Assistant Programme Officer

Help build a Hong Kong where every neighbour belongs!

Join our small, warm and fun team to plan, teach and run real projects in primary schools. Things move fast here, so you’ll need to pick things up quickly.

Pay: HK$12,000 to HK$13,800 a month plus MPF (HK$20,000 to HK$23,000 full-time equivalent)

Days: Mon, Wed and Thu in person, 24 hours a week in total. It’s project-based, so you can move some of those hours to off-days for quick follow-ups.

Where: Our Central office or partner schools. No work from home during probation.

Contract: To 31 July 2027, renewable; 3-month probation

Start: From November 2026

Reports to: Senior Programme Manager

About us

CantoGather is a Christian-affiliated charity founded in 2021. We work inside Hong Kong primary schools, bringing non-Chinese children, their Chinese peers and their parents together through Cantonese and intercultural learning.

What you’ll do

• Plan lessons: write and adapt lesson plans and activities.
• Run CCC: manage our volunteer Cantonese tutors and the admin behind them.
• Teach: lead From Me to We sessions and our parent Cantonese classes.
• Work with schools: agree schedules and keep teachers in the loop.
• Keep things moving: messages, records and session set-up (yes, carrying boxes too).

A typical week: school sessions, lesson planning and volunteer coordination, with regular check-ins with your manager. The rest of the week is mostly yours.

You’ll fit right in if you’re

• Supportive: you’ve got the team’s back, just as we’ve got yours.
• Present: we know we can count on you, and find you when we need to.
• Focused: you know what matters and get it done.
• Excellent: you own your work and hold it to a high standard.
• Open: you pick things up fast and welcome feedback.

All rooted in our We CARE values: Creative & Curious, Authentic & Aware, Resilient & Responsible, Energetic & Engaging.

You’ll need

• 2 to 3 years’ work experience, especially teaching or working with people
• Fluent Cantonese and English, plus good written Chinese
• Willingness to represent and share our Christian mission and values
• Google Workspace, Microsoft Word, Excel and Canva
• Every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday free

Nice to have: teaching children Cantonese as a second language; Urdu, Hindi, Nepali, Tagalog or Punjabi.

We warmly welcome applicants of every ethnic background. If you’ve grown up between cultures in Hong Kong, that’s a real strength here.

What you’ll get

• Work that matters: help non-Chinese children feel they belong at school.
• Real ownership: run your own projects from day one, with a team that’s got your back.
• A wide skill set: teaching, lesson design, volunteer management and school partnerships, all in one role.
• Support along the way: regular check-ins with your manager, and space to try your own ideas.
• Balance: three days a week, with the rest of your week mostly yours.
• Grow with us: be part of an exciting, growing start-up, and help shape what comes next.

How to apply

Apply here on LinkedIn with your CV, or email your CV and a one-page note to [email protected] (subject: “Assistant Programme Officer”). Tell us why CantoGather, and one thing you ran from start to finish. Shortlisted applicants send a short video intro, then come for an interview. We’d love to hear from you!