Assistant Director, Fundraising & Partnerships

Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF)

If you know how to build trust, open doors, grow a strong pipeline, and turn relationships into long-term support — without the hard sell— we should talk.

At BCF, fundraising is not just about asking for money. Itis about building belief, earning trust, and creating meaningful partnerships that support early detection and the breast cancer community in Singapore.

We are looking for an Assistant Director, Fundraising & Partnerships to lead a major fundraising and partnerships portfolio end-to-end. This role is for someone who can build and sustain relationships, spot opportunities early, move conversations forward, and convert interest into meaningful, long-term support.

You do not need to come from a traditional charity fundraising background to succeed here. We are open to candidates from fundraising, private banking, wealth management, relationship management, enterprise sales, sponsorship, account management, partnerships, business development, or other roles where building trusted networks and managing a strong pipeline are central to success.

What matters most is that you can represent BCF with credibility, build lasting relationships, work with discipline and integrity, and are motivated to do your best for a mission that matters.

What you will do

1) Grow fundraising income and strategic partnerships

• Develop and drive an integrated fundraising and partnerships strategy aligned with BCF’s mission, annual priorities and long-term sustainability goals.
• Build, manage and grow a healthy pipeline across corporate partnerships, major donors, individual supporters, grants and foundations, campaigns, events and community fundraising.
• Identify, qualify and pursue new opportunities that strengthen income, reach and long-term strategic value.
• Re-engage past donors, historic partners and lapsed supporters through structured outreach and thoughtful stewardship.
• Work closely with the CEO, leadership and relevant sub-committees to shape prospect strategy, cultivation plans, asks and conversion.

2) Build and sustain high-value relationships

• Cultivate long-term relationships with corporates, donors, foundations, community organisations, connectors and ecosystem partners.
• Represent BCF confidently and professionally at meetings, pitches, events and stakeholder engagements.
• Build trust with senior stakeholders and high-capacity supporters through credibility, follow-through and strong relationship management.
• Understand partner and donor motivations, align opportunities well, and steward relationships beyond the first yes.
• Manage key accounts and partnerships with care, including clear next steps, deliverables, timelines, reporting and stewardship.

3) Keep the pipeline moving

• Maintain strong pipeline discipline across prospecting, cultivation, proposal development, conversion, stewardship and renewal.
• Use CRM and reporting tools to track opportunities, relationship progress, revenue pipeline, next steps and performance.
• Review pipeline health regularly, identify gaps early, and take action to improve momentum and conversion.
• Balance short-term wins with long-term relationship building.

4) Shape compelling proposals and support asks

• Lead the development of proposals, sponsorship decks, grant applications, donor materials and case-for-support content.
• Work with internal teams to translate BCF’s impact, priorities and programmes into clear, credible and compelling narratives.
• Support leadership on pitches, meetings, proposals and follow-up communications.
• Ensure fundraising communications are mission-aligned, ethically framed and evidence-based.

5) Use digital tools and AI to strengthen fundraising effectiveness

• Use CRM, donor data and digital tools to improve prospecting, segmentation, stewardship planning, pipeline visibility and relationship follow-through.
• Apply AI tools productively to support research, idea generation, first-draft proposals, briefing notes, donor profiling, meeting preparation, reporting and workflow efficiency, while ensuring strong human review and judgement.
• Use digital insights and data trends to identify patterns, prioritise opportunities and refine engagement strategies.
• Explore practical uses of automation and digital workflows to improve coordination, reduce manual work and strengthen consistency across the portfolio.
• Evaluate new tools and digital approaches with care, and recommend what to adopt, improve or stop based on usefulness, risk and fit for BCF.

6) Drive cross-functional delivery

• Work closely with internal teams to align plans, roles, timelines, dependencies and success measures.
• Ensure fundraising and partnership initiatives are well coordinated, well tracked and followed through properly.
• Surface issues, trade-offs and support needed early, rather than waiting for problems to become urgent.
• Help BCF show up as One BCF — joined-up, credible and consistent.

7) Strengthen governance, systems and reporting

• Ensure fundraising and partnership activities are carried out in line with BCF policies, governance requirements and relevant regulatory obligations.
• Maintain strong documentation and reporting discipline across donor records, partnership commitments, stewardship tracking and internal updates.
• Prepare clear updates and dashboards for leadership and relevant committees, including pipeline status, risks, opportunities and recommended actions.
• Exercise sound digital judgement in handling donor and partner information, including confidentiality, privacy, data quality and appropriate use of AI-assisted outputs.
• Improve SOPs, templates and workflows so the function becomes more scalable, disciplined and less dependent on memory or last-minute heroics.

8) Lead and develop the team

• Lead, coach and support team members with clear expectations, priorities and rhythms.
• Foster a culture of shared ownership, respectful communication and reliable follow-through.
• Build confidence and capability across relationship management, fundraising writing, stewardship, reporting, systems use and responsible digital practices.
• Promote a positive, collaborative and high-performing culture that reflects BCF’s values in practice.

What we are looking for

We are deliberately keeping an open mind about where strong candidates may come from.

You may have built your career in:

• fundraising or philanthropy
• private banking or wealth management
• relationship management or key account management
• sponsorship, partnerships or corporate development
• enterprise sales or consultative business development
• client coverage roles where trust, pipeline and long-term relationship building matter

We would love to hear from you if you bring:

• Strong experience building, managing and sustaining a network, portfolio or pipeline of clients, donors, partners or strategic accounts
• A track record of originating opportunities, nurturing relationships and moving them through to conversion and long-term retention
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to operate credibly with senior decision-makers
• Good commercial instinct, strong judgement and comfort with targets, follow-through and accountability
• Experience preparing or supporting proposals, pitches, decks, cases for support or strategic presentations
• Confidence using CRM tools, dashboards or pipeline reports to manage opportunities and decisions
• Experience leading a major workstream, portfolio or small team with clear ownership and delivery discipline
• Applied AI literacy — able to use AI tools productively for prospect research, briefing preparation, donor segmentation, proposal drafting, reporting and workflow support, while knowing when human judgement, review and rewriting are required
• Strong digital judgement — able to handle donor and partner data responsibly, assess AI-assisted outputs critically, and protect confidentiality, brand trust and relationship quality
• Analytical and data fluency — comfortable interpreting dashboards, pipeline reports, conversion patterns and engagement signals to guide action and prioritisation
• Digital agility — comfortable learning new platforms, testing useful tools and improving workflows through automation and smarter systems use

Helpful, but not mandatory

• Experience in the charity, social impact or healthcare sector
• Existing exposure to donors, philanthropy, sponsorship or partnership fundraising
• Experience engaging high-capacity individuals, senior business leaders, foundations or family offices
• Experience using AI tools for research, proposal drafting, meeting preparation, donor insights, reporting or workflow automation
• Familiarity with prompt writing, pipeline reporting, CRM optimisation or AI-assisted analytics
• A relevant degree or formal qualification

We are not fixed on one sector, one title, or one career path.
If your experience is relevant, your judgement is strong, and you are motivated to do your best for BCF, we encourage you to apply.

The kind of person who will thrive here

At BCF, we hire for more than competence. We hire for character, judgement and alignment.

You lead with integrity

You build trust honestly. You do not over-promise, oversell or cut corners for a quick win. You represent BCF in a way that is credible, ethical and responsible.

You bring accountability

You keep momentum moving. You follow through, close loops, manage details well and do not let opportunities drift because “someone will get to it later”.

You are strong at building relationships

You know how to read a room, build rapport, maintain trust and stay connected over time. You are persistent without being pushy.

You work collaboratively

You know this role is not a solo act. You align early, work across teams, and help connect fundraising, programmes, communications and leadership.

You show empathy and respect

You understand that donors, survivors, colleagues and partners are people, not transactions. You communicate with care, professionalism and maturity.

You have drive, but also judgement

You are proactive, resourceful and energised by growth. But you also know when to pace, when to listen, and how to protect trust, brand and relationships over the long term.

You use AI and digital tools with maturity

You see digital tools and AI as useful enablers, not shortcuts for thinking. You know how to use them to work smarter, but you also know that judgement, stewardship, confidentiality and trust cannot be outsourced.

Why join BCF

This is a chance to do work that is both commercially sharp and deeply meaningful.

You will help shape how BCF grows support, builds lasting partnerships and earns long-term trust. You will be part of a team that is strengthening its culture around integrity, empathy, collaboration, accountability, innovation and mutual respect — not as slogans, but as everyday expectations.

If you are someone who can build relationships, grow pipelines, bring energy and good judgement, and want to apply that in service of a meaningful mission, we would love to hear from you.

Working arrangements

• Official office hours are 9.00am to 6.00pm.
• This role may occasionally require flexibility outside regular office hours, including evenings and occasional weekends, to support donor cultivation, partner meetings, events, networking engagements, campaigns or other operational needs.
• Depending on stakeholder schedules and fundraising cycles, some work may need to be done outside standard office hours to support relationship-building and key partnership opportunities.
• BCF supports flexible work arrangements where operationally feasible. Any such arrangements will be considered in line with role requirements, team needs and internal policy.
• Where work outside regular office hours is required, any time-off or other arrangements will be managed in line with BCF policy and the terms applicable to the role.

Application note

BCF is committed to a fair, merit-based and non-discriminatory hiring process. We assess applicants based on job-related skills, relevant experience and values-aligned behaviours. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and can discuss reasonable adjustments to support an accessible hiring process where needed. Please submit only information relevant to your application, and do not include NRIC/FIN details at the initial application stage. Any personal data submitted will be used for recruitment purposes and handled in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.