Job Summary
TOUCH Young Arrows (TYA) is a non-profit programme led by a committed team of volunteer mentors who conduct weekly Saturday programmes to meet children and youth's social, emotional, and educational needs, and to fulfil their potential. There are 24 TYA clubs in Singapore serving over 500 children and youth aged 5-14 years old from low-income and/ or single-parent families.
As part of the Community Engagement team, you will make TYA an innovative and sustainable model of improving the social mobility of young persons in Singapore. You will oversee programmes for children from disadvantaged families, and manage volunteers & partners, to ensure effective frontline & educational support in each local community.
Responsibilities:
1. Community Engagement (with Activation Focus)
- Oversee and ensure quality implementation of programme across TYA clubs.
- These include age-appropriate enrichment, corporate-partnered initiatives, family-themed experiences or camp experiences.
- Formulating purposeful and effective programme design
- Publicise and achieve strong participation and engagement in these initiatives
- Select and liaise with quality vendors and partners to fulfil programme outcomes
- Support parental communications to ensure a seamless experience, and engage internal and external stakeholders (such as volunteers, staff functions and corporate and community partners) for smooth communications
- Manage timelines and budgets well and complete related administration, finance and documentation needs.
- Evaluate programme effectiveness and generate post review reports
- Foster long-term relationships and advocacy to strengthen social capital and facilitate social transformation
2. Communications
- Document with photos and videos
- Curate social media content.
- Curate stories of beneficiaries and volunteers.
Working Conditions
- 5-day work week: Tue to Sat, 9am to 6pm
- Location - Toa Payoh / Various location around Singapore
Requirements
- Degree holder in any discipline
- 2-3 years of related work experience
- Holds project management, stakeholder engagement and communications experience
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational skills and a self-starter who contributes independently
- High integrity and a positive role model to volunteers
- Compassion for vulnerable children and families
- Carries a professional image, with care to detail
- Excellent facilitation, and verbal and written communication skills
- Adept at Microsoft Office
