MALATE, Manila– With the household assessment to be conducted this first quarter of 2015, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office MiMaRoPa is now looking for active and socially responsible staff for Listahanan.

“We are hiring project-based staff such as Area Coordinators (AC), Area Supervisors (AS) Enumerators (EN), Encoders and Verifiers that will help complete the nationwide household enumeration,” says DSWD Regional Field Coordinator Ernie H. Jarabejo.

The Department is in need of 49 ACs, 246 ASs, 1,233 ENs and 190 Encoders and Verifiers who will be assigned in the provinces of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan.

“This is the second round of household enumeration based on the guidelines on regular updating of Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction Central Database,” Jarabejo added.

Listahanan is the department’s targeting mechanism of identifying who and where the poor are that started in 2009. The result from the assessment will be the basis of targeting beneficiaries for government’s social protection programs such as Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Sustainable Livelihood Program, Social Pension Program and PhilHealth enrollment.

“They will be conducting house-to-house interviews using the departments Family Assessment Forms. Their main function is to ensure that every household in the region is covered,” said Jarabejo.

Interested applicants may send their resume thru e-mail at: fo4b@dswd.gov.ph or personally submit their application letter at the Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) Team at their respective provincial office. Deadline for submission of applications will be on January 22, 2015. ###