Philanthropy Development and Stewardship Executive

Position title: Philanthropy Development and Stewardship Executive / Senior Executive
Reports to: Philanthropy Lead with dotted line to Stewardship Manager
Location: Singapore

**About WWF-Singapore**
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is one of the world’s largest and most respected independent conservation organisations. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. As one of WWF’s international hubs, WWF-Singapore supports a global network spanning over 100 countries. WWF Singapore works closely with local stakeholders towards a greener and more sustainable Singapore and the region around us. We work to address key conservation areas, such as climate change, sustainable finance, deforestation, illegal wildlife trade, marine conservation, and sustainable production and consumption, through collaboration, education and outreach efforts involving the community, businesses, and governments. For more information, please visit wwf.sg.

**Major Functions**:
The mission of the Philanthropy team is to contribute significant, sustainable levels of philanthropic funding to support the local (Singapore-based) and regional (SEA-based) conservation, sustainability and education programmes in order to advance WWF-Singapore’s mission. The team works closely with the CEO and Board of Directors to assist in the implementation of WWF-Singapore’s philanthropy strategy.

The Philanthropy Stewardship position is responsible for the effective stewardship of current donors and supporters. This involves overseeing the stewardship activities to retain and increase existing gifts and cultivate ongoing relationships. Working collaboratively with the Philanthropy Lead, the Philanthropy Development and Stewardship Executive conducts research on potential prospects, analyses and manages the database of donors and prospects, provides bespoke support for donors and organises bespoke events, trips and activities.

**Major duties & responsibilitie**s**:
**Stewardship with Fundraising (50%)**
- Works closely with the Philanthropy Lead and the Stewardship Manager to develop an effective plan for engagement and stewardship activities
- Devices a plan for and implements donor stewardship activities such as regular check in with donors, sharing relevant news and updates on programmes, editing impact reports, and other activities as required to increase their affinity and grow their support for WWF
- Upgrade existing donors to mid-value or major donors with the support of the Philanthropy Lead
- Designs and produces engaging and inspiring communication strategies and materials for major donors to communicate the progress and impact of programmes; using existing materials where possible and aligning communications with the wider Partnership team.
- Liaise with relevant teams (e.g. country field teams, WWF-SG conservation, finance) to collate information, fact check and seek clarification to ensure the info provided is accurate and up-to-date. Requires coordination and excellent working relationships within WWF Singapore and across APAC conservation teams
- Designs and manages bespoke, segmented and mass digital communications to UHNWls, VIPs, board members, including newsletters, event invitations and registrations via Active Campaign, EventBrite or similar software
- Designs, drafts and edits philanthropy communications documents and digital presentations, including selection and inclusion of infographics, images, videos and photos to compellingly communicate to sophisticated external audiences
- Proactively seek and knowledge manage environmental and conservation news which may be of interest to the Philanthropy audience

**Due Diligence and Research (20%)**
- Works with the Philanthropy Lead to fulfill requirements of internal due diligence processes including software and database management
- Coordinates with key stakeholders in different departments to ensure all due diligence and compliance requirements are met
- Conducts prospective major donor, trusts and foundations, multilateral grants and board of directors research including profiling and preparing of bios
- Assists in research and preparation of briefing documents for HNWIs, VIPs, the government, and other stakeholders

**Data Management and Administrative Support (20%)**
- Ensures the integrity of the donor database / CRM, and generate associated reports, such as the HNWI prospect pipeline, philanthropy income and major donor projects. Requires collaboration with Finance and CRM teams
- Maintain an accurate database of contacts on Active Campaign for mass/segmented communications.
- Oversee the process of signing gift agreements and no-cost extensions, seeking internal approval and legal advice as appropriate.
- Provides operational and administrative support Procurement process including venue or vendor selection, quotation form, invoicing etc
- Processing invoices and finan