1. Manage and assign team members to perform philanthropic partnership and engagement functions to achieve fundraising targets through the organisation of events and engagement activities. Provide guidance to the team in conceptualising and implementing events and initiatives to engage and enhance donors’ and stakeholders’ experience and stewardship.
2. Leverage events and activities in events to deliver a positive experience to donors, partners and participants to grow giving for the social service sector through Community Chest.
3. Manage internal and external stakeholders to achieve the objectives of the events and engagement activities; as well as to strengthen the engagement and relationship with stakeholders with regular contact/communication, follow-up and strong account servicing.
4. Strategise and acquire potential new donors with innovative fund-raising strategies and events.
5. Lead the implementation of assigned signature events and engagement platforms/activities, including providing Secretariart support to relevant Committee(s), actively keeping expense down through seeking of sponsorship/discounts (while complying with procurement procedures) and driving donations with philanthropic partnership and engagement teams.
6. Propose new and creative fund-raising strategies and approaches.
7. Manage, measure and be accountable for the annual KPIs set.
8. Pre-empt, manage the team’s operational challenges and devise solutions.
9. Pre-empt, manage the team’s human resource challenges and devise solutions (including recruitment, retention, development etc.). Ensure compliance of integrity in matters of people, processes, procurement and relationships (vendors/suppliers/partners etc).
10. Collaborate with all teams in Community Chest and divisions in NCSS, where relevant, to amplify and bring impact to core roles and duties assigned
11. Any other duties as assigned by Deputy Director/Director that are aligned to Community Chest’s purposes.