Director of Partnerships (Singapore)

Job Description

OneSky is seeking a highly motivated and organized individual to manage our individual, corporate and foundation giving in Singapore. The Director of Partnerships is a motivated fundraiser and an excellent communicator and collaborator. They will have a track record in building, maintaining, and stewarding new and long-term donor relationships, and soliciting gifts of USD$25,000 or more. They will oversee a pipeline of funders based primarily in Singapore but also potentially in Hong Kong and other cities in Asia. They will serve as a member of  the Global Development team.

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Location: Singapore-based – remote working

Role requirements:

• Collaborate with other global team members to grow and diversify individual, trust, foundation, and corporate fundraising with an aim to secure support across all program areas.
• Continually research and identify individual, corporate and foundation donor prospects in multiple sectors that align with our mission priorities to maintain a robust and diverse prospect pipeline.
• Solicit and secure grants annually as well as manage and grow a robust fundraising program.
• Develop and maintain strategic, high-level relationships with funding partners and prospects in collaboration with senior leadership.
• Collaborate with the Director of Grants to develop and submit competitive and compelling proposals, reports, budgets, and supporting materials by their due dates.
• Work with Finance, Program and MEAL staff across the organization to ensure accurate and consistent messaging in all OneSky funding proposals and reports.
• Develop motivating pitch decks and fundraising collateral with input from program, event, communications, and design staff suitable for your prospect pipeline
• Ensure funder engagement benefits and deliverables are met or exceeded within the required timeframe.
• Establish consistent use of the CRM function of Salesforce to track pertinent donor and prospect information, cultivation, and stewardship.
• Represent OneSky and its programs at industry conferences, meetings, site visits, events, and phone conversations with individual donors and corporate and foundation representatives, as required.
• Monitor and provide regular updates to leadership and staff regarding Singapore fundraising strategies, activities, prospects, progress, and revenue.
• Contribute to designing annual global event strategy
• Build and maintain relationships with key industry influencers and advocate groups.
• Travel – up to 15%
• Undertake any additional duties that may, from time to time, be necessary and compatible with the nature of this role.

Qualifications & Skills:

Required 

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
• 7-10 years experience in generating income from individual, trust, foundations, and corporate partnerships 
• Demonstrate success in securing high-level funding
• Familiarity with Singapore, and fundraising landscape

Preferred

• 7+ years professional experience within senior roles
• Superior project management skills
• Salesforce NPSP proficiency, or similar CRM
• Commitment to early childhood education and care

Salary & benefits

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. 

To Apply

Please send your cover letter and resume to careers@onesky.org and include the job title in the subject line.  

OneSky is an equal opportunity employer

About the Organization

OneSky trains communities and caregivers to provide nurturing responsive care and early education so that vulnerable young children can thrive. OneSky was founded in 1998 to improve the lives of children in China’s welfare institutions. In 2011, OneSky was invited by China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs to train every child welfare worker in the country to implement our evidence-based approach. The OneSky Approach has reached every province of China and now beyond to benefit marginalized children in low-resource settings across Asia. Over the past 25 years, always in partnership with government and local communities, OneSky has trained 113,500 caregivers to improve outcomes for 377,000 young children with quality care and education in mainland China, Vietnam, Mongolia and Hong Kong, SAR. You can read more about our impact here.