Job Description

What the role is:The Strategic Partnerships & Engagement department is responsible for engaging, seeking, and exploring new opportunities with stakeholders from the public, private, and people sectors.As an Assistant/Manager of the Strategic Partnerships team, you will advocate for, build, maintain, and track strategic relationships with different stakeholders within and beyond the arts and culture sector. You will also forge new relationships and drive new opportunities for partnerships and collaborations to co-create impact that benefits the arts sector. Your core responsibility will be to build, follow through on, and evolve strategic alliances with NAC's stakeholders.Principal Accountabilities:Develop an understanding of the arts landscape and implement Strategic Partnerships strategies for the Council.Proactively plan and develop a pipeline of corporate and public partners and steward existing relationships with key stakeholders.Pitch ideas and concepts to drive new partnership and collaboration opportunities.Support and organise meetings with stakeholders/partners at working and management levels.Work closely with internal and external stakeholders including partners, other NAC departments, arts institutions etc to ensure a win-win for all parties involved in partnerships pursued.Monitor and track deliverables and outcomes of partnerships.Prepare reports on partnership milestones, efforts and returns for purposes of overall reporting.Support other administrative and planning work such as Work Plan and Annual Report.Job Requirements:Degree with 2-5 years of professional experience working in a sales, business development, partnership management role, or a role with a partner-facing component.Demonstrate experience in driving successful partnership projects.Articulate and strong in both verbal and written communications.Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills, and the capacity to develop and maintain long-lasting relationships with diverse stakeholders at all levels.Entrepreneurial, open-minded, persistent, organised, collaborative; ability to lead and advise arts practitioners and co-workers on key partnerships.Knowledgeable and passionate about the arts and culture sector.About National Arts Council:The National Arts Council champions the arts in Singapore. By nurturing creative excellence and supporting broad audience engagement, our diverse and distinctive arts inspire our people, connect communities and profile Singapore internationally. We preserve our rich, cultural traditions as we cultivate accomplished artists and vibrant companies for the future. As a statutory board in the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, our support for the arts is comprehensive - from grants and partnerships to industry facilitation and arts housing. The Council welcomes greater private and corporate giving to and through the arts so that together we can make the arts an integral part of everyone's lives. At NAC, we have a team of creative and dynamic staff who share this common vision. If you have a strong passion for the arts, we welcome you to join us for a challenging and fulfilling career.

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