Job Description

What the role is:Contribute to:

• Achieving Community Chest\'s philanthropy and engagement goals, including mobilisation of donations and resources for the social service sector.
• Brokering and facilitating fundraising and engagement partnerships with corporate and individual accounts, which could be from the Foundations, Family Offices and High Net Worth Individuals.
• Deepening existing partnerships and donation support from corporate accounts
• Planning, organising and enhancing cause-based fundraising initiatives with corporate partners.
• Working with various business units within NCSS to develop fund raising and engagement strategies via a data-driven approach in achieving Community Chest\'s fundraising commitment.

What you will be working on:1. Perform relationship and engagement functions to achieve fundraising targets through all existing donation platforms (e.g., outright donations and SHARE programme, engagement activities, fundraising events etc.) for respective donor segment(s) and specific accounts with supervision from Head of Department (HOD).2. Strengthen the engagement and relationship with existing donors through regular and robust donor stewardship to enhance donor experience to promote continued support.3. Manage, measure and be accountable for the annual KPIs assigned by HOD, and enable the achievement of NCSS\'s goals, including participation in events and programmes.4. Cultivate and build up relationship with potential new donors by strategising the approach and implementation plan, in consultation with HOD.5. Cultivate positive working relationships with internal stakeholders within NCSS in achieving philanthropy and engagement outcomes.6. Propose new fundraising strategies and approaches, or develop new initiatives and products, for consideration by Management.7. Any other duties as assigned by HOD that are aligned to Community Chest\'s strategic purposes.What we are looking for:Personal Competencies:1. Highly motivated with good interpersonal and communication skills2. Business acumen with high emotional intelligence3. Analytical and able to make good judgement calls4. Resourceful, agile and takes initiative5. A team player that values inter-agency collaborations6. Embraces ambiguity and strives for continuous progress and improvement7. Passionate about creating an impact to the social service sectorSkills & Knowledge:1. Fundraising2. Business Development and Marketing3. Knowledge of the Public Sector and its key functions4. Excellent Communication Skills (Written & Spoken) with high confidence in public speaking5. Basic data literacy and able to be comfortable with analysing spreadsheets and dashboards6. Proficient in Microsoft OfficeExperience:Experience in following will be added advantage:

• Partnerships and Community Engagement
• Business development
• Sales and marketing
• Fundraising
• People-Private-Public sector collaborations
• Digital marketing

Knowledge of social services and experience with public service procurement practices will be an added advantage.About National Council of Social Service:NCSS is a statutory board and an umbrella body for some 450 member social service organisations in Singapore. Our mission is to provide leadership and direction in enhancing the capabilities and capacity of our members, advocating for social service needs and strengthening strategic partnerships for an effective social service ecosystem. Since 1992, NCSS has taken over the functions of the former Singapore Council of Social Service (SCSS) and Community Chest of Singapore. As we stay focused on our vision to nurture a compassionate society, grow an impactful sector and enabling the people we serve to lead dignified lives, we are guided by our core values of passion, impact, collaboration, and courage.

National Council of Social Service