Director / Associate Director, Community Networks & Partnerships

About the role

The Temasek Foundation's Community Networks and Partnerships (CNP) team strengthens ground-up movements, advances inclusive opportunities for persons with disabilities and enables a future-ready workforce. It is looking for a Director or Associate Director with strong networks across the public, private, people and philanthropic sectors, and experience in programme delivery, partnerships and stakeholder engagement. The role leads the planning, implementation and monitoring of community programmes and partners across sectors to drive sustainable impact.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of Temasek scholarship programmes, managing the end-to-end lifecycle including outreach, selection, stakeholder engagement, scholar development, programme administration and outcome monitoring.
• Strategise and curate programmes to meet emerging needs and gaps, including community engagement and initiatives for a resilient, future-ready workforce.
• Develop and steward a portfolio of partnerships to enable collaboration, co-funding and delivery of outcomes.
• Monitor other programmes against outcomes and engage partners to address issues and strengthen delivery.

Required profile

• Degree with at least 6 years' relevant experience in programme management, partnerships, community development or social impact.
• Strong analytical capabilities and the ability to turn insights into decisions.
• Strong communicator who can simplify complex information, engage senior stakeholders and build cross-sector relationships.
• An existing network of corporate partners and grantmakers is an advantage.