Executive, Children's Services

MORNING STAR COMMUNITY SERVICES LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Morning Star Community Services (MSCS) is seeking an Executive to lead a student care centre, blending hands-on teaching with centre administration. You will guide a care team, support families, and collaborate with partners to deliver meaningful activities for Primary School–aged children.

You’ll oversee enrolment, budgeting, and reporting while co-designing SEL–driven curricula with culturally responsive practices. The role requires travel to facilities and indoor work most days.

Responsibilities

• Classroom & Caregiving: Provide warm, nurturing engagement in children's daily routines.
• Classroom & Caregiving: Respond promptly to children’s needs, cues and signals; use activities to boost engagement.
• Classroom & Caregiving: Implement health, safety, nutrition and hygiene standards; protect children in care.
• Centre Admin & Operations Excellence: Take ownership of enrolment matters, meet prospective parents, and organise fee collection.
• Centre Admin & Operations Excellence: Prepare and submit reports; manage the centre’s budget and expenses.
• Centre Admin & Operations Excellence: Ensure all administrative documentation is accurate and professional.
• Centre Admin & Operations Excellence: Build positive relationships with parents, team members and stakeholders.
• Centre Admin & Operations Excellence: Act as escalation point for queries; promote family involvement and events.
• Programme Creation (Enrichment & SEL): Co-design and implement developmentally and culturally appropriate curricula with SEL foundations.
• Programme Creation (Enrichment & SEL): Work with the Children’s Services core team on programme execution.
• Programme Creation (Enrichment & SEL): Prepare and disseminate communications to centres for parent broadcast.

Job description

Job Summary:

Morning Star Community Services (MSCS) is committed to building strong, trusting relationships between children, families and our community, and to creating an environment of warmth and safety for everyone we work with. At our After-School Care Services (SCS) centres, we care for Primary School-going children and protect their dignity through the principles of Social Emotional Learning (SEL), embedded in the programmes we run.

The Executive, with the Children's Services division, leads the day-to-day running of one student care centre, combining hands-on classroom and caregiving responsibility with oversight of centre administration. In many ways, this role is the team leader of the centre; s/he guides and coaches the team directly. S/he creates a secure and nurturing environment for children by building trusting, respectful relationships with them, and enriches their learning of values through co-designed, developmentally and culturally appropriate curricula that integrate innovative teaching and learning practices.

S/he guides and coaches the team in the centre, and manages relationships with key stakeholders, including parents, community partners, and programme sponsors - to ensure smooth centre operations and the delivery of meaningful, engaging activities for students. S/he is also part of a team responsible for programme creation and execution for the whole division.

The incumbent is expected to work 10am-7pm, Mon to Fri, and 9am-1pm on Saturdays. S/he is largely expected to work in an indoor environment, although S/he is required to travel to and from various student care facilities for meetings.

Key responsibility areas

• Classroom & Caregiving
  

  Apply appropriate care-giving approaches to provide warm, nurturing engagement in children's daily routines.

  
  

  Respond promptly, appropriately and consistently to children's needs, cues and signals; use activities as opportunities to enhance engagement and participation.

  
  

  Implement health, safety, nutritional and hygiene standards and procedures, and take appropriate action to protect children in care.

  
  

  Respond to and report illnesses, accidents and emergencies; report suspected emotional distress, abuse or neglect in line with the centre's Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), working with MSCS internal specialists to protect and support affected children.

  
  

  Apply classroom management strategies that support curriculum delivery while enabling observation and documentation of children's learning.

  
  

  Manage children's behaviour with support from transdisciplinary or collaborative teams where needed.

  
  

  Maintain collaboration with families and caregivers on the care requirements and development of their children; prepare functional needs assessments and work with in-house MSCS professionals on developmental interventions where required.

  
  

  Demonstrate awareness of cultural and other differences to ensure students, caregivers and team members are treated with respect, dignity and fairness.

  
  

  Guide and coach the team, including Facilitators and relief staff, in the delivery of MSCS's care and classroom methodologies, acting as team leader for the centre.

  
  


• Centre Admin & Operations Excellence
  

  Take ownership of the centre's administrative efficiency, including enrolment matters, meeting prospective parents, and organising fee collection and customer service.

  
  

  Prepare and submit reports for management; other operational requirements of the centre.

  
  

  Manage the centre's budget and expenses, purchase requests, working with management to ensure centre's costs are well managed.

  
  

  Ensure all administrative documentation of the centre is accurate, complete and presented in a professional manner.

  
  

  Build and maintain positive relationships with parents/caregivers, team members and other stakeholders, using tact, diplomacy and courtesy.

  
  

  Act as the first point of escalation for queries and requests from team members, escalating to senior management where necessary.

  
  

  Promote family involvement and engagement through regular interactions and MSCS parent-child events.

  
  


• Programme Creation (Enrichment & SEL)
  

  Co-design and implement developmentally and culturally appropriate curricula that enrich children's learning of values, integrating innovative teaching and learning practices grounded in Social Emotional Learning (SEL) principles.

  
  

  Work closely with Children's Services core team for programme execution within the centre.

  
  

  Prepare and disseminate communication materials to centres for broadcast to parents, ensuring engaging and meaningful activities are well publicised.

  
  

Requirements

• A strong interest in children's programmes, activities and direct care.


• At least 3-5 years of experience in a similar role(e.g. Team leader or Senior teacher in student/childcare).


• Experience in the social service sector preferred.


• Good command of English and writing skills.


• Knowledge of design and social media marketing will be an advanta