The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) is the agency of the national government of the Philippines that is responsible for protecting the rights of the indigenous peoples of the Philippines. The commission is composed of seven commissioners. It is attached to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Interestingly, NCIP Central Office has vacancies available until NOVEMBER 21, 2022.
One (1) Project Development V (SG24/ Php 84,410 Monthly Salary)
- Plantilla Item No.: NCIPB-PDO5-3-2020
- Education: Master’s degree or Certificate in Leadership and Management from the CSC
- Training: 40 hours of supervisory/ management learning and development intervention
- Work Experience: 4 years of supervisory/ management experience
- Eligibility: CS Professional/ Second Level Eligibility
- Place of Assignment: NCIP- Central Office
One (1) Project Development Officer I (SG11/ Php 25,439 Monthly Salary)
- Plantilla Item No.: NCIPB-PDO1-11-2020
- Education: Bachelor’s degree relevant to the job
- Training: None required
- Work Experience: None required
- Eligibility: CS Professional/ Second Level Eligibility
- Place of Assignment: PMMED- FAPIRO, NCIP-CO
One (1) Information Technology Officer I (SG19/ Php 49,835 Monthly Salary)
- Plantilla Item No.: NCIPB-ITO1-4-2021
- Education: Bachelor’s degree relevant to the job
- Training: 8 hours of relevant training
- Work Experience: 2 years of relevant experience
- Eligibility: CS Professional/ Second Level Eligibility
- Place of Assignment: NCIP- Central Office
One (1) Engineer III (SG19/ Php 49,835 Monthly Salary)
- Plantilla Item No.: NCIPB-ENG3-29-2008
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering relevant to the job
- Training: 8 hours of relevant training
- Work Experience: 2 years of relevant experience
- Eligibility: RA 1080
- Place of Assignment: Recognition Division – ADO, NCIP-CO
One (1) Administrative Assistant III (Secretary III) (SG9/ Php 20,402 Monthly Salary)
- Plantilla Item No.: NCIPB-ADAS3-2-2021
- Education: Completion of two years studies in college
- Training: 4 hours of relevant training
- Work Experience: 1 year of relevant experience
- Eligibility: CS Subprofessional/ First Level Eligibility
- Place of Assignment: Office of the Director – FS, NCIP-CO
One (1) Administrative Aide IV (Clerk II) (SG4/ Php 14,993 Monthly Salary)
- Plantilla Item No.: NCIPB-ADA4-37-2008
- Education: Completion of two years studies in college
- Training: None required
- Work Experience: None required
- Eligibility: CS Subprofessional/ First Level Eligibility
- Place of Assignment: HRMD- Administrative Service, NCIP-CO
One (1) Administrative Aide IV (Clerk II) (SG4/ Php 14,993 Monthly Salary)
- Plantilla Item No.: NCIPB-ADA4-32-2008
- Education: Completion of two years studies in college
- Training: None required
- Work Experience: None required
- Eligibility: CS Subprofessional/ First Level Eligibility
- Place of Assignment: Human Rights Division- OEHR, NCIP-CO
All positions are open to QUALIFIED applicants regardless of age, gender, religion, civil status, disability, political affiliation and ethnicity.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants may address their application letter to ALLEN A. CAPUYAN, Chairperson, 7th Floor Sunnymede IT Center, 1614 Quezon Ave., Quezon City. You may also send in our official email address at hrmd.online@gmail.com with your following scanned documents:
- Fully accomplished Personal Data Sheet (PDS) with a recent passport-sized picture (CS Form No. 212, Revised 2017) which can be downloaded HERE;
- Performance rating in the last rating period (if applicable);
- Photocopy of Certificate of Eligibility/rating/license; and
- Photocopy of Transcript of Records.
Deadline of submission of application is until November 21, 2022, 5:00 PM.
NOTE: Incomplete Application Documents will not be entertained
Historical Background
In the early days of the American Regime, the affairs of the cultural communities (then referred as Non-Christian Tribes) were handled by the Department of Interior. Later on, due to the increasing problems and needs of the tribes, the Americans saw it fit to create a distinct bureau under it. This was the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes. Under the Filipino leadership in 1964, this bureau was elevated into a Commission and became the Commission on National Integration (CNI). There were six commissioners, the only northerner being the Hon. Gabriel Dulnuan of Ifugao. In the mid-60’s, the government initiated a program aimed at giving dignity and due recognition to the different tribes so that they will not only be peripheral citizens, but citizens of equal footing with all the other Filipinos. In 1974, the Office of the Presidential Assistant on National Minorities (PANAMIN) was created and became the national government’s arm vis-à-vis affairs of the non-Muslim Tribal groups. And so in 1979, through P.D. 1414, the national policy was “to integrate into the mainstream of Philippine Society certain ethnic groups which seek full integration into the larger community, and at the same time protect the rights of those who wish to preserve their original lifeways beside the larger community.” The eventual notorious collapse of the PANAMIN led the Marcos regime to establish the Office of Muslim Affairs and Cultural Communities (OMACC). This was short-lived, lasting only for two years, due to the persistent demands of tribal leaders for a separate agency for the non-Islamic tribal communities. The timely February 1986 revolution gave much-needed support for the clamor then President Corazon C. Aquino signed Executive Order 122-A and B creating the two separate Offices for the Cultural Communities in the country, namely: the Office for Northern Cultural Communities (ONCC) and the Office for Southern Cultural Communities (OSCC). The ONCC was entrusted the general welfare of tribal communities in Northern Philippines while the OSCC took care of the affairs of Southern Cultural Communities. Muslim affairs was handled by the Office of Muslim Affairs (OMA). All three were directly under the Office of President of the Republic of the Philippines. Atty. Ronald M. Cosalan was appointed as the first Executive Director (with a cabinet rank of Undersecretary) of the ONCC. On October 1997, Senate Bill No. 1728 and House Bill No. 9125 was consolidated and passed resulted to the approval of the Republic Act 8371 known as “The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997” by then President Fidel V. Ramos.
Powers and Functions of the Commission
- To serve as the primary government agency through which ICCs/IPs can seek government assistance and as the medium, through which such assistance be extended;
- To review and assess the conditions of ICCs/IPs including existing laws and ideas pertinent thereto and to propose relevant laws and policies to address role in national development;
- To formulate and implement policies, plans, programs and projects for the economic, social and cultural development of the ICCs/IPs and to monitor the implementation thereof;
- To request and engage the services and support of experts from other agencies of government or employ private experts and consultants as may be required in the pursuit of its objectives;
- To issue certificate of ancestral land/domain title;
- Subject to existing laws, to enter into contracts, agreements, arrangement, with government or private agencies or entities as may be necessary to attain objectives of this Act, and subject to the approval of the President, to obtain loans from government lending institutions and other lending institutions to finance its programs;
- To negotiate for funds and to accept grants, donations, gifts and/or properties in whatever form and from whatever source, local and international, subject to the approval of the President of the Philippines, for the benefit of ICCs/IPs and administer the same in accordance with the terms thereof or in the absence of any condition, in such manner consistent with the interest of ICCs/IPs as well as existing laws;
- To coordinate development programs and projects for the advancement of ICCs/IPs and to oversee the proper implementation thereof;
- To convene periodic conventions or assemblies of IPs to review, assess as well as propose policies or plans;
- To advise the President of the Philippines on all matters relating to the ICCs/IPs and to submit within sixty (60) days after the close of each calendar year, a report of its operations and achievements;
- To submit to Congress appropriate legislative proposals intended to carry out the policies under this Act;
- To prepare and submit the appropriate budget to the Office of the President;
- To issue appropriate certification as a pre-condition to the grant of permit, lease, grant, or any other similar authority for the disposition, utilization, management and appropriation by any private individual, corporate entity or any government agency, corporation or subdivision thereof or any part or portion the ancestral domain taking into consideration the consensus approval of the ICCS/IPs concerned;
- To decide all appeals from the decisions and acts of all the various offices within the Commission;
- To promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of this Act;
- To exercise such other powers and functions as may be directed by the President of the Republic of the Philippines; and
- To represent the Philippine ICCs/IPs in all international conferences and conventions dealing with indigenous peoples and other related concerns.