YMCA of Singapore
JOB SUMMARY
At YMCA of Singapore, the Youth Development Programmes department collaborates with our regional partners to reach out to communities in developing countries through impactful development projects in areas such as infrastructure, healthcare, sustainability, and education. Each year, more than 1,200 youths are empowered to become community champions through our diverse projects in countries including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and beyond.
As the Executive, you will play a pivotal role in enabling youths to participate and contribute as community champions in these assigned development projects. This will involve not only project coordination and community engagement but also leadership development. The successful candidate will be expected to travel to these developing countries to ensure the smooth execution of projects, foster community involvement, and support the leadership growth of our youth participants.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Enable youth volunteers to lead serving-learning projects in countries around the region.
- Provide best practices, frameworks, and case studies to enable youth volunteer groups to deliver effective volunteering programmes.
- Collaborate and maintain good partnerships with Youth Corps Singapore, IHLs and overseas community stakeholders, for successful and impactful implementation of YEP programme.
- Coordinate appropriate trainings for volunteers to be successful in their positions and programmes.
- Act as a central point of contact for volunteers and for the coordination of volunteering enquiries.
- Ensure that budgets, audit, recordkeeping, and funding guidelines are followed and maintained in a timely manner.
- Arranging flights, hotels, as well as transport according to trip specifications.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Passionate in community development and aware of challenges in developing countries around the region.
- Experience is essential in youth leadership development, project management and financial management.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and collaborate with diverse stakeholders across cultures and contexts.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically, innovate, and adapt to changing priorities and environments.
- Able to work well with others in a deadline-driven team environment and negotiate win-win solutions with stakeholders.
- Calm, resourceful, independent, and able to handle pressure and multi-task.
- Willingness to travel internationally, including developing countries.
