Beryl Grace Avila

Highly accomplished Program Director with over 15 years of experience in program management, resource development, and community engagement. Proven ability to supervise staff, oversee program implementation, and ensure timely reporting. Expertise in strategic planning, project development, and stakeholder collaboration.

Adept at facilitating workshops, conducting training, and managing operations to achieve organizational goals. Dedicated to driving impactful initiatives and fostering positive community development.

Program Director - BROKENSHIRE INTEGRATED HEALTH MINISTRIES INC. – BROKENSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER (BIHMI – BCHDC) - DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES

(2022-05)

• Supervise program staff to ensure effective operations.
• Management of the 3 - year project in partnership with Bread for the World in Germany.
• Oversee the comprehensive implementation of program plans, aligning them with the strategic objectives of the organization.
• Ensure the timely submission of all program reports to the Chief Executive Officer.
• Initiate and lead regular program meetings, encompassing planning and assessment activities.
• Contribute to resource mobilization efforts for BIHMI-BCHDC.
• Ensure active participation in institutional activities.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all information at all times.
• Represent the program effectively within the Management Committee.
• Undertake additional tasks as assigned by the Chief Executive Officer.

Resource Development Coordinator - BROKENSHIRE INTEGRATED HEALTH MINISTRIES INC. – BROKENSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER (BIHMI – BCHDC) - DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES

(2019-06 - 2022-04)

• Facilitate the publication process for resource materials.
• Organize and coordinate the pool of health professionals.
• Provide support to other Program Area Coordinators as required.
• Manage the production of manuals and modules.
• Assist in the monitoring, evaluation, and documentation of project activities.
• Support the Program Director in conceptualizing frameworks and strategies for emerging health issues.
• Submit program reports as mandated.
• Foster a spirit of unity and teamwork among BCHDC staff.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities delegated by the Program Director.

Center Manager - UCCP – HARAN Center

(2014 - 2018)

• Uphold and ensure the mission-driven operations of the church institution.
• Supervise staff performance and development.
• Manage all administrative functions.
• Prepare and submit comprehensive reports to the General Manager.
• Participate in relevant meetings and training sessions.
• Facilitate staff meetings and weekly devotionals.
• Direct the overall operational, budgetary, and financial responsibilities of the department.
• Make financially responsible, accountable, justifiable, and defensible decisions in accordance with institutional policies.
• Strategize, evaluate, and enhance the efficiency of service processes and procedures to improve speed, quality, efficiency, and output.

Project Officer - CHILD ALERT MINDANAO INCORPORATED

(2012 - 2014)

• Oversee project staff, including monitoring and evaluating their performance.
• Provide support to staff to enhance their skills and capabilities.
• Monitor staff performance and attendance.
• Offer information and assistance to staff and supervisors on human resource and work-related matters.
• Develop and prepare budget proposals.
• Manage and process requests.
• Approve liquidations for staff expenses.
• Contribute to policy development.
• Create project plans and work plans.
• Develop training modules.
• Prepare project reports.
• Direct the overall implementation of projects.
• Establish and coordinate children's advocacy groups.
• Conduct leadership and organizing skills training for child and youth peer facilitators.
• Facilitate advocacy planning workshops for community-based children's advocacy groups, developing child rights advocacy agendas per barangay.
• Conduct monthly meetings and life skills sessions through theater arts and socio-civic activities for organized children in five barangays.
• Execute the annual Summer Children and Youth Camp and Child and Youth Assembly.
• Organize quarterly sharing sessions involving children's organizations, child rights champions, and frontline service providers.
• Strengthen parents' organizations.
• Provide organizing and advocacy skills training for parent animators.
• Conduct community-based livelihood and home finance management training.
• Facilitate exchange meetings between parents' and children's organizations.
• Implement monthly issue-based art sessions and regular meetings for parent organizations per barangay.
• Coordinate combined meetings of parents, frontline service providers, and child rights champions.
• Develop child rights champions among barangay officials and other community leaders.
• Conduct bi-annual study sessions for champions focusing on children's rights.
• Facilitate coordination meetings between child rights champions and frontline service providers.
• Organize community-based forums for various sectors to discuss issues affecting the fulfillment of children's rights.
• Establish, organize, and strengthen Barangay Councils for the Protection of Children.

Women Empowerment Program Coordinator - BATIS CENTER FOR WOMEN

(2007 - 2012)

• Serve as a case manager for migrant women in distressed situations, particularly trafficking survivors.
• Conduct counseling sessions with women experiencing distress.
• Organize and support migrant women in the Philippines.
• Facilitate forums, educational discussions, group work sessions, and counseling sessions, including Gender Sensitivity Training within the community.
• Implement and deliver programs and services aligned with the institution's framework.
• Collaborate and strengthen networks with other professionals.
• Engage in advocacy and networking activities.
• Monitor clients' progress in implementing their enterprises locally.
• Prepare Social Case Study Reports for clients with health/medical issues requiring financial assistance.
• Organize and deliver trainings related to social work practice.
• Attend court hearings as required.
• Function as a community organizer, case manager, and group worker.
• Act as an advocate for migration, human rights, and development.
• Conduct community outreach and network with Local Government Units (LGUs) and other stakeholders in the National Capital Region, Region 3 (Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, and Bataan), and Region 1 (Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte).
• Perform social investigations in identified program areas, focusing on areas of origin for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), existing individual or group initiatives, and industry or cooperative-level economic activities.
• Network and liaise with LGUs, NGOs, faith-based organizations, the private sector (including business groups, cooperatives, Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), and banks), migrants, migrant family associations, and hometown associations.
• Provide psycho-social services for identified victims of trafficking and exploitative migration and their families, including pre-arrival home visits for family assessment, intake interviews, initial assessments, referral services, intervention plan development, accompaniment to chosen destinations, case management, individual and group counseling, medical services, legal assistance, skills and livelihood assessment, and reintegration planning.
• Deliver community-based reintegration services to identified victims of trafficking and exploitative migration in partnership with LGUs, the private sector, and migrant organizations/associations.
• Conduct environmental scanning of industry-based economic initiatives.
• Network with local business groups, cooperatives, and micro-finance institutions, as well as existing local industries.
• Facilitate business development for clients.
• Conduct capacity-building activities, including awareness-raising on migration duality and reintegration challenges, financial literacy, and addressing family and community issues.
• Mobilize support from local government and other relevant stakeholders to scale up and ensure the sustainability of reintegration initiatives.
• Engage with relevant local stakeholders such as local business groups, successful cooperatives, micro-finance institutions, other financial institutions, individual migrants, and migrant organizations/hometown associations.

Community Development Worker - UCCP – NORTHEASTERN DAVAO DISTRICT CONFERENCE

(2006 - 2007)

• Engaged in community organizing using a faith-based approach in Mt. Diwalwal, Compostela Valley.
• Provided educational instruction to children in rural communities.
• Prepared community studies and analyses.
• Visited UCCP churches in rural areas.
• Facilitated youth organizing initiatives.
• Delivered sermons in various UCCP local churches.
• Developed orders of worship for church services.

Master of Science - Social Work Applied Social Practice - University of Mindanao – Matina Campus

Tertiary Education - University of Mindanao – Matina Campus

Secondary Education - Lupon School of Fisheries

Elementary Education - Lupon Central Elementary School - I