About the role
Senior-level 12-month contract role within Temasek's Community Stewardship team focused on building strategic partnerships, managing philanthropic initiatives, and driving collaborative giving across global markets.
InvestmentOnsiteCorporate Group
Key Responsibilities
- Deepen engagement and build strategic partnerships with Temasek's ecosystem of corporates and non-profits (e.g. Temasek Portfolio Companies, Temasek Trust and other Temasek non-profit entities) to drive collaborative giving for impact, bridge collaboration opportunities and share insights
- Identify, cultivate and manage strategic relationships with key stakeholders (e.g. government, external partners, internal stakeholders), supporting Temasek's social licence to operate through high-quality engagement and disciplined follow-through
- Support the team's work in curating and managing Temasek's giving initiatives to build relationship capital and franchise value in the markets we operate in
- Work in partnership with Temasek teams in Singapore and international offices to shape regional themes, focus areas, partner mapping, and develop targeted partnership pathways across markets
- Contribute to broader Community Stewardship workstreams including communications strategy and staff volunteering initiatives
- Assist the supervising Director on ad-hoc projects as and when assigned
Requirements
- A successful professional, with a degree and having worked 10 - 15 years in a large corporate environment
- Strong stakeholder management, project management and problem-solving skills, with the ability to frame issues quickly and generate insights/solutions through information
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to identify the highest value priorities and develop strategies to pursue them
- Demonstrate resourcefulness to work and thrive in a fast paced, dynamic environment; able to process changes in direction quickly while maintaining high quality output; embraces ambiguity
- Clear and concise communicator with the ability to synthesise multiple sources of information quickly, identify key takeaways, and derive actionable insights
- Strong skills in business writing and developing presentations for senior audiences
- Balance attention to detail with timely execution
- Self-starter with proven ability to manage multiple priorities and to work independently
- Collaborator who can work well within diverse teams and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience in finance and familiarity with reviewing legal contracts is a plus
- Experience in the social sector or policy work in international organisations will be an advantage