Manager (Partnerships & Engagements)

Roles & Responsibilities

KNOWLEDGE PLATFORMS WORKSTREAM

The Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) Limited is a knowledge centre under the Ministry of National Development with a mission to distil, create and share knowledge on liveable and sustainable cities. The Centre’s work spans research, capability development, advisory and knowledge platforms, including the World Cities Summit. You can expect a dynamic and rewarding career at CLC, where you will help to profile and share Singapore’s thought leadership and expertise in urban governance and solutions.

MANAGER (PARTNERSHIPS & ENGAGEMENTS)

As part of its mission to distil, create and share knowledge on liveable and sustainable cities, CLC manages relationships with a large number of external partners, including foreign leaders and city governments around the world, private corporations, research institutes, international organisations and NGOs. The Manager (Partnerships & Engagements) is part of the team that is responsible for CLC and World Cities Summit (WCS) partnerships and engagements, at both strategic and operational levels.

At the organisational level, you will support CLC management by developing the frameworks and protocols for managing external relationships. The framework would entail identifying new partners, assessing existing relationships, leading to the tiering, resourcing and assignment of partnership engagement. The protocol for each partnership would entail clarifying partnership objectives and developing strategies for working with them. Responsibility for managing individual partnership relationships would be shared out amongst CLC’s workstreams, as appropriate and consulted with the relevant agencies in the Ministry of National Development (MND), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) etc.

At the operational level, you will be part of the team to manage many of CLC’s relationships, particularly those with foreign government entities, international organisations and city networks. The Partnerships and Engagements team includes staff responsible for high level WCS engagements – including invitations, hospitality, organising networking sessions and engagements with foreign Ministers, Mayors, city leaders.

Key responsibilities :

Business Partnerships

• Review and develop a partnership programme to build a robust pipeline of potential partners for early engagement and subsequent conversion;
• Identify and cultivate new industry-centric private partners for event sponsorships and content creation;

International Relations Engagement

Others

Requirements

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WCS

Foreign Affairs

Assessing

Interpersonal Skills

Rollout

VIP

Administration

Customer Relationship Management

Protocol

Thought Leadership

Talking Points

Networking

Resourcing

International Relations

NGOs

Hospitality