COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Since October 2011, Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities (THKMC) was incorporated as a charity with an IPC status to provide multiple social and welfare services to the community at large.
THKMC provides assistance to the various groups in our community through more than 60 programmes and services for the elderly and the sick, families, persons with disabilities, and children. We help anyone in need with full respect to their race, colour, creed, language, culture and religion. We have more than 90 programmes and services, reaching out to more than 55,000 people in the community.
Together, as ONETHK Empowering the Community.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Leadership
- To provide leadership in the development and daily operations and running of the Active Aging Centre (AAC), in line with the vision and mission of the Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities.
- To mentor, motivate and manage a team of AAC staff and volunteers.
- To develop a network of support for seniors in need of assistance by working closely with management committee members, government agencies, grassroots and RC leaders, volunteers, donors and other service providers.
Programme Planning and Implementation
- Develop and implement Outreach plan/follow-up visits to seniors in the identified blocks.
- Develop and implement annual calendar plan of social and health activities for seniors.
- Ensure that the programmes and activities meet the performance indicators and operating guidelines issued by MOH and AIC, or any other agency designated by the Ministry.
- Establish and motivate seniors to run mutual help groups.
- Network with other agencies to establish additional avenues of help for the welfare of the seniors.
Volunteer Development
- Establish networks with local community-based services/resources, such as grassroots, social services, corporate organisations and schools, to engage volunteers to help run or assist in the programmes, start income generating activities, conduct outreach efforts, etc to match the needs of the seniors.
- Recruit, interview and screen potential volunteers.
- Provide and coordinate orientation of volunteers to their assigned role and the mission and objectives of the AAC.
- Serve as the key communication link between the AAC and its volunteers.
Finance and Accounts
- Oversee and review fund utilisation, including AAC's Petty Cash account.
- To plan, budget and develop the AAC programmes and activities for seniors and volunteer management programmes.
- Implement checks and controls in the handling of cash donations and official tax receipts.
- Implement checks and controls in the accounting system to ensure timely submission of reports and proper accounting records and also to safeguard against misappropriation of the AAC's assets.
- Coordinate the preparation of the AAC budgets and annual work plan.
- Liaise with external auditors on the audit of the AAC's accounting.
- Minimum Diploma with a social service background experience
COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE NEEDED FOR THE JOB)
- Possess integrity, good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Have a positive attitude, good self-disciplined and able to work independently and in a team.
- Possess leadership qualities, creative and resourceful in networking or mobilizing volunteer.
- Pleasant personality, energetic and self-motivated.
- Proficiency in MS Office Applications
