Strategic Partnerships Lead for Impact

World Vision; Kuching; Hybrid; MYR 39,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

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

The role focuses on building long-term relationships by aligning partner interests with World Vision's mission, programmes, and opportunities for collective impact, while delivering strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Social Sciences, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 4 to 7 years of relevant experience in partnerships, fundraising, business development, stakeholder engagement, corporate engagement, or related areas.
• Strong relationship building capability with the ability to engage effectively across corporate, church, faith-based, and community environments.
• Good understanding of the Malaysian Christian and church landscape, with the ability to engage pastors, ministry leaders, churches, and Christian organizations appropriately.
• Strong proposal development, presentation, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prospect, and engage corporations, churches, Christian organizations, foundations, faith networks, and other strategic stakeholders aligned with World Vision Malaysia's mission.
• Develop new partnership opportunities that contribute to fundraising, Child Sponsorship, programme impact, organizational reach, and engagement.
• Research prospective partners and understand their priorities, interests, giving potential, and areas of alignment with World Vision.
• Develop engagement approaches and partnership pipelines that move prospective partners towards meaningful and sustainable collaboration.
• Identify opportunities to deepen existing partnerships through funding, Child Sponsorship, campaigns, events, advocacy, volunteering, prayer, and other forms of engagement.

Skills

Relationship building

Stakeholder engagement

Proposal development

Negotiation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business/Marketing/Communications/Social Sciences

Job description

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

The role focuses on building long-term relationships by aligning partner interests with World Vision's mission, programmes, and opportunities for collective impact, while delivering strong