Mgr / Snr Mgr, SP&E (Philanthropy) – 2 yrs contract

The Strategic Partnerships & Engagement (SP&E) department is responsible for engaging, seeking, and exploring new opportunities with stakeholders from the public, private and people sectors.

As a Manager / Senior Manager of the team, you will advocate, build, maintain and track strategic relationships with different stakeholders within and beyond the arts and culture sector, as well as forge new relationships and drive new opportunities for partnerships and collaborations to co-create impact to benefit the arts sector. Your core responsibility will be to build, follow through and evolve strategic alliances with NAC’s stakeholders.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Stakeholder and donor engagement through arts philanthropy events:

  • Lead end-to-end event planning and management of an arts philanthropy forum based on insights gleaned from research, including but not limited to:

    • Planning and coordinating engagements in the lead up to the forum including networking and workshop sessions to develop arts ecosystem’s capabilities in fundraising.

    • Identifying and securing potential partners, speakers and participants.

    • Event coordination and management of vendor/s to ensure timely and quality delivery of services.

  • Develop and cultivate good stakeholder relationships among arts charities and IPCs and patrons to generate and convert leads for arts philanthropy.

  • Support the pitching and crafting of funding proposals for existing and potential patrons to drive new partnership and collaboration opportunities.

• Building capabilities in arts philanthropy

  • Support and roll out capability development workshops and plans for the arts ecosystem, based on insights from the arts philanthropy research, to upskill and increase raised and earned income to sustain their practice.

  • Support the development and design of capability development workshops to upskill arts organisations to sustain their practice in the long run.

  • Provide support for arts organisations to scale up and plan towards delivering impactful programmes with measurable outcomes.

  • Analyse donor data to inform engagement strategies and identify growth opportunities.

• Grow arts philanthropy to develop a sustainable arts ecosystem

  • Support the development of the arts philanthropy landscape by driving awareness on the impact of giving to the arts.

  • Analyse data to develop/refine strategies on donor expansion and cultivation for annual and broad-based giving programmes / campaigns.

  • Explore strategic partnerships to grow the arts philanthropy landscape.

  • Identify opportunities and partnerships to support arts organisations in sustaining fundraising efforts.

Job Requirements:

• Degree in business development, events, or related fields

• 5-8 years of relevant experience in event management, fundraising and/or partnership management

• Articulate and strong in both verbal and written communications

• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills, and the capacity to develop and maintain strong relationships with diverse stakeholders at all levels

• Excellent organisational and project management skills

• Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines

• Entrepreneurial, open-minded, persistent, collaborative