We're Hiring: Field Counselor

Datung.io — Las Piñas, Parañaque, Bacoor, Cavite City

The honest pitch

Most jobs for psych and sociology grads in Manila are call centers or HR admin. This isn't that.

We're an AI-powered microfinance company lending to sari-sari store owners, market vendors, and carinderia operators. We run on a model called JAG - Joint Accountability Group - where borrowers support each other instead of relying on collateral. It only works if someone shows up, builds real trust, and holds people accountable without being a debt collector about it.

That someone is you.

If you studied psychology or sociology because you actually wanted to understand people and help them — not because you wanted a thesis topic — this is the job where that matters every single day.

What you'll actually do

1. Run JAG group meetings (this is the core of the role)

• Sit down with groups of micro-retailers, weekly or biweekly
• Listen to what's actually going on in their business and their life — cash flow problems, family issues, whatever's affecting their ability to pay
• Coach them through it. Not a lecture. Coach.
• Confirm payments have been made, flag issues early, and keep the group accountable to each other — that's the whole point of JAG
• Build genuine relationships. These are not "accounts." You'll know their names, their stores, their kids.

2. Help build a member initiative we're piloting

• This is a community lending and member-rewards initiative, still early-stage
• You'll help formalize how it actually runs and execute it on the ground — meetings, member engagement, eventually tiers and referral structures as it scales
• Real input into shaping a program from the ground up, not just executing someone else's playbook

You need to have

• A motorcycle, car, or a real way to get around Las Piñas, Parañaque, Bacoor, and Cavite City reliably. Travel allowance provided.
• Bachelor's degree from UP, Ateneo de Manila (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), or UST
• Psychology or sociology background (fresh grad or junior, 0–2 years) — degree or strong coursework
• Comfort talking to people who are stressed about money, without making them feel judged
• Discipline. You'll be out in the field, mostly unsupervised. We need people who show up and do the work without someone checking on them every hour.
• Tagalog/Filipino fluency for the areas you'll cover (essential — these are community conversations, not scripted calls)

Nice to have, not required

• Any exposure to community organizing, social work, fieldwork, or financial literacy programs
• GCash familiarity (you'll be using it constantly)

What you get

• A real seat in a fast-growing fintech, not a back-office role
• Direct ownership of a member initiative as it grows — your fingerprints on something from the ground up
• Competitive salary + benefits
• Travel allowance for fieldwork + commissions
• Actual mentorship from founders