Associate Director / Senior Associate Director, Office of Advancement

Roles & Responsibilities

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together - building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities - all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan, develop and implement active and effective strategies to meet fundraising goals for the university.
• Work to develop gift opportunities and create proposals, which seek to match the interests of numerous donors, which include individuals, corporations, foundations, and alumni, with the needs of the University to maximise long-term value.
• Interact with business and community leaders to seek the involvement of increasing the number of individuals in programmes that provide financial and volunteer support for the University.
• Strategically advance the University's most important relationships.
• Strengthen existing donor relationships for cultivation and stewardship purposes.
• Work with the stewardship team to ensure that donors' communications are timely and relevant.
• Work closely with the university administrators and academics, obtaining their support while managing expectations and relationships.
• Foster a spirit of collegiality and distributed ownership of success.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

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Candidates who do not possess the stipulated qualifications but have relevant work experience may still apply. Remuneration and appointment terms shall commensurate with qualifications and experience. SMU reserves the right to modify the appointment terms where necessary.

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