Manager, Charities (Health - Grant Making)

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Founded in 1884, The Hong Kong Jockey Club ("the Club") is a world-class horse sports and entertainment organisation that acts continuously for the betterment of our society. The Club has a unique value creation model, through which the Club generates sustainable economic and social value for the benefit of the community and supports the HKSAR Government in combatting illegal gambling.

The Club is Hong Kong’s largest single taxpayer and one of the city’s major employers. Its Charities Trust is one of the world’s leading charity donors. The Division The Charities and Community (C&C) Division manages strategic planning, grant donations, impactful project initiation, community engagement, and the day-to-day operations of the HKJC Charities Trust.

C&C works with the Government, NGOs, and community partners to proactively identify root causes of social issues and address them through innovative approaches and cross-sectoral collaboration. The Job Assess and review donation applications' support-worthiness (including analysis of social issues presented, the applicants' background, reasonableness and feasibility of the proposed programme content and corresponding budget) and make recommendations to Senior Charities Managers / Charities Managers on donation applications; Support Deputy Executive Managers / Senior Charities Managers in preparation and drafting of approval papers and annexes; Conduct research on social issues in order to support development of new projects or themes / issue strategies (including literature review, industry / sector data analysis, in-house or externally managed surveys and focus groups, discussion with potential project partners); Monitor approved projects to ensure that they are implemented and completed according to schedule, pledged output and within the originally agreed scope and budget; to assess project change requests (virements) and prepare documentations for internal approvals; to assist in reviewing event invitations by grantees as part of the ongoing project monitoring process of approved projects (including drafting articles, speeches for publicity events, and supporting PR / media initiatives); Liaise with external partners (such as grant applicants, grantees, government bureau / departments, consultants) and internal counterparts (such as Finance, Procurement, IT) throughout different stages of project lifecycles; Support initiation, development, implementation planning of Trust-initiated Projects, Priority 1 Projects, and other significant special projects (as well as strategic framework) in line with our focuses under the key issue "Health”; Participate in ad-hoc projects and prepare presentation materials, speeches, miscellaneous papers; and to support Cultural Transformation initiatives, and cross-team and cross-theme collaboration effort.

About You

Bachelor's degree or equivalent 4 to 8 years’ relevant experience, preferably with exposure to NGOs, government, policy research, public or social service settings Good communication and writing skills in both English and Chinese; Good interpersonal and teamwork skills; and Passions, strong drive and career interest in charity work.

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