Assistant Manager (Play in Community)

Playright Children’s Play Association (Playright) is a charity founded by Mrs. Anne Marden and other co-founders in 1987 in Hong Kong. Rooted in Hong Kong for several decades, Playright has all along pursued the mission of advocating children’s play because we “Value Children, Value Play.”

We hope to create free play for each and every child during their growth, and equip adults with knowledge about children’s play to satisfy every child’s needs for play through our work.

Job Duty:

Project Team Leadership & Execution

• Lead and manage the Play in Community(PIC) team to deliver flagship projects, ensuring all key outputs and impact outcomes are achieved on schedule.
• Empower community partners, families, and local stakeholders to establish sustainable district-level Playbases and organize joint community play events.
• Lead, deliver, support, and promote children’s play by assisting the practice trainer in planning, organizing, and delivering the community play session in the empowerment settings.
• Maintain and cultivate relationships with community partners to promote long-term, systemic changes in community play culture.
• Monitor the I & E of the projects.
• Oversee the implementation of the Play in Community project and ensure the outputs, and ensure that the funded projects achieve the desired outputs and outcomes in good service quality.

Strategic Advocacy, Campaigns & Impact Engagement

• Formulate and execute advocacy strategies to highlight project impacts, address social issues, and elevate Playright's profile.
• In collaboration with the project and research team, convert survey and research findings into compelling advocacy papers, marketing campaigns, toolkits, and play maps.
• Plan and organize major conferences, seminars, and practice-sharing events to advocate for community play.
• Lead media placement efforts, public relations, and educational campaign copywriting across social and traditional press channels.

Strategic Planning & Business Development

• Provide market insights and strategic recommendations to align community projects with Playright’s broader mission.
• Assist senior management (Executive Director, Team Head & Managers) in designing innovative project concepts, crafting winning funding proposals, and securing new grant/self-financing opportunities.
• Assist head in the development of the strategic and action plans of Play in Community project so that more community partners and landowners support and are engaged in community play provision.
• Assist in crafting annual organizational and project activity reports.
• Funder Relations & Compliance Management
• Maximize donor trust by ensuring strict compliance with funding requirements, budget control, and output deliverables.
• Prepare and submit timely project reports and maintain transparent communications with major donors regarding project updates or strategic adjustments.

Team Leadership & Internal Team and Cross-team Coordination

• Supervise, mentor, and foster strong team spirit within the Play in Community team, ensuring they have the necessary resources, support, and training to carry out their roles effectively.
• Serve as an effective bridge between senior management and operational execution.
• Plan and organize internal team meetings and cross-hub meetings to facilitate internal/cross team spirit and work efficiency.
• Lead and facilitate the collaboration with different teams, including but not limited to Playright Academy, Corporate Communication, etc., to leverage the professional resources across teams to maximize the project's impact.
• Coordinate cross-hub collaboration for integrated publicity, advocacy campaigns, and fundraising initiatives.

Requirement:

Professional Experience

• Degree holder in any discipline in Social Work, Culture Studies, Policy Studies, Social Science, Social Design, and Education Engagement or related disciplines preferred.
• At least 3-4 years of solid experience in community project management, advocacy campaigns, public relations, or policy engagement and relevant activities or works, with experience in impact measurement and evidence-based research analysis a definite advantage.
• Proven track record in managing funder-supported/grant-funded projects
• Demonstrated experience in advocacy marketing, media placement, or PR networking within the social service, education, or NGO sector.
• Experience in working with children is an advantage.
• Strong verbal, interpersonal, and relationship skills to work effectively with a range of stakeholders.
• Excellent written skills and ability to adapt styles and techniques to target different stakeholder groups.
• Organized project administration practice.

Core Competencies & Skills

• Communication & Copywriting: Excellent written and verbal command of English and Chinese. Ability to adapt writing styles for advocacy papers, educational materials, media pitches, and grant proposals.
• Data-to-Narrative Synthesis: Ability to leverage research surveys, project data, and community success stories into impactful narratives and advocacy tools.
• Stakeholder & Relationship Management: Strong interpersonal skills to engage effectively with funding bodies, government agencies, NGOs, media outlets, and community families.
• Project & Financial Oversight: Sound understanding of project compliance, internal financial controls, budget management, and reporting standards.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Proven ability to lead a team, bridge internal communication between senior leadership and frontline staff, and collaborate across teams.

Personal Attributes

• Self-motivated with a strong "solution-driven" mindset.
• Passionate about children's play rights and aligned with Playright's vision of "Value Children, Value Play."
• A good team player, independent, self-motivated, positive thinking, open-minded, possesses good interpersonal skills, and able to handle challenges.
• Mature, energetic, creative, and highly motivated.
• Have passion for working with children through play.
• Addicted to Visualization.
• Socially Sensitive.
• Work on weekends is often required.

Salaries will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The Playright Children’s Play Association office practices a five-day work week and offers a comprehensive fringe benefit package. Applications should include a full curriculum vitae, the expected salary, date of availability and the names and email addresses of two referees. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview.