Assistant Director/Manager, External Engagements & Partnerships

Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; Presencial; SGD 90 000 - 150 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Nanyang Technological University’s Nanyang Business School seeks an Assistant Director/Manager for External Engagements & Partnerships to lead strategic corporate and institutional relationships. You will engage senior business leaders and industry partners to identify collaborations aligning with education, research, and social impact priorities.

Reporting to the Deputy Director, Alumni Relations, the role emphasizes cross-functional coordination, partnership development, and stewardship across

Qualificações

• Degree holder with strong planning and organizational skills.
• Experience in partnership development and higher education administration is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, and diplomacy in stakeholder interactions.

Responsabilidades

• Lead development of external relations and partnership strategy with senior management.
• Cultivate relationships with senior executives and industry partners to identify collaborations.
• Coordinate cross-NBS activities to ensure clear ownership and governance of partnerships.
• Oversee or support CIP and Social Impact partnerships and community engagement initiatives.
• Establish and maintain an institutional mechanism to track partnerships and activities.

Conhecimentos

Strategic external relations

Partnership development

Relationship management

Stakeholder coordination

Project management

Communication skills

Negotiation

Diplomacy

Strategic thinking

Attention to detail

Formação académica

Degree holder from a recognized institution

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Assistant Director/Manager, External Engagements & Partnerships### Assistant Director/Manager, External Engagements & PartnershipsApply: NTU Main Campus, Singapore: Full time: Posted Today: R00026138Consistently ranked among the world’s best business schools, Nanyang Business School (NBS), NTU is one of the most established, comprehensive providers of business and management education in the Asia-Pacific region.As a premier business school within a leading technological university, we draw on the best of Asia and the West to inspire innovation, leadership, and transformation through cutting-edge research, sustainable innovation, and holistic education.Reporting to the Deputy Director, Alumni Relations, the incumbent will lead the development of strategic corporate and institutional relationships for Nanyang Business School (NBS). The role will focus on engaging senior business leaders, multinational corporations and key industry partners to identify and develop meaningful collaborations that advance NBS's strategic priorities in education, industry engagement and social impact.**Key Responsibilities:** **Strategic External Relations & Partnership Development** * Propose, develop and implement NBS’s external relations engagement and partnership development strategy together with the Deputy Director, Alumni Relations, in collaboration with NBS Senior Management.* Build and strengthen relationships with senior executives and decision-makers from leading companies, multinational corporations and key industry players aligned with NTU's strategic priorities, facilitating introductions and partnership opportunities for relevant NBS units to pursue. Identify and develop strategic corporate partnerships that support NBS's education, research, executive learning and industry engagement priorities.* Cultivate and progress corporate relationships into tangible collaborations, working closely with relevant NBS units.**Cross-NBS Stakeholder Connectivity & Coordination** * Work closely with units across NBS to identify relationship gaps and opportunities for collaboration.* Assess and connect external opportunities to the appropriate NBS units while avoiding duplication of existing engagement efforts.* Facilitate appropriate referrals and introductions to relevant units for follow-up.* Support a more coordinated approach to external relationship management across NBS, with improved visibility, connectivity and clearer ownership of partnership opportunities and external engagements.**Corporate, Industry & Social Impact Partnerships** * Build and deepen relationships with regional partners, including corporates, NGOs and community organisations.* Identify and facilitate partnership opportunities across NBS, connecting relevant opportunities to the appropriate School units.* Oversee and actively pursue the development of CIP and Social Impact community and institutional partnerships, with administrative support from the Assistant Manager, Partnerships.* Develop sustainable collaborations and identify projects supporting student learning, community engagement and social impact.**Partnership Management & Institutionalised Tracking** * Partner with Digital Transformation to establish and maintain an institutional mechanism for capturing NBS partnerships.* Ensure that partnership information is maintained and kept current.* Partner with stakeholders across NBS to drive live tracking and visibility of partnership activities and relationships.* Strengthen centralised and up-to-date visibility of NBS partnerships to support monitoring of partnership activity, ownership and progress, as well as coordination and strategic partnership decisions.**Requirements:** * Degree holder from a recognized institution* Minimally 8 to 9 years of work experience, with at least 5 to 6 years of relevant experience in partnership development and management, education programmes administration, or a related field in higher education* Knowledge of the education landscape, particularly in higher education, would be an advantage* Experience working in social community circles would be an advantage* Good planning, organizational and problem-solving skills* Good project management skills* Strong verbal and written communication skills* Hands-on, adaptable and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.* IT savvy with good knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications* Self-starter who is creative, proactive and resourceful.* Good communicator with strong interpersonal and diplomacy skills.* Strategic thinker, meticulous and attentive to details.* Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion and prudence.We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.Hiring Institution: NTU