Child Development Executive (Sunbeam Place)

1. Volunteer Management (including befrienders)

• To manage the volunteers’ engagement, deployment and experience in order to achieve the organization’s mission and vision and build sustainable partnerships that mutually benefits.
• Support in coordination, recruitment, deployment, training, retention, and recognition of individual/corporate volunteers.
• To curate materials to support the corporate services in their marketing and communications work.
• To oversee and maintain an up to date database of volunteers and corporate partners

2. Educational/Employment Needs

• To provide academic/employment support for assigned residents in the Home.
• Provide group or one-on-one coaching to support residents’ educational needs.
• Implement and monitor progress of individualised educational plans and academic performance
• To deploy volunteers or professional resource pool to support academic needs accordingly and review /evaluate the effectiveness of help given.
• As needed, to provide guidance to tertiary residents in their employment/educational pathways and transitions
• To support in outcome reporting at relevant platforms

3. Programme/activities and Life Skills

• To oversee the scheduling and organization of volunteer-directed programmes to ensure a balanced representation of the different types of activities.
• To work with the team in co-designing, facilitating and evaluating the implementation of the Life Skills Programme.

Job Requirements:

• A degree in a related discipline
• 2 years of relevant work experience in volunteer management, programme development or groupwork will be an advantage. Fresh graduates may be considered as well.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Understanding of programme development
• Possess good knowledge of the social service and educational landscape /resources
• Good written and oral communication
• Possess high level of initiative, independence and adaptability.
• High levels of accountability and adaptability
• Able to work after office hours or on weekends if required