Partnerships Support Coordinator, Strategic Partnerships

Location: Thailand
Deadline: March 8, 2024
Type: Regular employment

This position is open to Thailand nationals only.

The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives and expanding opportunities across Asia and the Pacific. Informed by 70 years of experience and deep local knowledge, our work is focused on governance, climate action, gender equality, education and leadership, inclusive growth, and international cooperation.

The Foundation is creating a new Strategic Partnerships unit to lead institutional partnerships and fundraising. Working closely with the Foundation’s headquarters, country offices, and program teams, this new unit will include a distributed team of staff and consultants working across multiple countries. Over the next year, the Strategic Partnerships unit will focus on developing a new strategy to guide the Foundation’s efforts in future partnerships, funding models, fundraising priorities, and related analytical needs. The unit will coordinate and provide analytical inputs for Foundation outreach efforts across dozens of funders and partners in support of programs across Asia and the Pacific.

The Foundation seeks a partnerships support coordinator to support the vice president in managing the Strategic Partnerships unit. The coordinator will be based in Thailand and play an important role in supporting Foundation-wide efforts to build and maintain partnerships with governments, foundations, international organizations, private corporations, universities, and nongovernmental organizations. The coordinator will engage with units in headquarters and country offices daily. They will communicate directly with external contacts at all levels and manage the internal workflow, coordination, and communication on Strategic Partnerships-led initiatives and functions.

Responsibilities

• Support vice president in the overall management of the Strategic Partnerships unit, with a focus on internal workflow, coordination, and communication on Strategic Partnerships-led initiatives and functions.
• Coordinate scheduling and preparation for internal and external meetings organized by the Strategic Partnership unit, including preparation of background briefing notes and presentations, capturing key outcomes from meetings, and follow-up to ensure action items move forward.
• Manage online collaboration platforms the Strategic Partnerships unit will use to facilitate information sharing and strategic communication across the Foundation, particularly through Microsoft Teams and data visualization applications.
• Coordinate recruitment of consultants to analyze data and trends in funding, policy, and other relevant areas as part of the unit’s plan to build capability in data analytics to drive strategy and decision-making.
• Support Strategic Partnerships team members to generate regular updates on funding and fundraising trends.
• Coordinate travel and external engagements by the vice president, particularly meeting schedules and preparation, and coordinate inputs from colleagues across the Foundation.
• Support the Foundation’s relations with donors and institutional partners by tracking key commitments and milestones, coordinating updates from across the Foundation, facilitating follow-up on key outcomes from meetings, and supporting the vice president and other senior staff in donor stewardship and relationship management.
• Participate in meetings, workshops, and other relevant events as required for tracking key market trends and staying engaged with key institutional partners.
• Explore creative uses of artificial intelligence applications to enhance the workflow and capabilities of the Strategic Partnerships unit.
• Support the organization of thought leadership and fundraising events as needed.

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) preferred.
• Minimum five years of work experience in an international organization, donor agency, government, international nongovernmental organization, multi-national corporation, or university.
• Experience in supporting senior executives or coordination of widely dispersed teams.
• Ability to generate clear, attractive presentations and documents intended for high-level contacts.
• Demonstrated understanding, knowledge, and experience with relevant applications, including online collaboration platforms (e.g., Microsoft Teams), presentation and design tools (e.g., Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Canva), and data visualization tools would be a strength.
• Interest in and familiarity with international development, foreign policy, geopolitics, regional cooperation, and related issues will be a strength.
• Proven ability to work effectively in both remote and in-person settings essential.
• Highly responsive to requests, and result-oriented spirit essential.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines while consistently delivering quality output.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong internal and external relationships.
• Fluency in oral and written communication skills in English.
• Thai citizenship is required.
• Willingness and ability to travel in Asia, North America, Australia, and Europe.

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