducted microfinance and financial literacy training courses in Asia, Europe and Africa.
SEDPI Development Finance, Inc. (SDFI), SEDPI’s sister company, mobilizes social investments by lending to microfinance institutions and small and medium enterprises.
The organization is currently expanding and is looking for a finance officer.
The main objective of the position is to maintain and improve the accounting system of SDFI and perform the administrative support needs of SDFI staff. Specifically, the Finance Officer shall also maintain schedules and book of accounts of SDFI, generate monthly financial reports such as balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement, which will be used to perform analysis of the SCCI portfolio; portfolio at risk; liquidity analysis and risk analysis. The position directly reports to the President and CEO.
The finance officer will also ensure compliance to all government and government agencies’ rules and regulation specifically reportorial requirements for lending/financing companies, prepare correspondence, maintain an orderly filing system for each client accounts, prepare billing statements for clients and ensure the receipt of account receivables, prepare payments for accounts payable, provide support to external auditors, and perform other related tasks/functions as may be assigned by the President and Chief Executive Officer.
Applicants should be an accounting or finance graduate. Fresh graduates are encouraged to apply.
For interested individuals, kindly send your resume and application letter to info@sedpi.com.
Opening for Project-Based Program Officer and Program Assistant
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 intrapreneurs 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 a project-based program officer and a program assistant.
The Project-based Program Officer (PPO) post is open for a one year contract. Fresh graduates and those with one-year experience are preferred. 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.
The Program Assistant (PA) post provides administrative support to the operations team. This includes data processing, logistical arrangements, and training preparations. S/he will also be in charge of completing liquidations and data encoding. Fresh graduates and working students are welcome to apply.
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 intrapreneurs. 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.
Opening for Program Officer
SEDPI is a private organization composed of young and dynamic social entrepreneurs, with a niche in providing services for the microfinance industry and microenterprises. Its services include training, technical and mentoring assistance, market research, strategic planning, project appraisal, and impact assessment.
SEDPI’s management personnel run the Microfinance Capacity-Building Program of the Ateneo de Manila University. Local participants as well as nationals of Cambodia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Laos, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Sweden, and the USA have attended the program. SEDPI has also conducted microfinance and financial literacy training courses in Asia, Europe and Africa.
The organization is currently expanding and is looking for a program officer.
Program officers are fielded out to various research projects and training courses of SEDPI all over the Philippines. The main responsibilities of the program officer 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 microfinance industry, 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.
Strategic Planning for Social Enterprises
The course addresses the issues of strategic and operational planning that are vital to the successful development of social enterprises. The right to left planning approach will be used as the framework for the strategic planning process. A vision questing workshop is the highlight of the course enabling social entrepreneurs to set ambitious but realistic plans. The course presents common strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that will aid social entrepreneurs in generating strategic options. The strategic planning course will aid social enterprises in clarifying their niche and differentiation in the competitive industry they are in. One of the most awaited portion of the course is on how to creatively generate resources to fund the operations and growth of social enterprises.
Social Performance Management for Social Enterprises
The starting point for many social enterprises has been their mission and commitment to providing access to the poor and helping them improve their social and economic conditions. Due to the magnitude of social enterprise models, there are a number of emerging ways on how to measure social performance and impact. The course will present various methods in measuring social performance such as Social Return on Investment, Development Indexing, and Balanced Score Card among others. The course aims to provide tools to social enterprises in developing relevant social performance measures and installing a system on monitoring these.