Senior Program Officer, Youth Services (Program)

• Experience in program execution and management
• Friendly and Caring work environment
• Opportunity to help the children and families

Position Desription

The Youth Services (YS) team of Mother’s Choice is committed to embracing, equipping, and empowering vulnerable youth and pregnant girls to transform their lives for a hopeful future. Each year, thousands of teenage girls face crisis pregnancy with no support, and thousands of children are in need of a family for a number of reasons including neglect, abuse, abandonment, or family breakdown. We’re here to help the most vulnerable in our community by providing high-quality services for children, youth and families, and actively providing ways to prevent the problem. Our goal is to “break the cycle” so that every child can be with a safe, loving and permanent family.

We are looking for a Senior Program Officer, Youth Services (Program) who supervises the planning and delivery of crisis pregnancy prevention and intervention programs at Mother’s Choice to equip and empower school youth, youth at-risk of crisis pregnancy and pregnant teenagers with sexual health knowledge, life skills and community network to make informed decisions.

Key Responsibilities

1.Prevention Program

• Strategically develop, implement and review the prevention programs (i.e. comprehensive ecological sexuality education program and e-learning) for targeted youth and their supportive networks (i.e. trusted adults), ensure the execution is effective, efficient, and aligned with expectation of Mother’s Choice and funding bodies.
• Liaise with partner organizations and peer agencies, equip and mobilize educators in carrying out the program.
• Proactively monitor the output and quality of program by maintaining clear deliverables documentation, capacity build and support educators, conducting on-site assessment and regular review meeting with partners and the team.

2. Intervention Program

• Closely work with program officer to strategically develop, implement and review the intervention programs focusing on pregnancy essentials and protective factors for girls facing crisis pregnancy, ensure the execution is effective, efficient, and aligned with expectation of Mother’s Choice and funding bodies.
• Liaise with peer agencies and potential partners to provide variety of value-added programs to equip and empower the pregnant girls.
• Proactively monitor the output and quality of program by maintaining clear deliverables documentation, conducting on-site assessment and regular review meeting with partners and the team.

3. Youth Services Operation

• Closely work with Assistant Manager and Impact Measurement team to oversee the Youth Services evaluation framework on tracking performance targets and enhancing quality of service
• Manage the initial connection program to ensure smooth operation and data accuracy in the e-case management system
• Strategically plan and manage the Youth Services Volunteer Program (i.e. Professional Volunteers, Event and Child Care Assistant) with Volunteer Engagement team to update polices, processes and manual to ensure replicability and sustainability.
• Work collaboratively with partners (both internal and external including universities) to integrate evaluations in the programs to improve their effectiveness and impact on the community.
• Assist in the preparation and implementation of other Youth Services initiatives such as conferences workshops, interns’ development to amplify the reach and increase public awareness on the plight of issues vulnerable youth and children face.
• Undertake other duties as assigned.  

Requirements

• University degree or above;
• 5 years or more of experience in program execution and management; ideally with a focus on youth, sexual health, public health, community work and other related disciplines
• Leadership capability to build relationships with partners as well as mobilize staff and volunteers in championing the course of our work
• Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in planning and supervising workshop/small group/counselling with youth
• Self-aware individual with creativity, drive, resilience and integrity whilst keeping a sense of perspective
• Commitment to helping youth make informed decisions while adhering to the values of Health, Safety and Access to Information
• Passionate about the Mother’s Choice mission and committed to the strategic vision and future plans of the organization
• Excellent written and spoken Chinese and English skills; ability to communicate effectively in Cantonese is a must
• Flexible and can work during occasional evenings and weekends and in different service programs locations as the project demands

To Apply

Interested candidates please send full resume with expected salary and avaliable date to Assistant Director, Human Resources, Mother’s Choice Limited (address: 10 Borrett Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong; Email: [via Apply Now]; fax: 2525 7445).

Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only. Applicants who do not hear from us within two months may consider their application unsuccessful. Mother’s Choice is committed to diversity and inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer.