Play Officer (Play in School)

The aim of the Play in School Project is to enable young children to enjoy child-led free play in schools. Over the past years, we have trained seed schools through a systematic Playright model to help young children enjoy child-led free play in kindergartens by holding the “Seed Schools Training Programme.” In the coming years, we will extend our focus to primary schools. We hope to establish a systematic approach for integrating regular free play into the daily routines of these schools, empowering teachers to implement sustainable free playtime to enhance children’s overall well-being. In addition to continuing with the school program, we have also worked with special schools.

Job Duty:

• Plan, organize, implement, evaluate and promote children's play by creating child-centred outdoor or indoor free play opportunity (outdoor will be prioritized) in schools or the community for kindergarten/ primary school/ special needs (SN) children

• Empower teachers and social workers with Playwork by taking a supporting role in briefing and debriefing sessions for play demonstrations, and identifying their Playwork training needs for project sustainability

• Identify school and community partners to work on and sustain different projects

• Assist in coordinating with internal and external stakeholders like schools, NGOs and part-time workers, etc; and executing community trips, play events, sharing session and public seminar for various project

• Supervise part-time workers by defining clear responsibilities and communicate expectations effectively

• To manage warehouse for play materials and keep it in good working condition

• Provide administrative support, prepare data analysis and statistics for project reports.

• Documentation of the practice, experiences and stories for sustainability and advocacy of projects

• Carry out any ad hoc tasks assigned by the supervisor

Requirement:

• Degree holder in any discipline

• At least 2 years working experiences

• Experience in working with children or special needs children and school or community work is an advantage

• Be a good team player, independent, self-motivated, positive thinking, possess good interpersonal skills and able to handle challenges

• Mature, energetic, creative and highly motivated

• Have passion in working with children through play

• Work on weekends is sometimes required

• Good command of Chinese and English language (spoken and written)

Other Terms

• Two-year contract, renewable based on performance and service needs

• Path to permanency: Opportunity for conversion to permanent staff upon contract completion

• Competitive salary with annual performance-based reviews

• Full employee benefits aligned with organizational standards, including Annual Leave and Medical Insurance etc.

*Prospective employee is requested to undergo Sexual Conviction Record Check on voluntary basis*

*Internal Play Training will be arranged*