Executive (Advocacy Unit)

The Executive, Advocacy Unit, will be part of the team that supports the projects related to child abuse and neglect prevention carried out by the organisation.

Programme/ service development and delivery

Support the team in the various aspects of programme development and implementation, namely:

• KidzLive: I Can Protect Myself child sexual abuse prevention programme for preschoolers

• Empowering Children with Body Safety Skills teachers' training course

• Child protection training modules for early childhood educators

• Other programmes that the organisation deems necessary to develop
  

Public education and advocacy initiatives

• Synergise and collaborate with sister centres on advocacy and public education initiatives related to the wellbeing of children and youth, as well as parenting

• Plan and organise external and internal events, such as the Singapore Children’s Society Lecture and ForUM
  

Organisational Service Strategy: CANP

• Contribute towards organisation-wide initiatives under the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention service strategy, including strategy development, implementation and review

Evaluation and monitoring

• Support in establishing outcome measures, indicators, and communications KPIs to track impact and effectiveness of projects

• Support with leveraging data, research insights, and feedback loops to strengthen service models
  

Partnerships and engagement

• Contribute to partnerships and stakeholder engagement initiatives
  

Others

• Any other duties or responsibilities as assigned by the Head of Advocacy Unit
  

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Social Sciences, Early Childhood, Psychology, Social Work, Counselling, or related disciplines.
  

WORK EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Passion in driving changes to enhance the well-being of children and youth

• Possesses strong analytical skills, writing skills and fundamental research skills

• Possess strong skills in translating research findings into public education content that is engaging and accessible

• Keen curiosity and interest in unearthing and plugging the gaps that exist in policies, systems and practice

• Experience in facilitating workshops and consultations with children and adults, and/ or policy work is a bonus

• Candidates with two to three years’ experience in the early childhood and/ or child protection system, or comparable experience, will be considered favourably