Strategic Partnerships Lead – Faith & Foundations

World Vision Malaysia; Kuching; On-site; MYR 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

World Vision Malaysia is seeking a Partnership Lead to develop and strengthen strategic partnerships with corporations, churches, faith-based groups, foundations, and other key stakeholders to grow fundraising, expand reach and deepen impact for vulnerable children and communities.

The role builds long-term relationships by aligning partner interests, resources and shared values with World Vision's mission, programmes and opportunities for collective impact, while guiding proposals,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Social Sciences, or related discipline.
• Approximately 4 to 7 years of relevant experience in partnerships, fundraising, business development, stakeholder engagement, or related areas.
• Strong relationship-building capability across corporate, church, faith-based, and community environments.
• Good understanding of the Malaysian Christian and church landscape, with ability to engage pastors and ministry leaders.
• Strong proposal development, presentation, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to identify opportunities, develop partnership pipelines, and move relationships toward tangible outcomes.
• Strong project management, coordination, and follow-through capability.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prospect, and engage corporations, churches, and foundations aligned with World Vision Malaysia's mission.
• Develop new partnership opportunities that contribute to fundraising, Child Sponsorship, and programme impact.
• Translate partner interests into meaningful opportunities and present them to prospective partners.
• Coordinate with internal teams to implement partnership commitments and track progress.
• Maintain accurate partnership information, engagement records, proposals, agreements, and relevant documentation.

Skills

Relationship building

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Proposal development

Presentation

Influencing skills

Project management

Cross-department collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Social Sciences, or related discipline

Job description

World Vision Malaysia is seeking a Partnership Lead to develop and strengthen strategic partnerships with corporations, churches, faith-based groups, foundations, and other key stakeholders to grow fundraising, expand reach and deepen impact for vulnerable children and communities.

The role builds long-term relationships by aligning partner interests, resources and shared values with World Vision's mission, programmes and opportunities for collective impact, while guiding proposals,